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[quote=Anonymous]I am the poster who was a day student at Andover. I'm sorry if my earlier comments classified me as a "jackass." I didn't mean to come off that way. Heck, I was an Andover "townie!" I went to Andover with no legacy, and was in public school up until grade 9. My other siblings went to public schools.

The point I was trying to make is that this board is riddled with all kinds of petty competitive school-related infighting. Parents putting down one DC day schools over another, competing with each other for spots for their 3-year-olds trying to plot which feeder Pre-K program will get them into Sidwell or whatever.

I was merely trying to point out that there are other options which some would say are superior to the microcosm that is DC private schools.  I still maintain that Andover/Exeter/St. Pauls and many of the NY and NE private schools are both academically and extracurricularly superior to pretty much all of the DC day schools.  There is no Andover or Exeter equivalent in DC, period.  Sidwell is the only school that comes close, which explains why the last two presidents who had elementary/middle-school-aged children all went to Sidwell.

To the PP who went to Exeter, I understand where you are coming from.  Andover was a similar experience for me and many of my classmates. I was also middle-of-the-pack grades-wise (Andover grades on a scale of 1-6, with 6 being the highest, and my average was a 4.5).  However, I was very involved in theater and studio arts, so I was able to attend Brown.  I attribute Andover's network and relationship with college admissions in large part to my acceptance at Brown. I fully believe my Andover attendance made the difference for me, too.[/quote]

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