McDonogh vs Bryn Mawr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All I can speak to is my own experience at Bryn Mawr, which was 20 years ago, so perhaps it's changed.

It was not fun, the faculty and staff were not supportive, and I couldn't wait to get out of there. I would never send a daughter to Bryn Mawr.

What didn’t you like about it?

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Literally 80% of my kid’s Gilman friend group can be described this way (with plenty of overlap between “immigrants” and “Hopkins” although not 100%). I consider it a plus. He’s learning way more about other cultures than I would’ve expected. If I had to guess I’d say that about 40% of Gilman families are old money country club with the remaining split evenly between immigrants and non-immigrants. The country-club crowd doesn’t socialize too much with the rest of us, but that’s fine, they’re nice and friendly, just in a different groove. The immigrant families have been warm and welcoming to us and we have enjoyed getting to know some awesome families from all over the world.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is another thread right now: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1162895.page That you all should read. It devolved, much as this thread did, into making educational decisions for your kids based on potential college matriculations.

It's a fool's errand and, in my opinion, not good parenting. I'm not sure what exactly you think an Ivy League education grants you in life, but as a grad of one, I can assure you it's not a golden ticket to life or anything.
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+2 this is spot on and if you are choosing a private school strictly for college placement you will be sadly disappointed.
- grad of ivy league education and parent of 3 in Baltimore privates (not based on college placement)[/quote]

Lol. I assure you that anyone who lives in Baltimore or the immediate area is not choosing private school primarily for college placement.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Literally 80% of my kid’s Gilman friend group can be described this way (with plenty of overlap between “immigrants” and “Hopkins” although not 100%). I consider it a plus. He’s learning way more about other cultures than I would’ve expected. If I had to guess I’d say that about 40% of Gilman families are old money country club with the remaining split evenly between immigrants and non-immigrants. The country-club crowd doesn’t socialize too much with the rest of us, but that’s fine, they’re nice and friendly, just in a different groove. The immigrant families have been warm and welcoming to us and we have enjoyed getting to know some awesome families from all over the world.

Lol some people send their kids to private schools for better peers and networking opportunities for their kids. It’s funny that the rich people segregate themselves from the poorer “working class” families.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Even back in the 1990s when I was in HS a decent percentage of girls at BMS plus boys at Gilman had parents who were first generation immigrants from Asia, India and Iran. Most were affiliated with Hopkins or were doctors in various practices and typically had come to the US for their medical training. By the time their kids were in high school, they'd been in the us for 20-30 years but technically they'd still be immigrants. So "high achieving immigrants" is a very valid term. And from what I see around me today, that's still the case albeit the backgrounds have diversified somewhat, knowing some families at Gilman where parents grew up in South America.

Weird, I’m the prior poster and my spouse works at Hopkins. Don’t know any first generation immigrants at the schools or work. Certainly know people of different ethnicities but none are immigrants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All I can speak to is my own experience at Bryn Mawr, which was 20 years ago, so perhaps it's changed.

It was not fun, the faculty and staff were not supportive, and I couldn't wait to get out of there. I would never send a daughter to Bryn Mawr.

Yea it has changed a lot in 20 years.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

It is possible if you have a child who is broadly talented at academics and likes to compete academically, or is not bothered by being around children who want to compete academically, then you might not consider BM an academic pressure cooker because it suits your child's tendencies. But I'm really not sure if it's possible to have a child going to BM or who has friends at BM and not be aware that it has a reputation for being academically intense and that some families seek it out for their daughters for that reason and other families avoid it for that reason.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

It is possible if you have a child who is broadly talented at academics and likes to compete academically, or is not bothered by being around children who want to compete academically, then you might not consider BM an academic pressure cooker because it suits your child's tendencies. But I'm really not sure if it's possible to have a child going to BM or who has friends at BM and not be aware that it has a reputation for being academically intense and that some families seek it out for their daughters for that reason and other families avoid it for that reason.

Do you have a child at Bryn Mawr?

Because my point was that “reputation” is just another word for stereotype and is often not accurate. And wasn’t accurate in the paragraph by the Mcdonogh parent in which there were only positives for Mcdonogh and none for BM.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

It is possible if you have a child who is broadly talented at academics and likes to compete academically, or is not bothered by being around children who want to compete academically, then you might not consider BM an academic pressure cooker because it suits your child's tendencies. But I'm really not sure if it's possible to have a child going to BM or who has friends at BM and not be aware that it has a reputation for being academically intense and that some families seek it out for their daughters for that reason and other families avoid it for that reason.

I don't think this has changed. What I have found between BMS, Gilman, and RPCS, is that it is hard to enjoy all aspects of the school. One kid loves the social environment but isn't great at academics, another loves the academics but hates the social scene. This is what literally happened to my family and others that I know but I will say some of this may be related to being from being an outsider in Baltimore. It is hard to find the right fit.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is another thread right now: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1162895.page That you all should read. It devolved, much as this thread did, into making educational decisions for your kids based on potential college matriculations.

It's a fool's errand and, in my opinion, not good parenting. I'm not sure what exactly you think an Ivy League education grants you in life, but as a grad of one, I can assure you it's not a golden ticket to life or anything.
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+1 spot on[/quote]

+2 this is spot on and if you are choosing a private school strictly for college placement you will be sadly disappointed.
- grad of ivy league education and parent of 3 in Baltimore privates (not based on college placement)[/quote]

Lol. I assure you that anyone who lives in Baltimore or the immediate area is not choosing private school primarily for college placement.[/quote]

Check out pages 2 and 3 of this thread, it's exactly what they are doing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Literally 80% of my kid’s Gilman friend group can be described this way (with plenty of overlap between “immigrants” and “Hopkins” although not 100%). I consider it a plus. He’s learning way more about other cultures than I would’ve expected. If I had to guess I’d say that about 40% of Gilman families are old money country club with the remaining split evenly between immigrants and non-immigrants. The country-club crowd doesn’t socialize too much with the rest of us, but that’s fine, they’re nice and friendly, just in a different groove. The immigrant families have been warm and welcoming to us and we have enjoyed getting to know some awesome families from all over the world.

Lol some people send their kids to private schools for better peers and networking opportunities for their kids. It’s funny that the rich people segregate themselves from the poorer “working class” families.

It's funny that you would assume the immigrants are the poorer of the two. Not necessarily true.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Even back in the 1990s when I was in HS a decent percentage of girls at BMS plus boys at Gilman had parents who were first generation immigrants from Asia, India and Iran. Most were affiliated with Hopkins or were doctors in various practices and typically had come to the US for their medical training. By the time their kids were in high school, they'd been in the us for 20-30 years but technically they'd still be immigrants. So "high achieving immigrants" is a very valid term. And from what I see around me today, that's still the case albeit the backgrounds have diversified somewhat, knowing some families at Gilman where parents grew up in South America.

Weird, I’m the prior poster and my spouse works at Hopkins. Don’t know any first generation immigrants at the schools or work. Certainly know people of different ethnicities but none are immigrants.

You don't know anyone 1st generation at Hopkins? My mind is blown. This is the difference between the sciences/engineering vs the humanities perhaps? There are several faculty just in my small department from all over the world.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Even back in the 1990s when I was in HS a decent percentage of girls at BMS plus boys at Gilman had parents who were first generation immigrants from Asia, India and Iran. Most were affiliated with Hopkins or were doctors in various practices and typically had come to the US for their medical training. By the time their kids were in high school, they'd been in the us for 20-30 years but technically they'd still be immigrants. So "high achieving immigrants" is a very valid term. And from what I see around me today, that's still the case albeit the backgrounds have diversified somewhat, knowing some families at Gilman where parents grew up in South America.

Weird, I’m the prior poster and my spouse works at Hopkins. Don’t know any first generation immigrants at the schools or work. Certainly know people of different ethnicities but none are immigrants.

You don't know anyone 1st generation at Hopkins? My mind is blown. This is the difference between the sciences/engineering vs the humanities perhaps? There are several faculty just in my small department from all over the world.

Not at the hospital, I didn’t realize you meant the university. But very few of the Hopkins private school parents I know are professors, most are doctors. Probably because of the salary differences.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Even back in the 1990s when I was in HS a decent percentage of girls at BMS plus boys at Gilman had parents who were first generation immigrants from Asia, India and Iran. Most were affiliated with Hopkins or were doctors in various practices and typically had come to the US for their medical training. By the time their kids were in high school, they'd been in the us for 20-30 years but technically they'd still be immigrants. So "high achieving immigrants" is a very valid term. And from what I see around me today, that's still the case albeit the backgrounds have diversified somewhat, knowing some families at Gilman where parents grew up in South America.

Weird, I’m the prior poster and my spouse works at Hopkins. Don’t know any first generation immigrants at the schools or work. Certainly know people of different ethnicities but none are immigrants.

You don't know anyone 1st generation at Hopkins? My mind is blown. This is the difference between the sciences/engineering vs the humanities perhaps? There are several faculty just in my small department from all over the world.

Not at the hospital, I didn’t realize you meant the university. But very few of the Hopkins private school parents I know are professors, most are doctors. Probably because of the salary differences.

What you say is true, and I have noticed parents are very skewed towards the medical profession at Gilman/BMS (I do have a kid there) and many other private schools in the area. That's not necessarily due to salary differences but more due to cultural differences, IMO. More academics I know (both science and humanities types) send their kids to Friends and Park instead of Gilman/BMS/Boys Latin/McDonogh/Saint Pauls etc. even though the tuition is similar across all the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:One is co-ed, one is all-girls

One is way out in the suburbs, one is in Baltimore City

One has a reputation for well-rounded kids with an emphasis on sports, one has a reputation for being an academic pressure cooker

One seems popular with long-time Baltimore families and is a bit more conservative, one is laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high-achieving immigrants

It's a little surprising you need all of these differences laid out for you. How did you pick these 2 schools? Have you set foot on either campus?

Other than geographical locations, literally nothing in this quote is accurate.

Huh? Not the person you’re replying to but.. all looks 100% accurate to me. My kid is in a different Baltimore independent school, but everyone knows this stuff about both McDonogh and BMS. Which of these assertions do you dispute?

Well, for one, there is of course well rounded kids at both schools. Bryn Mawr doesn’t recruit athletes but most girls participate in sports and some are quite competitive in the IAAM. Bryn Mawr isn’t an academic pressure cooker. Mcdonogh is not more popular with long time Baltimore families. Bryn Mawr is not “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants.” Doesn’t leave much.

Source: had one daughter and several other family members recently attend Bryn Mawr, son is at Gilman, and know lots of kids at all the other Baltimore private schools including Mcdonogh. I also have one child who applied and was accepted to Mcdonogh but chose not to attend.

Oh, come on. Sure, plenty of Bryn Mawr girls play sports. But McDonogh is sportier. Of course what makes an “academic pressure cooker” is subjective, but Bryn Mawr is a heck of a lot closer than McD. I do agree with you that for real old Baltimore money the pipeline is Calvert > Gilman/Bryn Mawr. But for County money, McDonogh is certainly a popular choice.

Do you think that Gilman is “laden with kids of Hopkins professors and high achieving immigrants”? I do, and we are a Gilman family. But again, I guess “laden” is subjective.

Anyway, I think PP’s post is basically sound information, albeit obvious stuff.

High achieving immigrants? I think there are very few at any of the private schools, including Gilman. And there are Hopkins parents at literally every private in Baltimore including Mcdonogh.

Even back in the 1990s when I was in HS a decent percentage of girls at BMS plus boys at Gilman had parents who were first generation immigrants from Asia, India and Iran. Most were affiliated with Hopkins or were doctors in various practices and typically had come to the US for their medical training. By the time their kids were in high school, they'd been in the us for 20-30 years but technically they'd still be immigrants. So "high achieving immigrants" is a very valid term. And from what I see around me today, that's still the case albeit the backgrounds have diversified somewhat, knowing some families at Gilman where parents grew up in South America.

Weird, I’m the prior poster and my spouse works at Hopkins. Don’t know any first generation immigrants at the schools or work. Certainly know people of different ethnicities but none are immigrants.

You don't know anyone 1st generation at Hopkins? My mind is blown. This is the difference between the sciences/engineering vs the humanities perhaps? There are several faculty just in my small department from all over the world.

Not at the hospital, I didn’t realize you meant the university. But very few of the Hopkins private school parents I know are professors, most are doctors. Probably because of the salary differences.

Hopkins is an academic institution and most of the doctors who work there are also professors. Just fyi! ☺️