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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8:52, I'm 8:28, and I think we agree there's no single Number 1 school for everyone in the DC area (and I've been bored this week too). I'm just trying to get beneath the impulse to say that the best school in all our minds is the most selective school and, even if this were true (I don't agree it is), the number of available seats in the classroom is a fair gauge of selectivity and not an artifact of something else, like classroom space or a mission to educate more kids. I was just speculating that there's an undrlying belief that everyone would choose Sidwell over Gonzaga if they could afford Sidwell and get in, and this belief is driving methodological choices. I don't have kids at either school, although I know several kids at Sidwell, so I guess this thread is just bringing out my inner math nerd.[/quote]

So, I am actually a Math geek - degree in Math and Statistician for years - though I am not a Math geek in my soul - so I do something else now.

It does drive me crazy though to see such a debunk methodology and the comparison of apples to oranges with a sample size so silly it makes my math geekness emerge.

BTW, Gonzaga does not really have 250 slots. Mater Dei is promised a certain amount as is Holy Redeemer, BS, etc. So if Sidwell has 100 9th graders but only 25 slots due to current students getting the other 75. Gonzaga has 250 slots but there are only really X (unknown number of slots much less than 250) due to the Catholic feeder schools.

You can't apply statistics to everything.

I have been around here for a long time and there is no best school.

I have family that have attended over 10 of them - yes - Catholic family with a multitude of neices/nephews. Some are at an independent, Catholic, magnet, public (non W), out of the area.

I even have a NMS in my family and one accepted to Ivy but chose a different school. It sure did feel good to get accepted though.

I feel bad for the poor newbies - this site must be more confusing that any other informational blog because the information is simply wrong.

I have no affiliation to Sidwell but I can tell you the moms give you oranges after the game and it was one of my best memories. I vote Sidwell has the best oranges - but that is a personal preference. [/quote]

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