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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Lol, didn't think this would turn into such a thing.

Just thinking back to a conversation at an AAU game this past weekend where some parents were going on about "needing" to get out of public for SJC or GC. It just felt so reactive.

If you’re already in a solid cluster (Whitman, Wootton, etc), the academics are fine. Why pay $45k for a uniform and a stricter schedule? Honestly, those campuses... they’re fine, but they aren't exactly inspiring. You’re trading actual diversity for a bubble that doesn't even offer the kind of intellectual freedom you get at the Big Three / big five / whatever you wanna call it.

If you aren't looking for the actual mission—the Quaker values, the intentionality, the out-of-the-box thinking—then what are you actually buying? It just seems like a huge premium for a more filtered version of suburban life. Anyway, just what I was thinking. And to the person saying you don’t go to the Sidwell for the intentionally , yeah you do…[/quote]

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