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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone really cross-shop these?  [/quote]

Um apparently OP is. Why the obvious question?[/quote]

Perhaps things have changed since I was in HS here (I have girls, so neither school was on our radar this round).  Back in the day, there would have been zero overlap.  One school was studious and the other sporty.  One privileged, the other not.  One primarily WASP and the other almost entirely catholic.  Completely different vibe.  [b]Would be like a kid going to college and torn between West Point and Oberlin. [/b] [/quote]

This is crazy.  It is nothing like this.  Sure, there are elite families who would not consider SAAS and Catholics who would not consider STA but there is decent number of families who are just looking for a top education for their son, especially at the high school level. We're a STA family and are in that group and we also considered SAAS (ruled it out as too far of a commute from our house) but applied to Gonzaga, GDS, Potomac, School without Walls, Sidwell, etc. Schools that really have very little in common with each other except for their ability to provide a very good education. There are quite a few people like us, including many families at STA. My son's best friend at STA applied to all the Catholic options (Prep, Gonzaga, SAAS) as well as STA. Sure, there are elites who would consider nothing less than Sidwell or STA but there are a ton of kids who join in 9th grade who apply all over.  You really have to if you're not elite or a VIP and want a top private school spot.  [/quote]

I get that kids might be torn between Prep and Albans -- they're pretty similar but SAAS is a whole different thing.  Really hard to see both being equally appealing to the same kid.  I guess a parent might view one as an acceptable alternative.  [/quote]

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