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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=SAM2]Posters from today (3/29), I hear your point about defining the "Big 3" and the conflict that causes. And I have no desire to rank the schools in this FAQ. But the simple fact is that many people on DCUM use the term "Big 3," and it seems like someone new asks for a definition about once every 2-3 months, and more often during application season. In fact, seeing that question asked repeatedly (and the new fight that starts each time it is asked) is one of the things that made me think we need a FAQ.

Ignoring that frequently-asked question, or refusing to answer it directly, doesn't make much sense to me. I'll try to work us some more language for that section to make clear that everyone needs to make her own evaluation of which school is best for her own children.

For those that posted on admissions for older children (and SSAT + ISEE), I think that's a great item to add. But I don't know much about it. Could one of you please work up a short and informative statement about those tests, with links to helpful threads? If you can post something like that, I'll insert it into the FAQ so it stays at the top of this thread.

Finally, I'm not Jeff and he's had no input into this FAQ. So please direct all criticism at me, and spare him the headaches. For running these boards, he should get nothing but our thanks.[/quote]

SAM2 - if you are not a forum administrator, yet are posting a sticky FAQ message at the top of the forum that all future readers of DCUM will assume is factual and endorsed by DCUM, then I think it's only appropriate that you disclose any bias you might have in writing the FAQ.   This would include any formal or informal ties that you have to a particular independent school/schools in the DC area (as a parent, student, alum, faculty or admin member, etc, etc).

I for one think it is very odd that a random poster, who likely does carry some bias (perhaps evidenced by her "Big 3" definition?), is able to represent herself as the unbiased "fact-based" opinion of DCUM.  [/quote]

I agree...I also wonder why some anonymous person gets to act like an expert without putting their name out there[/quote]

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