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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The competitive parenting around this issue is real and ugly.  And it is much worse at the "big 3" schools than other privates, that also send kids to great colleges.[/b]

OP, be proud of your DC for showing the self-awareness to not get caught up in all that.

Back in the 1970s at NCS they used to post a list of where each girl applied and then they put check marks by the schools she got in, a master list put up in a hallway.  It was taken down when a girl attempted suicide.[/quote]

So true. That's why I hate it when the conversation on these forums veers to the Big 3. Lot's of nice kids attend and I know nice parents as well but the use of these schools for bragging rights by a great many insecure parents is tiresome and boorish beyond measure. No one knows about or cares about the Big 3 outside of Washington. No one is impressed by the Big 3 outside of Washington.

I really feel sorry for OP's kid. Worrying that your kid will be outed and you'll be embarrassed because he/she doesn't attend a school that you deem worthy of respect. Way to make your kid feel lousy about himself. It's disgusting.[/quote]

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