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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people really think going to a "Big3" guarantees admission to a t25 college or university?

I mean, maybe Andover 20 years ago, but at this point, and particularly post COVD, it simply isn't possible.

Add to it, a lot of kids want a different collegiate experience from their "big3" type high school experience. That is why you see a lot of schools like Clemson, Boulder, Pitt etc on the matriculation lists.[/quote]

Doesn’t matter where you go when you’re rich, connected, and have an elite private k-12 education. Clemson and Michigan aren’t the same experience for these kids. The big 3 kid gets into an elite sorority or fraternity proles can’t get into, only mixes with rich peers, cruises to graduation with a 3.9 gpa, and lands a cushy six figure job with a rich connection (if they don’t go to med or law school).[/quote]
Isn’t the same true for kids that go to Potomac, Bullis, and the 2nd tier schools that cost 50,000 per year?[/quote]

Perhaps, but those schools don’t have the cachet of the Big 3 DC schools.  Most people will ask where’s Potomac?  Why is it in VA?  What’s a Bullis? Never heard of it.

Let’s be honest, when people hear that you graduated from Sidwell/NCS/STA (and maybe GDS) they think “rich and smart.”  Many people think “rich and dumb” when they hear Bullis.  I’m not saying it’s true…it’s more perception.[/quote]

The only Big Three with worldwide recognition is Sidwell.  [/quote]

Sidwell does not have the clout it once had 20 plus years ago. They do not have a strong presence in power broker circles or in socially elite circles. Single sex schools is where it is at and I would say the Cathedral schools are at the top of the heap. [/quote]

"Single sex schools is where it is at"? - I'm not so sure about that.

And really - what day school has true "worldwide" recognition? I feel like Sidwell, Dalton in NYC and Harvard Westlake in LA, maybe? Only inside of pretty niche circles do people know places like Brearley, Collegiate, NCS, and STA. [/quote]

Phillips Academy (Andover) and Phillips Exeter Academy are also known globally.  However, many people confuse the two—or think that it’s just one school.[/quote]

I specified day schools because I agree, there are a lot of globally known boarding schools. [/quote]

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