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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Omg, Holton is above Potomac academically. A whole tier above. [/quote]
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Potomac is a good school, but it's not comparable with Holton for a ton of reasons and one of them is more about the network. The DC schools and the Maryland schools near the border including Holton are part of the same social and professional universe. Many families might have one kid at Sidwell, STA, GDS and another at Holton or Landon or St. Andrew's, etc. Many parents all work together and if they do country clubs they are in the same ones. The kids go to the same dance classes, play on the same sports teams. There are some wealthy businesspeople at all private schools but at the DC and Maryland schools there are also a lot of people in high level politics, diplomacy and media. Potomac has a lot of wealth but it's more filled with gov. contractor types in IT and that type of thing and it's less intellectual in a lot of ways and their social and professional universes don't overlap in the same way. Part of it is location and being in Virginia but it's also just the type of families the school attracts.[/quote]

This is one of the dumbest, most obnoxious posts I’ve ever read on this board. Which is saying a lot, given the sheer volume of dumb, obnoxious things people say here. [/quote]

Touched a nerve? IMO this is not necessarily a reason to pick another school over Potomac but it's just more information so that OP understands the schools and their backgrounds. DD is at another private in Va, applying this fall, and all of our neighbors who have kids Potomac are contractors or made their money recently in tech. The good part about this is you may see fewer lobbyists than at the DC or Maryland privates. Kidding. One of my best friends is a lobbyist and a great person.[/quote]

No, you did not touch a nerve. I could give zero craps about how anyone perceives the intellect/power/politics of the parents at either school.

The overall topic of your post is what I found dumb. That anyone even considers this when choosing a school for their children is pathetic and obscene. [/quote]

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