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[quote=Anonymous]We turned down Waldorf and Park to send our children to Friends. We chose Friends because it seemed more diverse than both Waldorf and Park. We have no experience at Waldorf or Park, but our experience at Friends has been wonderful. I think our children are getting a great education. They are smart and talented, but most of the kids at Friends (their friends, at least) are also smart and talented. Friends does not differentiate that much, in our experience, mostly because it doesn't need to. I know a few people who have kids at Gilman, which has a good reputation in Baltimore, but it's not very diverse, and there's lots of attitude among Gilman boys, which turned us off completely, in addition to the single sex thing. Friends gets kids into all the Ivies and most selective colleges, but it is not focused on that, so kids who go there don't necessarily want to end up at those competitive schools. I do not expect my children will go to those schools, but they are still young, and who knows? I'm sure Friends will prepare them well for any school they want to attend, whether it's Harvard or the University of Maryland or anything in between. Friends wants to develop well-rounded kids who are intellectually curious, and who value things we value, like sharing and equality and simplicity. We love the Quaker values of the school (we're not Quaker), and like most Friends parents, just love the school. [/quote]

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