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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would hope parents are applying for schools that would fit their child's needs and not putting them somewhere for the name and they are struggling.   Also, if you are paying 50k, you should want your kid to get into an Ivy league or any good college or University.  Whether you apply for Gonzaga, STA, DeMatha, Landon, Maret or Sidwell and Prep....seriously, these schools are all the same.  I have toured them all.  Stop worrying about your money and focus on your kids education and what school best fit his learning style.  You parents know your children better than anyone.
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Lots of boys are not very happy at STA. Either the academics are too rigorous or the work load is too heavy or the athletics aren't very good or the social climate is tough, I have heard it all. Yet many of these boys stay because their parents feel it is the "best" and their sons will get through it, but they also really like the name recognition when socializing.[/quote]

We’ve heard the opposite, that so many boys are happy. That isn’t to say you’re wrong, just that the experience seems to vary.

Similar comments happening about sidwell (opposite views).

Does that make these schools any different from any other school? (In other words, are the “top” schools less likely to have mostly happy kids? Or do we just expect more out of the “top” schools—we expect them to be different than what is normal everywhere? Serious questions. [/quote]

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