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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’re from DC or the northeast, so you still find Chicago to be a great city? Do you find New Trier and the Glenbrooks to truly be on par with TJ or Stuyvesant for example, or are they just top schools for Illinois (which has terrible schools overall)? What would be the DC/NOVA/MD equivalent to Maine South?

I’m asking because all I hear is about how pressure cooker NT is, but my experience in Illinois so far is that these [b]are not the sharpest people I’ve met around[/b]. I’m wondering if New Trier families and students have a lot of wealth but in terms of education are more on par with say Marshall or Wilson High rather than Langley. [/quote]

Please don't compare. They are sharp for their area.[/quote]

This poster is out of his mind.  There is no non-magnet public school anywhere near the quality of New Trier.  Now, to be clear, there is no diversity to speak of at North Shore schools but they are excellent.

I went to a competitor of New Trier and the education was fantastic.  We had people going everywhere the DCUM crowd likes, except substitute Illinois or Purdue for Maryland. Again no diversity though. [/quote]

Not much intellectual curiosity and not politically informed. But I guess you can’t expect people to car about politics and news to the extent they do in DC. One interesting thing is only about 1-2 people per year in Illinois asked me about what I do for work. Pretty much 100% of people I meet in DC ask what I do for work. [/quote]

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