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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, I just read through these postings and am a bit alarmed by the vitriol and unfounded generalizations about Bullis.  Bullis is not as elitist or exclusive as some independent schools...it will take a hard-working B student.  However, the top students do very well in the college admissions process--this year's seniors were admitted to Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins.  And, while the school is having a terrific year with athletics (Girls ISL champs in soccer and tennis, Boys IAC in Football and Basketball), what about the award winning choir, the Model UN team, the amazing Jazz band, and incredible success of the National History Day program?  I think you need to take a closer look...your info is outdated and/or false.  Why so mean, folks?  Perhaps sour grapes?  You  wish your child was happy and balanced and loving life at Bullis, I think.[/quote]

[FYI, the girls' soccer title was in the lower division -- "best of the rest" as they say.]  Nevertheless, I think everyone agrees Bullis is going to see even more success in athletics (they are also having an excellent boys' lacrosse season).  What is at issue is what they are doing to achieve that -- giving money to affluent families if the child is a good athlete (so, effectively, giving athletic scholarships); taking senior transfers from other league schools; taking students expelled from other league schools; waiving the taking of the SSAT for athletes.

Why do people care?  That's a good question.  Probably in part because sports ARE taken so seriously, and those with children at league rival schools get bugged by the fact that Bullis has gone renegade but won't admit it.  Not saying it makes much sense -- if your kid is happy where they are, who cares what terrible students Bullis is admitting or what crazy new recruiting their football coach is doing -- but it's probably a factor.[/quote]

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