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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don't really see a non-Potomac parent considering Potomac comparable to the Big 3...

The whole idea of a Big 3 is silly. We were a non Potomac parent , but then our DS had the choice between a supposed Big 3 and Potomac and he wound up choosing Potomac. It’s about fit. Potomac has a very good academic reputation even if many DC-centric DCUMers don’t want to admit that.

I don't disagree that school is about fit, but claiming you were a non-potomac parent before ultimately choosing Potomac doesn't make you a non-potomac parent comparing to the Big 3 😂

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Anonymous wrote:I say that to mean, you can't hold the parents of today accountable for something that happened that long ago and during a period where that sort of thing was silenced...

There are still people at the school who knew.

Not parents - but staff. It’s unfortunate this isn’t talked about more. It’s truly a horrendous story that affected many lives. Regardless of that past - the parents are still obnoxious AF 😆

It happened in the 1960s.

And they still never reported. It wasn’t until the 2000s he was caught.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

I do genuinely want to know the connection of the person who commented this to Potomac cause talk about living rent free in people's heads 🤣

They have not abandoned their legacy preferences … or donor acceptances for that matter 🤔

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

I do genuinely want to know the connection of the person who commented this to Potomac cause talk about living rent free in people's heads 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:I say that to mean, you can't hold the parents of today accountable for something that happened that long ago and during a period where that sort of thing was silenced...

There are still people at the school who knew.

Not parents - but staff. It’s unfortunate this isn’t talked about more. It’s truly a horrendous story that affected many lives. Regardless of that past - the parents are still obnoxious AF 😆

It happened in the 1960s.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

A couple of decades ago Potomac didn’t even have a high school. Question- do people really not know about the teacher that r*ped a dozen girls? The school knew something was up but failed to report him. Then he went off to teach at another private before finally a victim who was also a mother at that private spoke up.

Huh, what? They had an upper since the 1980s. They opened a new upper school building about 20 years ago. maybe that is what you are thinking of.

A lot of people say couple not meaning literally 2, but around 2, 3, or 4... given it opened in 1987, I think it is more how of a loose "couple" than a literal couple...

If we are being loose with language, I guess I would say that Potomac opened their upper school a handful of years after GDS established theirs in 1970

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

A couple of decades ago Potomac didn’t even have a high school. Question- do people really not know about the teacher that r*ped a dozen girls? The school knew something was up but failed to report him. Then he went off to teach at another private before finally a victim who was also a mother at that private spoke up.

Huh, what? They had an upper since the 1980s. They opened a new upper school building about 20 years ago. maybe that is what you are thinking of.

A lot of people say couple not meaning literally 2, but around 2, 3, or 4... given it opened in 1987, I think it is more how of a loose "couple" than a literal couple...

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

Why are you so obsessed with Potomac? Honest question? You literally posted this exact comment in another thread. Not only is your post bizarre but it is wildly inaccurate. Have you seen the college admits for Potomac class of 2026? Here is what has already been publicly posted on college admits: several Harvard, Dartmouth, Naval Academy, top 20 SLACs, University of Chicago, Tufts, UVA, Boston College, BU, the list goes on and on. Um no - other than a Harvard admit, I don’t know any of these are legacies. You’re just wrong. Just stop. And anyone saying Potomac is not a top school loses any credibility. Look at objective college admits or the bizarre rantings of a Potomac hater. Whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

A couple of decades ago Potomac didn’t even have a high school. Question- do people really not know about the teacher that r*ped a dozen girls? The school knew something was up but failed to report him. Then he went off to teach at another private before finally a victim who was also a mother at that private spoke up.

Huh, what? They had an upper since the 1980s. They opened a new upper school building about 20 years ago. maybe that is what you are thinking of.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I say that to mean, you can't hold the parents of today accountable for something that happened that long ago and during a period where that sort of thing was silenced...

There are still people at the school who knew.

Not parents - but staff. It’s unfortunate this isn’t talked about more. It’s truly a horrendous story that affected many lives. Regardless of that past - the parents are still obnoxious AF 😆

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

A couple of decades ago Potomac didn’t even have a high school. Question- do people really not know about the teacher that r*ped a dozen girls? The school knew something was up but failed to report him. Then he went off to teach at another private before finally a victim who was also a mother at that private spoke up.

Anonymous wrote:I have yet to meet one

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

Why are you so obsessed with Potomac? Honest question? You literally posted this exact comment in another thread. Not only is your post bizarre but it is wildly inaccurate. Have you seen the college admits for Potomac class of 2026? Here is what has already been publicly posted on college admits: several Harvard, Dartmouth, Naval Academy, top 20 SLACs, University of Chicago, Tufts, UVA, Boston College, BU, the list goes on and on. Um no - other than a Harvard admit, I don’t know any of these are legacies. You’re just wrong. Just stop. And anyone saying Potomac is not a top school loses any credibility. Look at objective college admits or the bizarre rantings of a Potomac hater. Whatever.

I genuinely thought that was a Potomac parent explaining the reputation and why it is not what the new parents will overwhelmingly experience, but they may seem pop up from time to time...