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[quote=Anonymous]I attended a mainline private; my sister's kids attended the same school recently.

Academics: Overall not as overt pressure cookers as DC. If your kid is driven s/he can do first rate academics and likely shine but the middle of the pack kids at these schools end up at pretty mediocre colleges in recent years.

IMO, the suburban public high schools are more of a pressure cooker: Radnor, Conestoga, Lower Merion.

Admissions: 
It is defin. not as hard as DC to get in, especially prior to high school. In 9th a lot of schools expand their class size significantly while losing some # to boarding school so there are spots.

Geographics: Hill School is really far out. If your DH is working in the city there would be significant commuting.  Episcopal is 20 minutes from the inner suburbs, while Hill is 40 minutes.

Politics: 
I dont know enough about Hill. Most mainline schools (like Episcopal) will have both liberals and conservatives, kids will be more progressive than parents. GFS (and most city privates) will be predominantly liberal. [/quote]

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