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[quote=Anonymous]According to this link http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/331543.page

Sidwell had 14 NMSF, STA had 10 and GDS had 6 - if I understand 11:45 the thinking here is that having a small % of NSMF (albeit a larger small % than other schools) makes a recognizable difference in the academic experience?  I don't think the data support that.  Moreover, the overall % is irrelevant for an individual student - if the underlying theory is correct the important thing is to be in class with the NMSF students.  But if a student was in an honors level class at top public school with many more total NMSF students, they could be surrounded by NMSF students.

The matriculation data is more revealing.  Each of the schools discussed here send students to HYPSM type schools each year, others to top 25 schools and others to less selective schools.  The biggest difference I've observed is how socially adept the graduates are.  To me, graduates of all boys schools are far more polished than graduates of coed schools - but reasonable minds can  differ.[/quote]

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