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[quote=Anonymous]My experience with Lowell was quite a few years ago under different leadership but I would offer the following:

1.  Being in the independent private school circle can help your child move into other independent private schools with the right push from the administration and strong stats.  The middle school was just starting when my kids left Lowell but I'm expect it offers a strong education at that level if you like the progressive education model.

2. Lowell is a small school  You are coming in at middle school.  How strong do you think  your child will be academically compared to others who stayed for middle school (some may have left for other privates or for magnet publics.) How involved will you be with the school (committees and such.)

3. But most importantly, don't put your put your kid in Lowell now because you want a specific other private high school that's super hard to get into if you'll be crushed should it not work out.

4. Between them, my kids got numerous rejections and wait lists from a few of the more prestigious DC privates.   At the time, it was very stressful for both the kids and the parents and the outcomes seemed more connected to factors such who was most liked by the administration (kids and families), diversity, athleticism, and family wealth than to academics.

5. My kids landed in a fantastic private that many on DCUM wrongly consider "second tier."  They had a fanstastic experience and got a first rate education.  We forget that schools deemed second tier in DC are probably better than 95% of privates in the country because of the intense competition and demanding parent pool in the DMV.

6.  Both my kids graduated from a top Ivy that the vast majority of kids from the most elite DC schools cannot get into.  Secondary education certainly matters, but the differences between reputation-wise top/second tier schools is inconsequential.

7.  One of my kid's high school friends who was very smart went to an honors program in a state school for his BS.  Then got a Phd from one of the top programs in his field in the country and now works in probably the top lab in his field in the world.

Keep perspective and take deep breaths.

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