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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am from what would be considered an old money DC family. I graduated from sidwell in the mid 90s and can count on one hand the number of people who belonged to any country club. It is really disgusting what the school has become.[/quote]

I always thought I would want my kids to go there, but I heard it had changed so we didn't apply. We don't want the country club set.

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Same here (I'm pp).  It used to be an interesting place.  Now it's full of social climbing wannabes.[/quote]

Can't speak for Sidwell, but as a legacy & member the club but whose family has NEVER made the "country club" set a priority, I appreciate the diversity at the Cathedral schools. My kids are in the lower school at NCS & STA (and they previously went to beauvoir), One recent trend which I find refreshing and the opposite of "social climbing," NOT ONE of ds & dd's classmates are enrolled in the "invitation only" Mrs. Simpson's, but instead opted for the all-inclusive Capital Cotillion. I know I chose Cotillion over Mrs. Simpson's. From what I've heard the stonewalling of Mrs. Simpson's is quite new. Even a few years back, there would be a handful of students in each grade who attended to Mrs. Simpson's... in this year's 4th grade there are none (ZERO) Cathedral students at Mrs. Simpsons. We felt uncomfortable with the idea of sending dc to a dancing school where not all of his/her classmates were welcome. Take that social climbers![/quote]

I went to NCS and graduated in the late nineties.  My best friend, from another school, belonged to Chevy and was very active. I lived nearby and spent a lot of time there.   I can think of only three families between my class and other grades who belonged to Chevy.   It was not like half, a third, a quarter, or even a tenth of the class belonged to Chevy.  There were maybe two Columbia families, a Kenwood family, and that is about it. Noone really talked about it.  Not sure what the percentages are now, but I think the general consensus is that DC is a very different place now than it was when we were in school.  In my grade, three kids got new cars on the 16th birthdays, and none were luxury vehicles.  Most kids did not have their own car and just drove their parents' cars.  There is a lot more money and parents seem more eager to show it.  [/quote]

Yes it's called new money. Most Big 3 families still don't belong. The only schools that have many belong are the Cathedral schools. Although I think that trend may be changing back again, as I have heard many of the new families being admitted do not belong to Chevy and it balances out the community in a positive way.  I wouldn't be surprised if that trend continues, as those families tend to create a positive community, rather than a divided one. [/quote]

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