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[quote=Anonymous]Landon used to send more kids to Princeton than Sidwell for a few years. They were all lacrosse players. I doubt anyone Sidwell would take it well that Landon is an equal or better academic school with equal or better students...and I'd agree with that as neither a Sidwell or a Landon cheerleader. [/quote]

Maybe I haven't had enough coffee this morning, but did you say that Landon is equal to or better than Sidwell in terms of academic rigor? Bahahahahahahahhahahahaha!  Now that's funny.[/quote]

No, that isn't what the PP inferred. Landon used to send a lot of lacrosse players to Princeton, and that does not make Landon an academic equal to Sidwell. If you are at Landon you're only shot at an Ivy, Duke, Stanforf is to be a recruited athlete. Interestingly there has not been a single lacrosse recruit from Landon to Harvard or to Yale since the, ummm, incident in 2010. Those coaches won't recruit Landon kids, period. Princeton has cooled off too in the recent couple years. Sports hooks can really help sometimes, and if you want to go the elite lacrosse route Landon is still placing kids at a number of excellent selective colleges. That should not be confused with flattering a kid with a 95 average at Landon as a profile the most selective schools look for, because clearly that's not true. Strip out the lacrosse placements and it is one year in every few years Landon can manage to get a kid placed at an Ivy. If you have a son at Sidwell, there's nothing to be defensive or snarky about. We all know the deal in terms of Sidwell versus the likes of Landon, and I am neither a Sidwell or a Landon parent. [/quote]

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