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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I am grateful for everyone's frank opinions and experiences! Friends clearly does work really well for some kids; I know someone who practically had tears in her eyes as she was telling me how wonderful it's been for her family.  And I love the Quaker heritage, and the pacifist philosophy, and the diversity, and and and -- it just seem like a super nice place. As I said, I'd sign myself up in a minute. :)

Offensive-PP (*g*), I appreciate your sharing your experience with your kid who didn't thrive at Friends. I would prefer DS to be in a group where he's nothing special intellectually, and has to work! I was top of my class at a (good) public school and it did me some harm. I grew lazy and complacent and boy oh boy did my arrogant little self have a wake-up call when I then landed in an Ivy where my brains were strictly middle-of-the-pack and all I had was effort, which wasn't something I knew a lot about. It was a rough few years and I still think that I didn't get out of my college experience as much as I would've if I'd had better habits and perspective.

It's become apparent that for some non-academic logistical reasons, Friends is out of the running entirely. I think it's gonna be Gilman for us. Calvert would also be a fine choice for my orderly DS, but for a bunch of reasons, some practical and some instinctual, Gilman feels right.

None of my friends have been through this process, so talking this out on DCUM has really helped. Thanks, folks.[/quote]

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