Sidwell or GDS and why

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Anonymous wrote:Choose GDS if you want to pay the same amount as Sidwell for much worse college outcomes and a school with zero identity (other than being too lazy to offer lunch despite shelling out on a new building).

Choose sidwell if you want to go to school with a bunch of parents/students are so grindy that they have to set explicit rules about not stalking college counselors in the parking lot and are so pleased as punch about their identity being that Obama’s kids went

False. Our grindy identity also includes the fact that the following Presidents and VP’s children (and grandchildren) attended Sidwell:

President Theodore Roosevelt's son;
President Richard Nixon's daughters;
President Bill Clinton's daughter;
President Barack Obama's daughters;
President/VP Joe Biden's grandchildren; and
VP Al Gore's son and grandson.

We’re grindy AND our identity involves a lot more Presidential/VP kids (but Obama is my fave). Y’all hate us because you ain’t us. 😝

Wonderful entitlement! Good champions of public education here!

And the outcome of this thread is that the OP is applying her child to Maret.

Only if the OP hasn't seen the "Mad at the Board" thread that is currently being optioned as a six part mini-series on Netflix.

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Anonymous wrote:Choose GDS if you want to pay the same amount as Sidwell for much worse college outcomes and a school with zero identity (other than being too lazy to offer lunch despite shelling out on a new building).

Choose sidwell if you want to go to school with a bunch of parents/students are so grindy that they have to set explicit rules about not stalking college counselors in the parking lot and are so pleased as punch about their identity being that Obama’s kids went

False. Our grindy identity also includes the fact that the following Presidents and VP’s children (and grandchildren) attended Sidwell:

President Theodore Roosevelt's son;
President Richard Nixon's daughters;
President Bill Clinton's daughter;
President Barack Obama's daughters;
President/VP Joe Biden's grandchildren; and
VP Al Gore's son and grandson.

We’re grindy AND our identity involves a lot more Presidential/VP kids (but Obama is my fave). Y’all hate us because you ain’t us. 😝

Wonderful entitlement! Good champions of public education here!

And the outcome of this thread is that the OP is applying her child to Maret.

Only if the OP hasn't seen the "Mad at the Board" thread that is currently being optioned as a six part mini-series on Netflix.

Yeah. It’s a solid alternative to Game of Thrones, honestly.

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Anonymous wrote:we like GDS bc it seems more friendly and happy. They try to mix joy with intense academics. That's the high school though. they both seem to have lovely elementary schools. I don't know much about Sidwell middle school but hard to imagine it does as little to prepare its kids for high school as is the case at GDS.

Then why comment? I could make the exact same statement as you, but reverse the school names. Our kids have really enjoyed Sidwell and were well prepared for high school and what came since. They are/were lifers so went to all of the divisions and were well prepared by the Middle School faculty and curriculum.

My point was the GDS middle school does not prepare its students for the high school. Very few people have kids at both these schools so can’t truly comment on both w in-depth knowledge. I have only direct experience w GDS but have lots of friends with kids at sidwell. From that, if I were doing it again, I’d pick gds as I think high school is great academically and the kids seem happier. but the gds middle school is a weak spot right now for what that’s worth.

Given you said the middle school is a weak point, is it easier to get into GDS high school from another independent school (not K-8), another K-12 or 4-12 like Maret or NCS or Holton?

They also accept a fair number of students from public school. I don't think the school you're coming from gives you an advantage or disadvantage.