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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In terms of applications, I think that GDS competes with Maret (and Sidwell and WIS and, to a more limited extent, Beavior/NCS/StA) for the same kids, but rarely with most of the others you've listed.  Some of that is certainly geographical, but it's also school culture/emphases.  I wouldn't exactly call the latter non-academic factors because I suspect that GDS's selling point is its academics.  But there are a variety of different ways of having strong academics -- so it's usually a question of what teaching style, resources, course offerings, etc. -- and that's the basis on which many (maybe even most) families will choose among the DC schools I've mentioned. [/quote]
I'm not sure either of us knows enough about the applicant pool and the decision process each applicant employs to accurately judge the relevant markets and the competition factors. At any rate, my underlying point is that some schools (like GDS, Potomac, and Stone Ridge) are in competition for applicants, and have available persuasive data, yet choose not to release data on college matriculation and standardized test scores. I find that impressive because they (apparently) are valuing family privacy and other non-competitive values over aggressive marketing.[/quote]

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