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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We didn’t apply and my child didn’t want such a small school.  That was THE factor for us.  But, as a relatively disinterested person my take is this.  It is a good school with good outcomes and hard admissions due to size and being good.  Desirable for some due to its smaller size.  But… and this is probably why it is a touchy topic… it does not have the cache of Sidwell, NCS/St Albans, or GDS.  Full stop.  As a local, it was a school for artsy kids back in the day and that did not necessarily mean academically excellent artsy kids.  Back then Sidwell, GDS and St Albans/NCS were already super hard to get into and regularly churning out great college admits.  And FWIW, Potomac didn’t even have a high school.  So the landscape has changed and Maret has changed and it seems academically much more respectable.  But… it is not in the same league as NCS/St Albans and Sidwell. And the Maret people sound a little ridiculous constantly insisting it is.  But I don’t have any hate.  Just a dose of reality. Some kids and families may prefer it over those “better” schools.  We didn’t apply to a single DC school after factoring in transportation and some of the after school requirements. We considered some and would not have put in application at Maret because it is smaller than our child wanted.  Everyone has different goals and expectations for high school.  But here is the thing.  Maret is very good.  It’s like Williams or Amherst.  But it isn’t Harvard or MIT and those others are.  [/quote]

Sounds about right. Why presidents choose to send their kids to Sidwell over maret? [/quote]

I thought Barron Trump went to St. Andrew's Episcopal, not Sidwell?[/quote]

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