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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in University Park, just blocks away from Northwestern.  My kids aren't yet high school aged, but [b]I know very few kids from the neighborhood who go to Northwestern[/b]--it is widely considered not a great option.  For public, most families try to get into Eleanor Roosevelt (STEM magnet) or College Park Academy.  For privates, the top choices are DeMatha (boys), Seton (girls), Sandy Spring Friends, St. Anselm's Abbey (boys)--I think they're all technically religious, but I don't know anything about the daily religiosity actually happening at any of them.  I'll chime back in if I think of any others that I'm missing.  [/quote]

I find comments like this so odd. There are 2 thousand kids at Northwestern. Obviously kids "go there." But not families that look like you, PP? Is that it? 
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If you look at the stats, by the time kids get to high school, almost all of the more affluent families zoned for NW have chosen something else. Or moved. The elementary schools are the most racially and economically diverse, the middle schools less so, the high school far less. Since UP is homogeneously affluent, it makes sense that few kids from the neighborhood are enrolled at NW. That’s what the PP said. [/quote]

Yes, thank you (and the other PP) for explaining what I meant.  I really was making a very narrow claim: I live in UP, and I know very few kids from this neighborhood who go to Northwestern.  Obviously 1000+ kids go there.  I’ve been in the building multiple times, I drive/bike/walk by every day at drop off and pick up times—I am well aware that there are lots of kids who go there.  They are not predominantly from University Park.  Another way to put it is that UP families, who tend to have options, make other choices.

I do appreciate the PP upthread who spoke highly of the VPA program at Northwestern.  I’ve got a kid who is very interested in the performing arts program at HMS, and I’d love it if Northwestern was a good option for him. [/quote]

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