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[quote=Anonymous]Burgundy alumni currently at TC Williams got into GDS, Maret, Potomac and Sidwell.  Our families decided on TC for a variety of reasons.  Burgundy students who graduated from TC last year went to Duke (TC's salutatorian -- number 2 at the largest public high school in Virginia--  was from Burgundy), Middlebury, Sewanee, and Wesleyan, among others.  My point is that many of Burgundy's top students chose to go to TC, and the fact that they go to TC does not mean that they were unable to get into any other schools.

As to whether Burgundy prepares students academically, DC (and at least one other student from Burgundy) is in the top five students in their TC class of over 700 students.  And many students who choose to go private also do well; last year's valedictorian at Maret was a Burgundy graduate.

Burgundy is a better environment for self-motivated students.  I know several students who wanted to go further in math, and arranged with one of the middle school math teachers to receive additional instruction in the afternoon.  Projects are often open-ended, which means that students can make as much or as little of them as they like.  If your student requires more direction from teachers, a formal, traditional environment might be better.

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