Anonymous
04/11/2023 14:34
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I had never heard of Harvard Westlake until fairly recently when I saw it mentioned on this board in a thread about college admits. I would not expect them to have heard of Sidwell or NCS/STA either.
I had heard of both Harvard Westlake, Sidwell, NCS/STA a long time ago.
Your point is...what?
My point is not everyone cares that much about high schools outside of their area, and why does that seem so flabbergasting to some people?
Anonymous
04/11/2023 14:33
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NCS? STA?
They don’t have public ones because it is tacky and anyone they want to know where they are going they will tell or allow them to see on a private forum. There are a lot of creeps these days and I would not post that private information with my name and school on a public forum.
Oh pleeeze. Ncs has insta pages.
https://instagram.com/cathedral2022
Is there a current one for NCS?
NCS posts closer to May 1.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 14:30
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:I had never heard of Harvard Westlake until fairly recently when I saw it mentioned on this board in a thread about college admits. I would not expect them to have heard of Sidwell or NCS/STA either.
I had heard of both Harvard Westlake, Sidwell, NCS/STA a long time ago.
Your point is...what?
Anonymous
04/11/2023 14:30
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NCS? STA?
They don’t have public ones because it is tacky and anyone they want to know where they are going they will tell or allow them to see on a private forum. There are a lot of creeps these days and I would not post that private information with my name and school on a public forum.
Oh pleeeze. Ncs has insta pages.
https://instagram.com/cathedral2022
Is there a current one for NCS?
Anonymous
04/11/2023 14:26
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
I had never heard of Harvard Westlake until fairly recently when I saw it mentioned on this board in a thread about college admits. I would not expect them to have heard of Sidwell or NCS/STA either.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 13:29
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Genuinely curious why the DMV area K-12 range schools would be worth knowing to anyone outside the DMV area?
Anonymous
04/11/2023 13:24
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NCS? STA?
They don’t have public ones because it is tacky and anyone they want to know where they are going they will tell or allow them to see on a private forum. There are a lot of creeps these days and I would not post that private information with my name and school on a public forum.
Oh pleeeze. Ncs has insta pages.
https://instagram.com/cathedral2022
Anonymous
04/11/2023 13:21
Subject: Re:List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NCS? STA?
They don’t have public ones because it is tacky and anyone they want to know where they are going they will tell or allow them to see on a private forum. There are a lot of creeps these days and I would not post that private information with my name and school on a public forum.
Oh pleeeze. Ncs has insta pages.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 12:40
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Eye roll. No one knows what Sidwell is outside the DMV. Have family members at Harvard Westlake and at Collegiate and they could not name one school in our area. They do remember the Obama girls and Chelsea went to a school in D.C. but could not name the school for the life of them.
Correction:
Your cousins have never heard of Sidwell because:
A. They don’t read or watch the news
B. They have a provincial worldview
C. They’re intellectually challenged (like you)
D. All of the above
Anonymous
04/11/2023 12:34
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do people really think going to a "Big3" guarantees admission to a t25 college or university?
I mean, maybe Andover 20 years ago, but at this point, and particularly post COVD, it simply isn't possible.
Add to it, a lot of kids want a different collegiate experience from their "big3" type high school experience. That is why you see a lot of schools like Clemson, Boulder, Pitt etc on the matriculation lists.
Doesn’t matter where you go when you’re rich, connected, and have an elite private k-12 education. Clemson and Michigan aren’t the same experience for these kids. The big 3 kid gets into an elite sorority or fraternity proles can’t get into, only mixes with rich peers, cruises to graduation with a 3.9 gpa, and lands a cushy six figure job with a rich connection (if they don’t go to med or law school).
Isn’t the same true for kids that go to Potomac, Bullis, and the 2nd tier schools that cost 50,000 per year?
Perhaps, but those schools don’t have the cachet of the Big 3 DC schools. Most people will ask where’s Potomac? Why is it in VA? What’s a Bullis? Never heard of it.
Let’s be honest, when people hear that you graduated from Sidwell/NCS/STA (and maybe GDS) they think “rich and smart.” Many people think “rich and dumb” when they hear Bullis. I’m not saying it’s true…it’s more perception.
The only Big Three with worldwide recognition is Sidwell.
Sidwell does not have the clout it once had 20 plus years ago. They do not have a strong presence in power broker circles or in socially elite circles. Single sex schools is where it is at and I would say the Cathedral schools are at the top of the heap.
"Single sex schools is where it is at"? - I'm not so sure about that.
And really - what day school has true "worldwide" recognition? I feel like Sidwell, Dalton in NYC and Harvard Westlake in LA, maybe? Only inside of pretty niche circles do people know places like Brearley, Collegiate, NCS, and STA.
It is a very elite circle powerbrokers and elite social groups and collegiate and brearly are listed as top 2 in the country year after year so if you are not familiar with them that says more about you than them. They attract a similar crowd to STA and NCS.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 11:59
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Eye roll. No one knows what Sidwell is outside the DMV. Have family members at Harvard Westlake and at Collegiate and they could not name one school in our area. They do remember the Obama girls and Chelsea went to a school in D.C. but could not name the school for the life of them.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 11:50
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do people really think going to a "Big3" guarantees admission to a t25 college or university?
I mean, maybe Andover 20 years ago, but at this point, and particularly post COVD, it simply isn't possible.
Add to it, a lot of kids want a different collegiate experience from their "big3" type high school experience. That is why you see a lot of schools like Clemson, Boulder, Pitt etc on the matriculation lists.
Doesn’t matter where you go when you’re rich, connected, and have an elite private k-12 education. Clemson and Michigan aren’t the same experience for these kids. The big 3 kid gets into an elite sorority or fraternity proles can’t get into, only mixes with rich peers, cruises to graduation with a 3.9 gpa, and lands a cushy six figure job with a rich connection (if they don’t go to med or law school).
Isn’t the same true for kids that go to Potomac, Bullis, and the 2nd tier schools that cost 50,000 per year?
Perhaps, but those schools don’t have the cachet of the Big 3 DC schools. Most people will ask where’s Potomac? Why is it in VA? What’s a Bullis? Never heard of it.
Let’s be honest, when people hear that you graduated from Sidwell/NCS/STA (and maybe GDS) they think “rich and smart.” Many people think “rich and dumb” when they hear Bullis. I’m not saying it’s true…it’s more perception.
The only Big Three with worldwide recognition is Sidwell.
Sidwell does not have the clout it once had 20 plus years ago. They do not have a strong presence in power broker circles or in socially elite circles. Single sex schools is where it is at and I would say the Cathedral schools are at the top of the heap.
"Single sex schools is where it is at"? - I'm not so sure about that.
And really - what day school has true "worldwide" recognition? I feel like Sidwell, Dalton in NYC and Harvard Westlake in LA, maybe? Only inside of pretty niche circles do people know places like Brearley, Collegiate, NCS, and STA.
Phillips Academy (Andover) and Phillips Exeter Academy are also known globally. However, many people confuse the two—or think that it’s just one school.
I specified day schools because I agree, there are a lot of globally known boarding schools.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 11:20
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:LOL, most normal people have no interest in sending their kids to a single sex school. Many see why some would send daughters to one, but the all boys schools are testerone laden cesspools. Look at Prep and Landon as two leading "charmer" schools with long negative reputations.
Sidwell does not have the name recognition it used to have. It gained recognition when Clinton and Obamas kids attended but not so much anymore.
Sidwell is not the only school to have vips and presidents kids. The Bushs and Gores attended STA and NCS.
Of course VIPs don’t only send their children to Sidwell. Why are you arguing a point that no one has made?!?
Gore’s son attended Sidwell. His grandson currently attends the school.
President Biden’s granddaughters recently attended Sidwell as well. By my count that’s 4 Presidents (Roosevelt, Nixon, Clinton, and Obama) and 2 VPs (Gore and Biden). Which other DMV private matches or exceeds that VP/Presidential presence? This is not a contest. I’m genuinely curious.
https://wapo.st/40Xnp8D
Thanks!
Anonymous
04/11/2023 11:18
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do people really think going to a "Big3" guarantees admission to a t25 college or university?
I mean, maybe Andover 20 years ago, but at this point, and particularly post COVD, it simply isn't possible.
Add to it, a lot of kids want a different collegiate experience from their "big3" type high school experience. That is why you see a lot of schools like Clemson, Boulder, Pitt etc on the matriculation lists.
Doesn’t matter where you go when you’re rich, connected, and have an elite private k-12 education. Clemson and Michigan aren’t the same experience for these kids. The big 3 kid gets into an elite sorority or fraternity proles can’t get into, only mixes with rich peers, cruises to graduation with a 3.9 gpa, and lands a cushy six figure job with a rich connection (if they don’t go to med or law school).
Isn’t the same true for kids that go to Potomac, Bullis, and the 2nd tier schools that cost 50,000 per year?
Perhaps, but those schools don’t have the cachet of the Big 3 DC schools. Most people will ask where’s Potomac? Why is it in VA? What’s a Bullis? Never heard of it.
Let’s be honest, when people hear that you graduated from Sidwell/NCS/STA (and maybe GDS) they think “rich and smart.” Many people think “rich and dumb” when they hear Bullis. I’m not saying it’s true…it’s more perception.
The only Big Three with worldwide recognition is Sidwell.
Sidwell does not have the clout it once had 20 plus years ago. They do not have a strong presence in power broker circles or in socially elite circles. Single sex schools is where it is at and I would say the Cathedral schools are at the top of the heap.
"Single sex schools is where it is at"? - I'm not so sure about that.
And really - what day school has true "worldwide" recognition? I feel like Sidwell, Dalton in NYC and Harvard Westlake in LA, maybe? Only inside of pretty niche circles do people know places like Brearley, Collegiate, NCS, and STA.
Phillips Academy (Andover) and Phillips Exeter Academy are also known globally. However, many people confuse the two—or think that it’s just one school.
Anonymous
04/11/2023 11:12
Subject: List of Insta matriculation pages?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:LOL, most normal people have no interest in sending their kids to a single sex school. Many see why some would send daughters to one, but the all boys schools are testerone laden cesspools. Look at Prep and Landon as two leading "charmer" schools with long negative reputations.
Sidwell does not have the name recognition it used to have. It gained recognition when Clinton and Obamas kids attended but not so much anymore.
Sidwell is not the only school to have vips and presidents kids. The Bushs and Gores attended STA and NCS.
Of course VIPs don’t only send their children to Sidwell. Why are you arguing a point that no one has made?!?
Gore’s son attended Sidwell. His grandson currently attends the school.
President Biden’s granddaughters recently attended Sidwell as well. By my count that’s 4 Presidents (Roosevelt, Nixon, Clinton, and Obama) and 2 VPs (Gore and Biden). Which other DMV private matches or exceeds that VP/Presidential presence? This is not a contest. I’m genuinely curious.
https://wapo.st/40Xnp8D
Thank you for that article. The things that jumped out at me from this 1989 article:
Tuition at National Cathedral, including lunch, will be $9,380 next fall. At St. Albans it will be $8,370 plus $555 required for lunch.
Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) and D.C. Council member Frank Smith (Ward 1), both with children at Georgetown Day School,
In January four students were wounded in a shooting incident just outside Wilson High.
In 34 short years - some things are so different while other things haven't changed at all.