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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such and odd no-name, second tier set of schools OP. Just ship DC off to Madeira and call it a day.  And PP is correct, nobody has heard of anything good coming out of Baltimore.[/quote]

I'm confused by what you feel the list of schools is omitting.  If you feel Bryn Mawr is no-name there really isn't any reaching you.  What are the other Baltimore schools that are better??[/quote]

New poster. Gilman, if you're talking about academic rigor and you aren't limiting it to girls schools.

Bryn Mawr is well known and respected in Baltimore, but outside of this area if you say Bryn Mawr people are going to think you're talking about the college. That's a challenge for Bryn Mawr when it comes to name recognition.[/quote]

Bryn Mawr is the first girl’s college prep school in the country, founded by the same person as Bryn Mawr college to prepare girls to attend—they have the same name for a reason.[/quote]

I know Bryn Mawr's history, because I live in Baltimore. I didn't know that before I moved to Baltimore, and when people asked me if I'd considered Bryn Mawr when looking for a school for my daughter, I had no idea what they were talking about; why would I look at a college for my young child? I am not alone. Bryn Mawr has a unique challenge when it comes to name recognition outside of Baltimore. Boarding is also seriously limited, so people outside of Baltimore are unlikely to be looking at the Baltimore day schools and have no reason to learn about Bryn Mawr (K-12, Baltimore) in contrast to Bryn Mawr (college, Pennsylvania). Day schools are usually going to struggle with name recognition outside of their geographical area, that shouldn't surprise anyone. More people will have heard of Phillips Exeter or Choate than Gilman.[/quote]

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