Mean take, but here goes nothing: I feel like if you are willing to live in NOVA, acceptance to the one decent private there is probably the biggest social signifier you have, and thus more important to flaunt.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP must be a troll if they know Gonzaga parents who don’t own any purple swag!

- Gonzaga parent 💜

Another Gonzaga mom - I was going to say the same thing.

This! Was at a baseball game this weekend and all of the Gonzaga parents were decked out in purple. God is purple, don’t you know?

Anonymous wrote:I dunno, I sort of agree. We’re at a NW private and I often see them at sports games- for some reason Potomac parents always seem snooty to me. I’m sure there are nice parents, but just a general impression

Potomac is kind of like
Congressional cc was 30 years ago.

Lol my husband and I were taking a walk on Friday afternoon and the Maret school bus passed (it was our number 2 choice and DC just got into our number 1 to start in the fall) and he said "you know, I know it isn't a reason to choose a school, but I really like their green and would have really been excited to wear their merch" and I just started laughing because I think the same thing! They truly have beautiful colors and I would have worn their stuff too much 🤣

Anonymous wrote:OP must be a troll if they know Gonzaga parents who don’t own any purple swag!

- Gonzaga parent 💜

Another Gonzaga mom - I was going to say the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potomac is one of the better schools in McLean. Lots of local McLean folks send their kids there. The same is true for SSSAS - one of the better schools in Alexandria. It's all good!

You must be the same Potomac hater from the SSAS thread. You really do need to get a life. I’m sorry your kids weren’t accepted.

Dang! The way you turned on someone supporting you must have OP feeling really validated when they open this thread... How dare someone say another school is a good school in the same comment 😬

+1

I don't really think it is the clothes, I think it is the energy and OP was trying to describe and struggling to... cause yea, most schools (even public) have SWAG they wear...

I don’t have kids at Potomac. I have kids at two other private and do wear some spirit wear for their schools, particularly when attending an athletic event. And I went to a private and my kids have spirit wear from my school. It’s not a big deal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Potomac is one of the better schools in McLean. Lots of local McLean folks send their kids there. The same is true for SSSAS - one of the better schools in Alexandria. It's all good!

You must be the same Potomac hater from the SSAS thread. You really do need to get a life. I’m sorry your kids weren’t accepted.

Uhhhh they didn't sound like they were hating on Potomac at all...

OP must be a troll if they know Gonzaga parents who don’t own any purple swag!

- Gonzaga parent 💜

Anonymous wrote:Potomac is one of the better schools in McLean. Lots of local McLean folks send their kids there. The same is true for SSSAS - one of the better schools in Alexandria. It's all good!

You must be the same Potomac hater from the SSAS thread. You really do need to get a life. I’m sorry your kids weren’t accepted.

Anonymous wrote:Can’t be worse than the Sidwell parents.

They are all the same.

Potomac is one of the better schools in McLean. Lots of local McLean folks send their kids there. The same is true for SSSAS - one of the better schools in Alexandria. It's all good!

Maybe the school gives out hats and clothing free and maybe it’s comfortable. My son plays basketball and I bought a school hat that I usually wear to his games. I don’t wear anything else but if I had it and it were comfortable I would wear it.