Anonymous
Post 10/02/2024 11:28     Subject: Re:2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If Niche added "length of wait list" to their criteria, BIM would never show up anywhere, LOL. They don't have one.

That's a "rating" from the actual marketplace where real parents spend real money. Not cherry picking hocus-pocus.


Many lifers from the Big 3 wouldn’t be able to handle the BIM curriculum and transfer in at grade level.

Self-selection is a thing.

Foreign bot-driven reviews drive ranking
https://nypost.com/2023/10/04/new-york-city-private-schools-owned-by-chinese-communist-party-boss/
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2024 09:07     Subject: Re:2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:If Niche added "length of wait list" to their criteria, BIM would never show up anywhere, LOL. They don't have one.

That's a "rating" from the actual marketplace where real parents spend real money. Not cherry picking hocus-pocus.


Many lifers from the Big 3 wouldn’t be able to handle the BIM curriculum and transfer in at grade level.

Self-selection is a thing.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2024 08:18     Subject: Re:2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
If Niche added "length of wait list" to their criteria, BIM would never show up anywhere, LOL. They don't have one.

That's a "rating" from the actual marketplace where real parents spend real money. Not cherry picking hocus-pocus.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2024 02:17     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only school on this list worth going is Sidwell. All other schools are just not worth it.


We agree. Only applied there. If we supported single sex NCS/STA might have gotten an app


It is amazing how many idiots post on this board. For my kid, Sidwell wouldn't have been worth it because it wouldn't have been the right fit. Her school is but wouldn't be worth it for many others. There is no best school - only a best school for your kid.

We live in the suburbs and my kid goes to a similar priced private out here in the suburbs.
Wouldn’t be worth it to us to commute into the city.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 22:31     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
PP. you’re right. I stand corrected.
On balance with a gifted child, all else being equal, and single sex not being a choice, Sidwell is IT. 100%
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 22:28     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only school on this list worth going is Sidwell. All other schools are just not worth it.


We agree. Only applied there. If we supported single sex NCS/STA might have gotten an app


It is amazing how many idiots post on this board. For my kid, Sidwell wouldn't have been worth it because it wouldn't have been the right fit. Her school is but wouldn't be worth it for many others. There is no best school - only a best school for your kid.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 22:25     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:The only school on this list worth going is Sidwell. All other schools are just not worth it.


We agree. Only applied there. If we supported single sex NCS/STA might have gotten an app
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 22:24     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Sidwell
STA
NCS
The End
GDS?
Maret?
…
Episcopal
Landon?
Potomack?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 16:38     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no adult discussion about ranking high schools. Someone actually posted “Prove it!” It’s just stupid.


So does that mean that you just give in and join this juvenile slugfest?


It’s opposed to pretending this is anything more than a pointless pissing contest? Better to call it what it is.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 15:03     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:There is no adult discussion about ranking high schools. Someone actually posted “Prove it!” It’s just stupid.


So does that mean that you just give in and join this juvenile slugfest?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 14:37     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:The only school on this list worth going is Sidwell. All other schools are just not worth it.

Oh come on, Basis is cheaper. That’s a steal.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 12:30     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
There is no adult discussion about ranking high schools. Someone actually posted “Prove it!” It’s just stupid.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 07:59     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only school on this list worth going is Sidwell. All other schools are just not worth it.


Then why so insecure?


Why the endless personal attacks questioning the motives of others? It comes across as playground taunting, not adult discussion, in terms of the tone and content.

That's an English teacher's view, not a personal attack.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 06:45     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:The only school on this list worth going is Sidwell. All other schools are just not worth it.


Then why so insecure?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2024 03:28     Subject: 2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV
Imagine being an adult so caught up in high school rankings… really sends the wrong message.