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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]

It is a very elite circle powerbrokers and elite social groups and collegiate and brearly are listed as top 2 in the country year after year so if you are not familiar with them that says more about you than them. They attract a similar crowd to STA and NCS. [/quote]

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. Trinity, Brearley, Collegiate, Spence, Chapin, Dalton, NCS, STA, Sidwell, etc. are all "elite" institutions. Those "in the know" will know. However, if you ask the average person off the street, they might know Sidwell but they probably wouldn't know what Spence means. I'm not saying they're not "elite" institutions. [/quote]

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