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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent of a Burgundy alumnus and I recently went through 4th grade admissions with a younger son who ended up NOT going to Burgundy. My in-between child went public.

The school has definitely changed over the years. One clue to me was that the admissions director talked about IQ scores in the 125+ range being "a good starting point" for Burgundy. I have trouble believing that everyone there is now in the 95th percentile and above, but OK, sure. They're trying to tell us something with comments like that.

I think they are trying to put the "hippy dippy" reputation behind them more emphasis on rigorous academics. Don't get me wrong -- expectations of achievement  have always been reasonably high at Burgundy, because that's the profile of DC private school parents. We're overwhelmingly overachievers. But at Burgundy, your kid could thrive even if they weren't academically driven.

My older child needed the child-centered academic atmosphere that Burgundy provided. He was one who got pretty far on native smarts, but didn't work terribly hard until high school. For my younger one, other options just ended up looking better. He got in, but we declined the spot. I was as shocked as anyone to say no, but my younger child didn't connect with Burgundy the way the older one did.

It is much harder to get into the school now than it was 10 years ago, that's for sure.

I liked ACDS a lot "back in the day" for what it's worth. Burgundy, however, had that marvelous campus, which was a big plus for my child.

With all these schools, the key is really to go and see for yourself. I would not have sent my oldest to Browne, for example, because he would have climbed the walls in those underground classrooms. But my youngest doesn't have that problem, and it might yet be a good fit. We'll probably apply for 5th grade, which is when they start MS at Browne.
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