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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC-area residents live in fantasy land. Top schools here are at best average nationally. Except for Thomas Jefferson, there is no other school here that is on the same level of the top boarding schools and the top prep schools in NYC and Boston. Don't get me wrong, the areas top prep and public schools are strong, but people need to pull off the blinders and realize that DC is not the center of universe. I moved to the area a few years ago and realized that this beltway culture that everyone told me about is true. People here are clueless about what life is like elsewhere and this post is proof. Get real folks, attending one of the top boarding schools will provide a great academic, athletic, and social experience beyond what most top DC-area schools offer. These schools are not for everyone but to argue that DC-area schools can offer a similar better experience is "crazy talk."     [/quote]

We're not talking about "most top dc area schools." We're talking about ncs, sta, and sidwell. My friends and I, all at top ten colleges, ncluding hyp, though our education at ncs was better than at college.[/quote]

I'm a public school grad who went to one of the Ivies.  The Sidwell/NCS/St. Albans grads were (a) pretty impressive; and (b) to my observation very much the equal of the Andover/Exeter/St. Paul's grads in my class.  I'm now someone who has some involvement with independent schools now, and the quality and style of teaching at the good local day schools entirely comparable as the grand old NE boarding schools.  Lastly, if you look at the percentage of National Merit Semifinalists as a proxy for the strength of the student cohort, Andover, as an example, comes in at under 10% -- equal or behind St. Albans, Sidwell, NCS, and some years GDS in terms of percentages.  Just as the day school parents on this board may tend to undervalue the worth of the top boarding schools, it would be a mistake to undervalue the top day schools in the DC area.[/quote]

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