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[quote=Anonymous]We faced this choice with another similar private in the mix.  We ended up choosing the  other private, but would have chosen GDS over Blair.

1) My kid chooses to do math and science outside of school.  He pushes himself in those domains, and I was confident his skills would continue to grow.  He does not push himself in reading and writing, and so strong teaching and high standards in those areas were important to me.  I know that Blair is better than his school in math and science, but I also know that his school is better in reading, writing and the humanities.

2) Being physically active is pretty critical for my kid.  If he doesn't get a couple hours of activity a day he struggles.  At a high school of 500 he can make a varsity sport each season.  At Blair, that seemed really unlikely so then we'd be paying a lot, and spending a lot of time on club.

3) He liked his visit at the private school better.

I will also note two things that also made a difference, and that might not apply to you.

1) We get a lot of financial aid, and his private applies that aid percentage to things like travel to a robotics tournament, or sports uniforms.  Plus, as I said, we don't have to pay for club sports. So, the difference between costs of the schools wasn't a big factor.

2) The two commutes were pretty even in how they would impact the length of the days, and the headache for other family members.

If cost or commute was a major difference, I'd definitely have taken that into account because this was a hard decision. [/quote]

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