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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Pyle and Whitman and have friends who are sending their kids now.  It's such a pressure cooker I would avoid it at all costs (and I had the chance to move my family to my childhood home).  I also am parent to biracial kids and don't see my friends' kids spending any time with non-white kids; while I had a number of Asian American friends growing up, Black kids were few and far between. YMMV of course, but it was (and seems) pretty segregated, and the over the top pressure to be the best at everything and get into a top school can be hard to navigate, especially if shared custody means you and ex don't always agree on how to help your kid figure out how to navigate. (it's like no one there knows that they are swimming in ultracompetitive waters; they think it's just regular water and that's what it has to be like) [/quote]

The 2 choices are so so different.

I agree that Pyle and Whitman are pressure cooker large schools.  If you have a very self motivated, competitive kid who would thrive in this environment, go for it.  Whitman also offers more curriculum choices.  These schools are way less diverse and also very much keeping up with the Jones and lots the kids who are very status driven.

DCI is more laid back.  It is competitive but not so crazy pressure cooker like the other school.  So if you have a high performing kid, they will still have to work and will be among other high performers but it’s more collaborative.  It’s also more diverse and teachers and staff know the kids more and smaller class size.  I have a high performing kid who does well among similar peers but would be miserable in a cut throat high pressure hunger game each for their own environment.  Also surprisingly. most of my kids classes are on the smaller side 15-18 kids. We are fortunate to have done very well financially but are low key and none of our kid’s friends or many if the kids I’ve met when at the school are status driven.[/quote]

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