Anonymous
03/03/2013 23:43
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
TJ
Anonymous
03/03/2013 23:31
Subject: Re:Name your "Big 3"
Sidwell
Maret
GDS
Maret
GDS
Anonymous
02/16/2012 22:15
Subject: Re:Name your "Big 3"
Beauvoir
Sidwell
Maret
Sidwell
Maret
Anonymous
02/16/2012 22:02
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
Sidwell
Sidwell
Sidwell
Sidwell
Sidwell
Anonymous
02/16/2012 22:02
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
St. Albans
G'town Prep
Landon
G'town Prep
Landon
Anonymous
02/15/2012 13:51
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
STA
Holton
Maret
Holton
Maret
Anonymous
02/15/2012 13:36
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
Is this a trick question?
The big three are:
Harvard, Yale, Princeton.
The big three are:
Harvard, Yale, Princeton.
Anonymous
02/15/2012 13:25
Subject: Re:Name your "Big 3"
For lower school: NPS, St. Pat's and Norwood
For upper school: St. Albans/NCS, Landon/Holton and Maret
For upper school: St. Albans/NCS, Landon/Holton and Maret
Anonymous
02/15/2012 12:51
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
Co-Ed: Sidwell; Maret; Potomac
Single Gender Men: STA, Landon, GP
Single Gender Women: Holton, NCS, Stone Ridge
Single Gender Men: STA, Landon, GP
Single Gender Women: Holton, NCS, Stone Ridge
Anonymous
02/15/2012 12:45
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
STA, Landon, Prep
Anonymous
02/15/2012 12:30
Subject: Re:Name your "Big 3"
Holton, Sidwell, NCS
Anonymous
06/01/2011 12:16
Subject: Re:Name your "Big 3"
We're focusing in the long-term on single-sex schools, which we believe are the best fit for our child. Our Big 3 are Holton, Stone Ridge and NCS. We'd be okay with coed maybe for the first few years, so you could add Potomac at least until first or second grade.
Anonymous
06/01/2011 12:03
Subject: Re:Name your "Big 3"
I think that many people are answering in terms of where their child goes, or where they wish their child would go.
I wish my child had gone to Grace Episcopal Day School and that he went to St. Anselms now, I think those would be a great fit for him, but that doesn't mean I think it's "Big 3". To me "Big 3" means well big. Big school (lots of kids), big age range, big reputation (known widely), big curriculum (tries to do everything, sports, arts, academics etc . . . ), big applicant pool
I like the fact that GEDS is small, intimate, for a limited age group, has a neighborhood feel, accepts a wide range of kids, focuses on the things I think are most important, doesn't have an overwhelming feel to it. . . . That's what I wanted for him, and what made sense for our family. But other people want something different for their kid, they want the "big" experience. Nothing wrong with that.
So, I vote Sidwell, GDS, Cathedral Schools, with the addition of Potomac and Maret if you go to "Big 5".
I wish my child had gone to Grace Episcopal Day School and that he went to St. Anselms now, I think those would be a great fit for him, but that doesn't mean I think it's "Big 3". To me "Big 3" means well big. Big school (lots of kids), big age range, big reputation (known widely), big curriculum (tries to do everything, sports, arts, academics etc . . . ), big applicant pool
I like the fact that GEDS is small, intimate, for a limited age group, has a neighborhood feel, accepts a wide range of kids, focuses on the things I think are most important, doesn't have an overwhelming feel to it. . . . That's what I wanted for him, and what made sense for our family. But other people want something different for their kid, they want the "big" experience. Nothing wrong with that.
So, I vote Sidwell, GDS, Cathedral Schools, with the addition of Potomac and Maret if you go to "Big 5".
Anonymous
06/01/2011 11:03
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
I think it's aspirational. I assumed it was where I wanted my kids to go. The Sidwell seems consitatently the most popular with GDS, STA, NCS and Holton moving around based on (I'm guessing) your religious, political and single sex v. co-ed education views.
Anonymous
06/01/2011 10:49
Subject: Name your "Big 3"
What I have learned from this thread: a school is a big three if (a) my kids go to it, or (b) the Obama kids go to it.
it's an interesting question. But not one that will be answered well when all the respondents have vested interests.
it's an interesting question. But not one that will be answered well when all the respondents have vested interests.