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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not entirely convinced there’s a huge difference between so-called first and second tiers. Having been in the private school world of two cities, my take is that schools get reputations that are really hard to shake.[/quote]

The schools generally regarded as top tier in the DMV are (list someone posted earlier is accurate imo, although I'd say 2nd tier someone else posted isnt as accurate as some schools are missing) regarded by folks who really know the private school landscape are given this regard because they are the most difficult to get into for upper/high school, have the most rigorous curriculum in general classes (very few "easy" or fundamental classes, less help for a student with "challenges" - and I speak from experience here), and send the most kids on to the top tier colleges where they tend to sail through freshman year.

That is not saying a kid cant get just as good of an education at a school not on that list because most privates offer top tier classes, a student just may have to ask or test into those.  [/quote]

Ok ....

But again, you’re focusing all on upper school. What about the K-8s, or the K-8 years in the schools with high schools? I have experience with private school too and know that it’s really difficult to compare schools objectively, especially when you’re talking about elementary and middle school years, when you don’t have SAT data.[/quote]

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