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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WHO CARES!!!!!!!![/quote]

No doubt a rhetorical question, but . . . All the people who hijacked the FAQ sticky and demanded their own "Big Blah Blah Blah" sticky.

A poem:

I was happy, oh yes, carefree,
When I first moved to DC,
Until I found out
And was crippled with doubt,
About something called "the Big Three"!

These schools of wonder and grace,
Each one a magnificent place,
My child would adore
To go through the door,
And emerge an Ivy League Ace.

But, alas!  I learned of the debate
Which tangles DCUM forums with hate
Which ARE the big three?
Are they only in DC?
Or in a neighboring state?

Sidwell, Cathedral and St. Albans too
Will argue their "Big Three" status to you
Potomac, Maret, Georgetown Day
And the girls of Holton should have their say,
The laxers of Landon, the Georgetown Prep boys,
St. Stephens St. Agnes is making some noise . . .

Every child shouts: "My school is Big Three!"
. . . OH wait, that's their PARENTS . . .do pardon me!

:lol:[/quote]

Always thought until I moved here that the big 3 were Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.  Love your poem[/quote]

While funny, there is a lot of truth here. The students who actually attend these schools (as opposed to the DCUM moms) have a VERY different view.  [b]STA boys don't consider GDS boys their peers[/b] - they are in a different orbit (not saying better or worse, just different).  Coed schools are very different from single gender schools.  Students in coed schools rarely interact with kids from other schools. The socially adept students at single gender schools interact with students from all the other single gender schools.  The net net is that if your DC is socially adept ("cool") they'll thrive in the single gender schools.   If not, the coed private schools are a better choice. [/quote]

I would observe the opposite.  GDS boys (and girls) are simply amazing and accomplished -- and among DC private students they are seemingly without peer.[/quote]

It's been my experience with students from this school that they are woefully ignorant of the world around them and have zero street smarts.[/quote]

Nothing could be further from the truth.  GDS was founded as an urban school for social justice, and the students totally reflect the vibe and diversity of DC.[/quote]

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