Anonymous
05/11/2026 22:05
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:Check if there's a difference in tag eligibility depending on which school you pick. $60k for college is not nothing!
Sure but then DCI got over 300 million dollars in scholarships for a class of about 200 kids. That is a hell of a lot of free money.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 22:02
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Check if there's a difference in tag eligibility depending on which school you pick. $60k for college is not nothing!
In state tuition at Maryland public universities is also something to consider.
If in state tuition is a top concern, you are looking at the wrong state. MD just has U of MD.
VA is the answer here with so many choices and good ones too.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 21:59
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:Check if there's a difference in tag eligibility depending on which school you pick. $60k for college is not nothing!
In state tuition at Maryland public universities is also something to consider.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 21:59
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
I would not go to Bethesda if I was biracial. Even my white friends tell me how racist it can be. I have heard some real horror stories. DCI is the answer.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 21:50
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Check if there's a difference in tag eligibility depending on which school you pick. $60k for college is not nothing!
Anonymous
05/11/2026 21:39
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:I’d choose Pyle and Whitman in a second if I could afford the housing. They are proven, well-managed schools, with a lot of extracurricular options and differentiated instruction. Both schools are 40-50% people of color with lots of ethnic diversity (though less economic diversity than DCI).
DCI offers too uneven an experience by comparison.
Come on, both Pyle and Whitman are like 5% black. That is nothing and important for OP and her kid to know.
It is predominantly white followed by Asian. DCI has much more ethnic diversity.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 21:27
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
I’d choose Pyle and Whitman in a second if I could afford the housing. They are proven, well-managed schools, with a lot of extracurricular options and differentiated instruction. Both schools are 40-50% people of color with lots of ethnic diversity (though less economic diversity than DCI).
DCI offers too uneven an experience by comparison.
DCI offers too uneven an experience by comparison.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:53
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:5th grade graduation around the corner!
Deciding between DC International (DCI) for the 6th-12th grade journey (mom resides in DC) or Thomas Pyle MS and Walt Whitman HS (dad resides in Bethesda).
Biracial child who’s into sports, art and friends…go!
You have one shot at DCI.
I would try DCI especially if your kid currently goes to a feeder school or school in DC. Moving from DC to Bethesda is going to be shocking for a biracial kid.
If your kid likes DCi, then continue. If he doesn’t, he can go to Pyle or Whitman anytime.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:32
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:5th grade graduation around the corner!
Deciding between DC International (DCI) for the 6th-12th grade journey (mom resides in DC) or Thomas Pyle MS and Walt Whitman HS (dad resides in Bethesda).
Biracial child whose into sports, art and friends…go!
Do you want languages or not? Do you want IB or AP? Schools are pretty different.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:32
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
DCI for middle then reevaluate for high school
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:31
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is he into being around other black people? If so, definitely DCI.
Besides diversity, another difference is the size of the schools. Pyle and Whitman are huge like 1200 plus kids in middle school and in high school.
DCI IMO much better with just about 600 kids in each school.Not too small but also not too huge and kids are just another number. This also affects class sizes too.
typo kids are not
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:31
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Anonymous wrote:Is he into being around other black people? If so, definitely DCI.
Besides diversity, another difference is the size of the schools. Pyle and Whitman are huge like 1200 plus kids in middle school and in high school.
DCI IMO much better with just about 600 kids in each school.Not too small but also not too huge and kids are just another number. This also affects class sizes too.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:28
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Go where?
Anonymous
05/11/2026 18:26
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
Is he into being around other black people? If so, definitely DCI.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 17:44
Subject: Advice: DCI vs. Pyle/Whitman for MS and HS
5th grade graduation around the corner!
Deciding between DC International (DCI) for the 6th-12th grade journey (mom resides in DC) or Thomas Pyle MS and Walt Whitman HS (dad resides in Bethesda).
Biracial child whose into sports, art and friends…go!
Deciding between DC International (DCI) for the 6th-12th grade journey (mom resides in DC) or Thomas Pyle MS and Walt Whitman HS (dad resides in Bethesda).
Biracial child whose into sports, art and friends…go!