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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't prep have the superior athletic facilities? As a parochial school, is prep cheaper? Don't a majority of the kids from Prep and Landon who go to extremely selective colleges get in based on sports? [/quote]

Good grief.  After the first sentence, every word in your post is ignorant.  First, Prep is not a parochial school (which would mean that it is run by a parish).  Prep is Jesuit, and exists outside the parochial system.  It is comparable in price to Landon.  Second, a very small percentage of students are recruited to play sports at elite colleges.  I went to Prep, didn't even play a varsity sport (much less get recruited), and went to Duke.  My brother went to Landon, didn't play a varsity sport, and went to Carnegie Mellon.  There were of course a few athletes recruited to play sports in the Ivy League or equivalent schools, but most students were like us.  Both schools are elite academic schools, not jock factories.

To the original poster, here is how my parents decided to send one son to Prep and the other to Landon 25 years ago.  Prep was stronger in classic liberal arts.  It fit me.  Landon was stronger in science, arts and music.  It fit my brother.  Are those statements true today?  I have no idea, but you can find out.  Talk to teachers; talk to students.  Chances are one will fit your son better than the other.  Whatever you do, ignore the posters on this board and go with your instinct.[/quote]

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