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Anonymous wrote:I went to a private school in Atlanta and still have family at one now and my kids are at a big3/5 or whatever here. Here’s my take.

There aren’t as direct comparisons as one might expect in part bc Atlanta (while not that southern) is more conservative than DC.

That said, Westminster is definitely closest to St Albans. Lovett is sorta the same - maybe more like a Potomac. It is decidedly not like sidwell. Admittedly high school was awhile ago, but they used to hand out pamphlets at all the sports games titled ‘Rules for moms to follow along’

Paideia is more liberal than both for sure but not as liberal as GDS. It’s more of a combo of gds/maret/sidwell. But it’s across town from buckhead. Galloway I think is more like Field. I am dated on Marist and Pace and such.

The other difference is there are fewer ‘hooked kids’ - fewer ivy legacies and the vip types you get at nyc and dc privates. That part is nice as not everyone feels they need to go to Yale bc dad did. And they cost way less down there which is nice.

Why?

Lovett is in Buckhead, a very wealthy suburb in a more conservative part of Atlanta. It has a Christian bent to it and a more traditional feel. They still have uniforms although less strict than they used to be. There are going to be different kinds of families than at Sidwell. I am oversimplifying but if Sidwell has lots of families where one parent has served in a high level administration position or runs the council on foreign relations or some such institution, Lovett is going to have lots of southern business leaders. The politicians kids - senators, mayors and such or the leadership at Emory, they are more likely to have kids at Paideia. Honestly I think Lovett would feel more like the cathedral schools than anything else. So not a comment on quality but just atmosphere.
I dunno maybe Davidson vs Williams or notre dame vs Yale - just different.

Those who say that Atlanta private schools are less intense academically are right in the sense that the families are different. Way less Ivy League parents. Atlanta schools have more parents who are successful in business after going to Clemson or Wake forest. So there isn’t the pressure to get into an Ivy or Ivy equivalent as some form of proxy for success.

Some of this is also because there are strong in-state flagships. You see something similar in Texas. The Hope scholarship means in-state tuition is free to Georgia universities. A large % of hs graduates state in-state including at privates.

A lot of the anxiety and competing over college admissions is simply because in a place like DC you don’t have as many options.

That’s not really true…these schools publish college matriculation data detail…I think like 80%+ go OOS.

It’s around 70% OOS. But consider what % of Sidwell grads do you think attend college in DC?

That’s a silly comparison and you know that. That would be like asking what %age of Atlanta private kids go to only Atlanta schools (which is a very small %age).

Now…what %age of say Flint Hill students stay in VA? That’s apples-to-apples.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a private school in Atlanta and still have family at one now and my kids are at a big3/5 or whatever here. Here’s my take.

There aren’t as direct comparisons as one might expect in part bc Atlanta (while not that southern) is more conservative than DC.

That said, Westminster is definitely closest to St Albans. Lovett is sorta the same - maybe more like a Potomac. It is decidedly not like sidwell. Admittedly high school was awhile ago, but they used to hand out pamphlets at all the sports games titled ‘Rules for moms to follow along’

Paideia is more liberal than both for sure but not as liberal as GDS. It’s more of a combo of gds/maret/sidwell. But it’s across town from buckhead. Galloway I think is more like Field. I am dated on Marist and Pace and such.

The other difference is there are fewer ‘hooked kids’ - fewer ivy legacies and the vip types you get at nyc and dc privates. That part is nice as not everyone feels they need to go to Yale bc dad did. And they cost way less down there which is nice.

Why?

Lovett is in Buckhead, a very wealthy suburb in a more conservative part of Atlanta. It has a Christian bent to it and a more traditional feel. They still have uniforms although less strict than they used to be. There are going to be different kinds of families than at Sidwell. I am oversimplifying but if Sidwell has lots of families where one parent has served in a high level administration position or runs the council on foreign relations or some such institution, Lovett is going to have lots of southern business leaders. The politicians kids - senators, mayors and such or the leadership at Emory, they are more likely to have kids at Paideia. Honestly I think Lovett would feel more like the cathedral schools than anything else. So not a comment on quality but just atmosphere.
I dunno maybe Davidson vs Williams or notre dame vs Yale - just different.

Those who say that Atlanta private schools are less intense academically are right in the sense that the families are different. Way less Ivy League parents. Atlanta schools have more parents who are successful in business after going to Clemson or Wake forest. So there isn’t the pressure to get into an Ivy or Ivy equivalent as some form of proxy for success.

Some of this is also because there are strong in-state flagships. You see something similar in Texas. The Hope scholarship means in-state tuition is free to Georgia universities. A large % of hs graduates state in-state including at privates.

A lot of the anxiety and competing over college admissions is simply because in a place like DC you don’t have as many options.

That’s not really true…these schools publish college matriculation data detail…I think like 80%+ go OOS.

It’s around 70% OOS. But consider what % of Sidwell grads do you think attend college in DC?

Anonymous wrote:ATL has lots of great options. Westminster and Pace are probably the most like the strong DC privates. Lovett and Holy Innocents are both fantastic schools and feel very southern/ old Atlanta. You’ll get a great education no matter where you go!

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a private school in Atlanta and still have family at one now and my kids are at a big3/5 or whatever here. Here’s my take.

There aren’t as direct comparisons as one might expect in part bc Atlanta (while not that southern) is more conservative than DC.

That said, Westminster is definitely closest to St Albans. Lovett is sorta the same - maybe more like a Potomac. It is decidedly not like sidwell. Admittedly high school was awhile ago, but they used to hand out pamphlets at all the sports games titled ‘Rules for moms to follow along’

Paideia is more liberal than both for sure but not as liberal as GDS. It’s more of a combo of gds/maret/sidwell. But it’s across town from buckhead. Galloway I think is more like Field. I am dated on Marist and Pace and such.

The other difference is there are fewer ‘hooked kids’ - fewer ivy legacies and the vip types you get at nyc and dc privates. That part is nice as not everyone feels they need to go to Yale bc dad did. And they cost way less down there which is nice.

Why?

Lovett is in Buckhead, a very wealthy suburb in a more conservative part of Atlanta. It has a Christian bent to it and a more traditional feel. They still have uniforms although less strict than they used to be. There are going to be different kinds of families than at Sidwell. I am oversimplifying but if Sidwell has lots of families where one parent has served in a high level administration position or runs the council on foreign relations or some such institution, Lovett is going to have lots of southern business leaders. The politicians kids - senators, mayors and such or the leadership at Emory, they are more likely to have kids at Paideia. Honestly I think Lovett would feel more like the cathedral schools than anything else. So not a comment on quality but just atmosphere.
I dunno maybe Davidson vs Williams or notre dame vs Yale - just different.

Those who say that Atlanta private schools are less intense academically are right in the sense that the families are different. Way less Ivy League parents. Atlanta schools have more parents who are successful in business after going to Clemson or Wake forest. So there isn’t the pressure to get into an Ivy or Ivy equivalent as some form of proxy for success.

Some of this is also because there are strong in-state flagships. You see something similar in Texas. The Hope scholarship means in-state tuition is free to Georgia universities. A large % of hs graduates state in-state including at privates.

A lot of the anxiety and competing over college admissions is simply because in a place like DC you don’t have as many options.

That’s not really true…these schools publish college matriculation data detail…I think like 80%+ go OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:While these comparisons seem sort of generally right to DC privates, there is a huge delta in terms do DC and Atlanta privates that you are missing in terms of educational pedigree and academic rigor and just general kids/families educational orientation. There is nowhere quite like DC in terms of the kids school achievement. Maybe NY is close and Boston second.

There is also a wealth gap. Rich DC is often a BigLaw partner. Rich Atlanta is owning a mid size regional business. Meaning Atlanta rich is usually richer.

I want the drugs you’re on if you think DC school achievements are higher than NYC/MA.

Anonymous wrote:While these comparisons seem sort of generally right to DC privates, there is a huge delta in terms do DC and Atlanta privates that you are missing in terms of educational pedigree and academic rigor and just general kids/families educational orientation. There is nowhere quite like DC in terms of the kids school achievement. Maybe NY is close and Boston second.

There is also a wealth gap. Rich DC is often a BigLaw partner. Rich Atlanta is owning a mid size regional business. Meaning Atlanta rich is usually richer.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a private school in Atlanta and still have family at one now and my kids are at a big3/5 or whatever here. Here’s my take.

There aren’t as direct comparisons as one might expect in part bc Atlanta (while not that southern) is more conservative than DC.

That said, Westminster is definitely closest to St Albans. Lovett is sorta the same - maybe more like a Potomac. It is decidedly not like sidwell. Admittedly high school was awhile ago, but they used to hand out pamphlets at all the sports games titled ‘Rules for moms to follow along’

Paideia is more liberal than both for sure but not as liberal as GDS. It’s more of a combo of gds/maret/sidwell. But it’s across town from buckhead. Galloway I think is more like Field. I am dated on Marist and Pace and such.

The other difference is there are fewer ‘hooked kids’ - fewer ivy legacies and the vip types you get at nyc and dc privates. That part is nice as not everyone feels they need to go to Yale bc dad did. And they cost way less down there which is nice.

Why?

Lovett is in Buckhead, a very wealthy suburb in a more conservative part of Atlanta. It has a Christian bent to it and a more traditional feel. They still have uniforms although less strict than they used to be. There are going to be different kinds of families than at Sidwell. I am oversimplifying but if Sidwell has lots of families where one parent has served in a high level administration position or runs the council on foreign relations or some such institution, Lovett is going to have lots of southern business leaders. The politicians kids - senators, mayors and such or the leadership at Emory, they are more likely to have kids at Paideia. Honestly I think Lovett would feel more like the cathedral schools than anything else. So not a comment on quality but just atmosphere.
I dunno maybe Davidson vs Williams or notre dame vs Yale - just different.

Those who say that Atlanta private schools are less intense academically are right in the sense that the families are different. Way less Ivy League parents. Atlanta schools have more parents who are successful in business after going to Clemson or Wake forest. So there isn’t the pressure to get into an Ivy or Ivy equivalent as some form of proxy for success.

Some of this is also because there are strong in-state flagships. You see something similar in Texas. The Hope scholarship means in-state tuition is free to Georgia universities. A large % of hs graduates state in-state including at privates.

A lot of the anxiety and competing over college admissions is simply because in a place like DC you don’t have as many options.