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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Squash. My DH grew up in a squash "hotbed" and many of the kids at his school and neighboring schools got into Ivy League schools by playing.[/quote]

Which private schools in the area have decent squash programs?[/quote]

Potomac, Episcopal, Madeira, NCS, St Albans, plus some of the public schools like Whitman. Look in the CIVL league for participating schools. Potomac and Episcopal have their own courts, most other schools use squash clubs.[/quote]

I'm surprised that St. Albans hasn't built squash courts.  They've invested in fine new outdoor sports facilities and squash would seem to be a St. Albans "thing."[/quote]

It is not an official league sport, for one thing.  And schools are trying to sustain the programs they had -- it's tough to financially justify adding new ones.  Moreover, the epicenter of squash is private coaching, clubs and tournaments -- there's not really a need for schools to build private facilities to meet what demand their might be.  Finally, as mentioned above, Ivy squash rosters are very global so it's not actually as much of a pipeline to colleges as some may think.[/quote]

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