Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 09:58     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You are entitled to your own opinion but Barrie does not compare.

1. Barrie is near Delaware.
2. Barrie does not have a challenging academic offering.
3. Barrie does not matriculate students into the best in the nation (Harvard, Yale, MIT Stanford)

Barrie is probably in the 4th tier in terms of top school behind the following:

First tier: Sidwell, STA, NCS
Second Tier: GDS, Maret, Potomac
Third Tier: Whitman, Wooton, TJ
Fourth Tier: Barrie, Wilson


Near Delaware? You are out of your mind.


TJ, third tier?! No private school compares to TJ.


Including NCS with Sidwell and STA is the tell tale sign that the person posting this is an NCS booster. NCS is the "weak sister" of STA in every significant category: matriculation; campus; career success; student happiness. NCS isn't even the top all girls school.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 09:51     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:Point being that schools outside the beltway do not matter, which is why the DC Urban Moms and Dads and not Metropolitan DC Moms and Dads. This is a bubble now get out and return to your farm.


The view expressed here is pretty typical, which explains why the schools in the bubble struggle to provide a truly diverse perspective. It's okay though, because the little buttercup will surely return to bubble and life among similar folks will be just fine.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 09:46     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Point being that schools outside the beltway do not matter, which is why the DC Urban Moms and Dads and not Metropolitan DC Moms and Dads. This is a bubble now get out and return to your farm.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2013 09:28     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:If you decide to send your kid to school outside of the beltway, you might as well send your kid to boarding school.


Life in the bubble. This post should be highlighted to help those baffled by the warped perspective on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 23:23     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You are entitled to your own opinion but Barrie does not compare.

1. Barrie is near Delaware.
2. Barrie does not have a challenging academic offering.
3. Barrie does not matriculate students into the best in the nation (Harvard, Yale, MIT Stanford)

Barrie is probably in the 4th tier in terms of top school behind the following:

First tier: Sidwell, STA, NCS
Second Tier: GDS, Maret, Potomac
Third Tier: Whitman, Wooton, TJ
Fourth Tier: Barrie, Wilson


Near Delaware? You are out of your mind.


TJ, third tier?! No private school compares to TJ.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 23:08     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
If you decide to send your kid to school outside of the beltway, you might as well send your kid to boarding school.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 21:25     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:The two schools aren’t even on the same caliber. Regardless, I don’t know why someone would look at Barrie with a HS grade size of ~15 and also consider GDS with a grade size of ~125. And PP, you're being generous rating Barrie as 4th tier.


There was an earlier thread on the matriculation at Barrie School, comparable to GDS.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/252146.page
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 18:00     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Major league vs. Minor league
SEC football vs Patriot League football


GDS may have a "micro-campus" but I don't see it as minor league.


The GDS campus may be tiny, but the architecture is inspiring. Ni see a bit of Bahaus in it. N
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 17:50     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:You are entitled to your own opinion but Barrie does not compare.

1. Barrie is near Delaware.
2. Barrie does not have a challenging academic offering.
3. Barrie does not matriculate students into the best in the nation (Harvard, Yale, MIT Stanford)

Barrie is probably in the 4th tier in terms of top school behind the following:

First tier: Sidwell, STA, NCS
Second Tier: GDS, Maret, Potomac
Third Tier: Whitman, Wooton, TJ
Fourth Tier: Barrie, Wilson


Near Delaware? You are out of your mind.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 17:39     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
The two schools aren’t even on the same caliber. Regardless, I don’t know why someone would look at Barrie with a HS grade size of ~15 and also consider GDS with a grade size of ~125. And PP, you're being generous rating Barrie as 4th tier.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 16:07     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
You are entitled to your own opinion but Barrie does not compare.

1. Barrie is near Delaware.
2. Barrie does not have a challenging academic offering.
3. Barrie does not matriculate students into the best in the nation (Harvard, Yale, MIT Stanford)

Barrie is probably in the 4th tier in terms of top school behind the following:

First tier: Sidwell, STA, NCS
Second Tier: GDS, Maret, Potomac
Third Tier: Whitman, Wooton, TJ
Fourth Tier: Barrie, Wilson
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 14:57     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Anonymous wrote:Major league vs. Minor league
SEC football vs Patriot League football


GDS may have a "micro-campus" but I don't see it as minor league.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 14:46     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Major league vs. Minor league
SEC football vs Patriot League football
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 14:01     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
Both at very progressive and casual ( students and teachers on a first name basis). The each have excellent academics and were founded to fight discrimination, but other than that?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2013 13:36     Subject: Barrie School vs. GDS?
The Barrie School in Silver Spring seems a lot like GDS. Is anyone familiar enough with both to comment on similarities? differences?