What is the toughest school to get into for 9th?

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Anonymous wrote:None of the local DC area schools are that tough compared to elite boarding schools or NYC/LA schools.

We’re in DC, on a DC-centric website (hence the name, DCUM). The OP asked about DC metro private schools. Please post on NYCUM (oops, that doesn’t exist), or stay on topic. Otherwise, move along.

If you can’t see the relevance, then you may be a Neanderthal.

Unless posters have middle school kids in all three jurisdictions at this time, then your NYC comment is indeed irrelevant.

If someone wants to know about Trinity vs Dalton vs Horace Mann that’s the question they’ll ask. Then you can jump in! 🤺

This comment was meant to put difficulty on a scale that many of us can relate to, unless we are lifelong locals. The negative response suggests that many of you do live in a small world.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the local DC area schools are that tough compared to elite boarding schools or NYC/LA schools.

We’re in DC, on a DC-centric website (hence the name, DCUM). The OP asked about DC metro private schools. Please post on NYCUM (oops, that doesn’t exist), or stay on topic. Otherwise, move along.

If you can’t see the relevance, then you may be a Neanderthal.

Unless posters have middle school kids in all three jurisdictions at this time, then your NYC comment is indeed irrelevant.

If someone wants to know about Trinity vs Dalton vs Horace Mann that’s the question they’ll ask. Then you can jump in! 🤺

This comment was meant to put difficulty on a scale that many of us can relate to, unless we are lifelong locals. The negative response suggests that many of you do live in a small world.

No one cares! If we wanted to live and educate our children in NYC, we would live [in tiny expensive boxes] and educate our children in NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the local DC area schools are that tough compared to elite boarding schools or NYC/LA schools.

We’re in DC, on a DC-centric website (hence the name, DCUM). The OP asked about DC metro private schools. Please post on NYCUM (oops, that doesn’t exist), or stay on topic. Otherwise, move along.

If you can’t see the relevance, then you may be a Neanderthal.

Unless posters have middle school kids in all three jurisdictions at this time, then your NYC comment is indeed irrelevant.

If someone wants to know about Trinity vs Dalton vs Horace Mann that’s the question they’ll ask. Then you can jump in! 🤺

This comment was meant to put difficulty on a scale that many of us can relate to, unless we are lifelong locals. The negative response suggests that many of you do live in a small world.

No one cares! If we wanted to live and educate our children in NYC, we would live [in tiny expensive boxes] and educate our children in NYC.

My disappointment with you Neanderthals has never been higher.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the local DC area schools are that tough compared to elite boarding schools or NYC/LA schools.

We’re in DC, on a DC-centric website (hence the name, DCUM). The OP asked about DC metro private schools. Please post on NYCUM (oops, that doesn’t exist), or stay on topic. Otherwise, move along.

If you can’t see the relevance, then you may be a Neanderthal.

Unless posters have middle school kids in all three jurisdictions at this time, then your NYC comment is indeed irrelevant.

If someone wants to know about Trinity vs Dalton vs Horace Mann that’s the question they’ll ask. Then you can jump in! 🤺

This comment was meant to put difficulty on a scale that many of us can relate to, unless we are lifelong locals. The negative response suggests that many of you do live in a small world.

No one cares! If we wanted to live and educate our children in NYC, we would live [in tiny expensive boxes] and educate our children in NYC.

My disappointment with you Neanderthals has never been higher.

Perhaps you’ll manage to live with your disappointment, guttersnipe. If not, who will care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has any info on what school has the most 9th applications for the spots available. Is it Sidwell with its academic reputation or a smaller school like Maret? Or

Georgetown Visitation

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Anonymous wrote:None of the local DC area schools are that tough compared to elite boarding schools or NYC/LA schools.

We’re in DC, on a DC-centric website (hence the name, DCUM). The OP asked about DC metro private schools. Please post on NYCUM (oops, that doesn’t exist), or stay on topic. Otherwise, move along.

If you can’t see the relevance, then you may be a Neanderthal.

Unless posters have middle school kids in all three jurisdictions at this time, then your NYC comment is indeed irrelevant.

If someone wants to know about Trinity vs Dalton vs Horace Mann that’s the question they’ll ask. Then you can jump in! 🤺

This comment was meant to put difficulty on a scale that many of us can relate to, unless we are lifelong locals. The negative response suggests that many of you do live in a small world.

No one cares! If we wanted to live and educate our children in NYC, we would live [in tiny expensive boxes] and educate our children in NYC.

My disappointment with you Neanderthals has never been higher.

+1

The suburbanites have never previously been quite this humorless

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man I love DC. There are some real characters in our town.

You are so right! Eating popcorn while scrolling this crazy thread. . .

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Which departments are best at which school? Between Sidwell, STA and GDS?

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Anonymous wrote:As no one here has the numbers we will never actually know but the perception is always that it’s Sidwell and that hasn’t changed in 30 years and is unlikely to change anytime soon without the actual data.

True…and it depends on what metric/data you’re using to demonstrate superiority. Some of this is of course public perception (high profile political families, famous alumni, etc.). It’s a self-perpetuating image that *might* not be entirely based on quantifiable data. Let’s not forget that like most colleges, some departments are better than others so it really depends on fit for particular a student.