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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]grew up on Main Line.

Baldwin or Shipley for Girls ( Baldwin)

Haverford for Boys

Friends Central for Co-Ed

and Notre Dame if you are Catholic

There is no comparison to DC Privates though for the main reason: Montgomery County ( Main Line is Mont Co) has excellent public schools ( regularly send 20-30 % of class to Ivy)
while occasionally fielding a future NBA player or Olympic Athlete. Free laptops for everyone MS on up , sports facilities to rival Sidwell's and all funded, not by tuition, but by property taxes in one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country .

Mostly everyone in the public schools on Main Line will be Jewish ( think GDS, but voting heavily center  Republican)

Privates are more WASPY and Friends Central is probably the most diverse politically and racially

What you won't find in Private schools in Phila : a big social scene for parents . Why ? Because Philadelphia is mostly Medicine and Pharma based and not POTUS, Lobbyist based and no one cares or has the time.

Why pay for private ? [/quote]

Grew up on the Main Line and went to one of the schools on the above list.

Absolutely everything in this post is spot-on.  I would just add Episcopal Academy to the list.  [/quote]

+2. I am a graduate of Episcopal Academy and my siblings of Friends' Central. 
EA= preppy, wealthy, booksmart, not especially creative, very little diversity
FCS= more artistic, nurturing, diverse[/quote]

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