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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my middle school aged kid had a choice between my alma mater Andover, GDS or Thomas Jefferson, I'd urge him to attend TJ. That's not possible because we live on the Maryland side, but I have no doubt TJ would be the easy top choice. This is based only on quality and not costs.

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/work-education/education/success-factory-inside-americas-best-high-school/[/quote]

Did Andover or TJ have any alums named as Rhodes Scholars this year?[/quote]

Oh please, enough with the Rhodes kid.  The GDS Rhodes scholar is a great kid, but he only attended GDS for a couple years.  I honestly doubt if those two years changed his trajectory in any significant way.  I'm sure GDS, TJ, Sidwell, St. Albans and Andover all have a few Rhodes scholars in their ranks over the years.  It's a great honor, but it says more about the kid than the school he/she attended.  [/quote]

I think that a school is entitled to brag a little if a graduate is named a Rhodes Scholar.  Clearly GDS provided him with an excellent education.  You can be sure that GDS's peer schools would be all over it if one of their grads had won a Rhodes.  When it comes to Rhodes and Marshall fellowships, the Ivys all closely check their "standings" against each other.[/quote]

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