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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hard as hell to get into[/quote]

Not if you live in DC or MD.

It's a known fact that that is a huge boost for admissions. They are desperate to appear to be a DMV-focused school, as opposed to a NOVA-centric school, which they currently are, or at least are perceived as.[/quote]
Not sure where you are getting that. You do know the school was founded in dc and was located in dc foe the first 40+ years? Ask the admissions dept, but the acceptance rates are actually almost identical from dc, md & va. There just happen to be a lot more va applicants as there’s nothing comparable in va. If they were as desperate as you claim, they’d have much higher acceptance rates from dc than elsewhere [/quote]
That’s true.  Potomac expanded and moved to McLean around the time schools were ordered to start integrating and all the other segregation academies started to open up.[/quote]
Actually Potomac moved in the 40s bc the then headmistresses wanted more nature for the children to explore. They had the opportunity to buy a large dairy farm and since they were bursting at the seams in their Dupont location, they took the leap to McLean and were able to expand. If you’re visiting admissions, they have lots of great old photos on the walls in the flag circle building near the admissions office. 
There are definitely some Potomac haters on here. I have several kids at the school, and all are having great experiences. We haven’t experienced any meanness or bullying. We have had the best experiences in IS and US, but LS was definitely a sweet, kind four years, too. [/quote]

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