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[quote=Anonymous]Unless you look at 5-10 years of data these arguments are meaningless. These schools are relatively small and year to year differences in graduating classes can be surprisingly large.  If you were to look at this year only (2011) Sidwell would appear far stronger in these metrics (14 vs 1 Presidential Scholar and similar ratios for National Merit semifinalits and assume finalists, a very large difference in the numbers admitted to HYSP and all the Ivys and little Ivys in the same direction), but this graduating class at Sidwell is phenomenal and this year's at GDS academically in terms of testing, and in terms of leadership and involvement in extracurriculars is much weaker than usual. But if you looked at last year, 2010, the situation would be very different, if not reversed, at least much more equivalent. Bottom line, having had or having kids at both high schools, they are academically more similar than different, and no one should be making a choice between one or the other based on some perceived differences in college accept statistics or SAT scores. Yes, each school has a different set of particularly strong relationships with admissions offices of certain colleges, and kids at one school versus the other might gravitate to colleges perceived as more similar to at least the student body of each school. [/quote]

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