Parent of a Maret senior here. Still waiting to hear from schools, but I can tell you that regardless of how things turn out for my child, I have nothing but admiration for Maret’s college counseling office. They have been extremely helpful - really got to know my child well, made insightful comments and suggestions throughout the application process, keep kids on track with deadlines, are extremely responsive to students and parents alike, and really seem go the extra mile to advocate for students. Two thumbs way up!

The kids who went there from NCRC for K definitely were not the smartest in the class - by far. Just had social climbing parents.

How has their college placement been recently?

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Anonymous wrote:Maret parent here again. Yes, every grade has a group of super smart, talented, high achieving kids. My kid is one of them, and his friends are similarly academically focused.

Eh...."super smart" compared with what?

I’m sure he/she’s the next Einstein or at least Mark Zuckerberg.

Anonymous wrote:Maret parent here again. Yes, every grade has a group of super smart, talented, high achieving kids. My kid is one of them, and his friends are similarly academically focused.

Eh...."super smart" compared with what?

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Anonymous wrote:Accepting qualified siblings also creates a warm, strong community in which families feel valued as a family unit, not just for their most exceptional child. I think it’s awful for a school to reject qualified siblings just because they might not be the tippy top of the applicant pool. Also, being in a school full of the tippy top students creates a lot of competition and stress in high school which many families would rather avoid.

I agree with this in Maret's case becausue they have MSON which allows very top students to do their own thing if they want.

But MSON is 100% online learning with remote teachers they only see like once a week. Isn’t that exactly what people keep saying we SHOULDNT be doing to kids right now?

Anonymous wrote:Applying for high school. Super hope DC gets in. Top choice.

Same here.

Applying for high school. Super hope DC gets in. Top choice.

Maret parent here again. Yes, every grade has a group of super smart, talented, high achieving kids. My kid is one of them, and his friends are similarly academically focused.

Anonymous wrote:Maret parent here. The school is a fantastic place for kids who are creative and curious. Not cookie-cutter at all. There are super smart kids, but not everyone is. Not cut-throat by any means, kids are more self-driven. School supports all types of students. Very strong sense of community.

Is there a solid group of those you would consider "super smart" in HS?

Maret parent here. The school is a fantastic place for kids who are creative and curious. Not cookie-cutter at all. There are super smart kids, but not everyone is. Not cut-throat by any means, kids are more self-driven. School supports all types of students. Very strong sense of community.

Anonymous wrote:Accepting qualified siblings also creates a warm, strong community in which families feel valued as a family unit, not just for their most exceptional child. I think it’s awful for a school to reject qualified siblings just because they might not be the tippy top of the applicant pool. Also, being in a school full of the tippy top students creates a lot of competition and stress in high school which many families would rather avoid.

I agree with this in Maret's case becausue they have MSON which allows very top students to do their own thing if they want.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret parent here, been at the school for past 5 + years. I have 3 kids at Maret, with 3 totally different learning styles. Maret has been wonderful and accommodating to them all. There is no “model” Maret student. Kids tend to be academically oriented, but with a wide range of abilities.

And the school has the strongest sibling preference practice in the area. A family need only have one exceptional child admitted to make the school experience available to all of the siblings in the family. It is one of the ways the school builds such strong loyalty but it gets in the way of the school being able to accept the brightest of the applicant pool.

I have seen this not happen. Oldest student accepted. Second child waitlisted for HS.

Maret is really good at balancing the rigors of academics and stress levels. Any top high school will always have driven students and parents but somehow in Maret, they have quite successfully helped their students strive for excellence and still be happy.

Anonymous wrote:My perception of Maret is that it is conscientious but also laid back. Their focus seems to be on promoting non-determinative
ethics, which is interesting. Academically they seem to offer a broad range of classes based on ability, which is surprising that for its size. And I will probably get slammed for this, but the kids I've met from there seem better adjusted than the kids I've met at Sidwell.

Depends what you mean by laid back. It’s laid back for many upper school students, who seem to have more pull/power regarding their own daily activities than teachers or the us head. It’s decidedly NOT laid back for faculty.