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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are very different schools. Either would be good for a “bright” boy, so you’re going to have to figure out the best fit on your own. As a pp said, start with co-ed vs single-sex, it’s a blatant differentiator. [/quote]

Can we once and for all put a rest to the redundant term “very different,” especially when describing two $50,000 a year private schools located a mile apart in leafy NW DC?

They are not “very different.”  They may be somewhat different, but they are more alike than people who want to sing the praises of the plethora of schools in this area want to concede. OP don’t be an idiot. They are both full of “bright boys,” another meaningless term. [/quote]

NP. They are different though. Even socially the kids at STA and Sidwell do not mix at all socially. Single sex schools tend to know each their and mix at parties more. My kids are at one of these schools and these schools do not mix socially and do not know each other. Different social worlds, communities etc… [/quote]

How different could the social worlds and communities possibly be at these two schools??[/quote]

Night and day. They don't mix. STA tends to be more club related and more conservative and preppy overall and Sidwell is not. We are at one of these schools and we do not ever see any parents at the other school but see parents and many other schools in DC. These two communities have zero overlap.[/quote]

Another poster who says this is absolutely not our experience. My sons at one of these schools have lots of friends at the other and we have many parent friends at both.

Those of you who seem so adamant that there is “zero overlap” either don’t know who your kids’ friends are and who they are hanging out with, or your kids are outliers. [/quote]

Maybe in your case but have two kids and have actually asked flat out about Sidwell and GDS and they said they do not hang out with any kids from there and they do not attend any of their parties and vice versa. I know who my kids hang out with and it is not Sidwell, GDS, or Maret. [/quote]

Anyone surprised that this is an STA parent?[/quote]

I am the parent and it was not meant as an insult to those schools. Those are the other top schools imo besides NCS so I am always curious as to why there is not much interaction but in our experience there is not. I personally think it is because they tend to hang out with single sex schools more often - especially other single sex girls schools. [/quote]

Perhaps your kids are shy or more introverted, but mine at one of these schools absolutely hangs with kids from the other. They are friends from back in elementary school days, church and rec sports teams. [/quote]

+1. We have kids from all of these schools at our house often. But, we live pretty close in so it’s convenient to be here.  The kids who keep more to themselves with just school friends live farther out. [/quote]

My daughter is also at a single sex school and has lots of girls over from all other single sex schools but does not know or socialize with Sidwell kids either. They don’t know one another or at least not enough to attend the same parties. [/quote]

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