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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in northern VA - thought about having DD apply to Madeira and it's merit scholarship - assume the latter is quite hard to get - but upon looking at college acceptances and NMSF stats in the past, I was not as impressed as I thought.

Any feedback on the level of academic rigor/challenge there? Also, looking at the videos/photos on the website - there were zero south asians with some east asians and some AA girls. Is this a very WASP school?[/quote]

If you look at any of the privates in this area, none have a truly impressive list of colleges. Every single one is on par with a decent public so if you choose private, you need to do so for the experience that it will afford.

Yes, Maderia has some diversity. You actually need to visit to see it. [/quote]

+1 that the privates are not that impressive like other big cities or some top-level boarding schools. 
Don't know anything about the publics. [/quote]
Yep, but then you are looking at a $60k+ price tag and uber competitiveness at some of those top-level boarding schools, for about 80 seats, plus home-sickness. There is a trade-off and the boarding school system is pretty much the same -- only the top 10-20% (about 15 students in a class of about 80), are positioned for the best colleges, etc. And you are competing against top-level global competition if you're talking Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss, etc.  We looked at this option and even received spots at a few top boards. At the end of the day, for the pricetag (though great facilities and course offerings), we decided that the higher priced schools did not offer much more than what we could do here. You can get into HYP from DC schools. No need to relocated to New Hampshire or Mass. to find rigorous academics and top college acceptances. The college acceptances into HYP may not be as plentiful, but they are attainable (plus my DC gets to sleep at night in her own bed).[/quote]

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