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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring 
Oneness 
SAES
 To name a few.[/quote]
Not SAES.[/quote]

SAES is definitely a safety school unless you child is a poor student.[/quote]

SAES was the top choice for a lot of smart, talented kids at my kid's K-8, many of whom chose it over other schools to which they were accepted that this board would consider more "prestigious."  Calling it a safety school, and essentially writing it off as a place one goes only if one is rejected everywhere else, diminishes the accomplishment.  Not everyone believes that the world is so black and white that if you're not Big 3, you're a doomed moron.[/quote]

My DC was a top student and SAES was our #1 choice, for several reasons. It was selected over {drumroll} a touted Big 5 school's acceptance during a competitive post-pandemic app cycle. And NO, I AM NOT A TROLL  :roll:   Our family found SAES to be a perfect fit. We considered both acceptances to be an accomplishment. In fact, DC only applied to these two schools and was honored to get into both, but SAES was the #1 target all along. There is a subset of DMV families focused on fit for their children to individually thrive, versus alleged hierarchy of prestige. 
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We did the same with our child - not St. Andrews, but same scenario [b]People will assume our child didn't get into a "more competitive"[/b] school, but whatevs. [/quote]

Maybe if you live inside the DC city limits and travel to the suburbs one might think that again maybe but not the other way around.  [/quote]

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