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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that sometimes Bullis takes it on the chin on this forum.  At the same time, I think sometimes the "piling on" effect comes as a reaction to the insistence by certain posters that all schools are equally selective or all students at area schools are equally academically gifted or all college acceptance records are equally comparable.  It makes people want to argue back -- somewhat weirdly, maybe, as it's the adults doing it instead of the kids -- but there is an impulse to "correct the record" when some of the more far-fetched claims are made. [/quote]

Yeah -- agree with your description of the dynamic among posters on this and other threads -- too often, the argument becomes black/white, with no shades of grey.  W/re to selectivity, as a Sidwell parent, I'd say that the perception many folks have that every kid there is an academic high-flyer is way wrong, but I'd also say that a pretty high percentage of kids fit that description.  Conversely, we also know quite a few Bullis kids -- many are teammates of my kids -- and I can definitely say that you'll find students there who are just as bright and intellectually curious as the top students at Sidwell -- maybe just not as high a percentage of the class. [/quote]

Past Bullis parent here.  Thanks for the thoughtful post.  My daughter, a Bullis graduate, is now a first-year at a top LAC.  Her class has 3 St. Alban's graduates, 2 Holton graduates and 2, I think, from GDS - don't know about the other area private schools.  Bullis definitely has a policy of academic diversity - there are many average kids who end up at big state U but I'd say about a third of the graduates end up at very competitive schools - Ivies and USNews top 25 national universities and USNews top 25 LAC's.  Definitely a different model than the academically elite schools, but not without its merits IMHO.[/quote]

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