What difference does it make? All of the colleges know all of these schools. How could it possibly matter if people in other states know about them?

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and have never heard of Dematha so probably not that one

Not a basketball fan then.

I live in DC and have never heard of Dematha so probably not that one

If people assume your boys attend St. Pauls, they're assuming your boys are preppy, athletic, and not academic superstars. They're not assuming your boys are attending the best boys school or the one with the most recognition.

I had never heard of the DC schools except for Sidwell.

Dematha is probably most recognized

Georgetown Prep was the only one I had heard of prior to moving to DC from NYC.

(I am not Catholic and this was pre Gorsuch/Kavanaugh).

I think St. Albans is the only one with any sort of "national recognition".

When I lived overseas on the banking bubble several of my colleagues and social circle had heard of St. Albans or knew St Albans grads from their time in university.

Dematha, St johns and Gonzaga - their athletes make the names known far and wide.

Dematha is nationally known for sports.

Not all boys but Sidwell for obvious reasons

I moved to the area about 10 years ago after having lived in the NYC and Boston area most of my life. The vast majority of people I know socially went to private school. I had never heard of any of these schools until i moved to the DC area. Just my 2 cents.

Albans then Prep. No one else has national presence (lacrosse recognition only stretches so far).

St Albans seems to consider itself and truth be told seems to be considered by many to be THE only school in the region that would be recognized by anyone outside of the DMV. Though Prep, with its Supremes and the suggestion of a G-town connection may be right up there. Landon, with all of its Country Club 1 percenters does not seem to have the national name recognition as you might expect (unless you count the lax notoriety). What surprised me as that no one I know outside of the suburbs seems to have heard of Gonzaga. Why is that? I include a reference to Baltimore schools as when anyone outside of the area learns that I’m from the DC area and have sons, they automatically assume my guys are enrolled in the St Paul’s et al. Baltimore schools. Why so much cachet for those Balti-moron institutions vis-a-vis DC?