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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If you are aiming for HS at a Big-3, with all honestly, you should apply to them when your kids are in the LS.[/b] The competition to get into these schools in 9th is keen, and much more difficult than when your kids are in the LS. And for all the benefits of a focused k-8 education, there are also benefits for the k-12 model. Neither one is so much better than the other that it's a clear choice one way. Also, if you find that your kid or family isn't a good fit for the K-12, you can always apply out.[/quote]

Not true for all. We hoped our kids would end up at one of a couple of the "Big 3s" after Norwood, and they did. And we are very happy about that outcome. But the LS and MS at the Big 3 they are attending would have been terrible for at least one of them, and it is doubtful they would have stayed at that Big 3 for high school had they started there in lower school. Post-Norwood they have thrived at that Big 3 for high school.[/quote]

It's a crapshoot any any school.

Norwood 63 grads last year and sent 12 to the Big3 for high school (if you consider the Big3 to be Sidwell, GDS, STA and NCS--so 4 schools total).

STA in particular picks about 1 kid per school.  My kid just started there and they picked at max, 2 kids per school for 9th.  As far as public goes, it was 2 kids max per entire district.  Potomac also told us (at an admitted students 9th grade event) that they had something like 30 middle schools represented among the 30 admitted students (I'm not sure of the exact numbers for each of these so don't just all over me---but the clear implication was that they admitted 1-2 students max from a large number of schools).

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