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[quote=Anonymous]Also a different poster here, you can't say that Landon or Prep have a bad curriculum. I think 19:29 was spot on when they said that their curriculum is probably better than 90% of the privates in the DC Metropolitan area. From research I've done when sending my oldest two DC's into privates, Landon and Prep(pretty identical as previous posters stated in terms of Academic strength) are only below Sidwell, STA, and NCS which are top tier-nationally ranked schools. Thus, you can't go wrong with either school. Both schools send out many kids to ivys and top institutions for further studies(Academically, Athletically, or Artistically). For all who say that "I wonder how many kids get into ivys through sports." It's a fair question, however, those ivy schools aren't picking brainless kids. There's a certain cut off in terms of grades which they have to meet to get into that school for an athletic scholarship. I know this first hand because my oldest son graduated from a "Big 5" school in this area and got recruited for a major sport. The school which recruited him expected his GPA and SAT to be over a certain benchmark. For example, a normal kid applying would have to get around a 2200 on their SAT, the recruited athlete would only have to get 2000. So it's not like the kids recruited are mindless. So OP, either way, I personally believe you should go whichever school your family thought best of for your DS. [/quote]

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