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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell recruits aggressively for some sports, has a two track system of classes for athletes, and allows them to leave midday for outside training. Very few schools make such exceptions.

Must be new because it wasn't true a few years ago

That’s because it’s not true. People constantly post lies about Sidwell on DCUM. It’s the school (almost) everyone loves to hate.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell recruits aggressively for some sports, has a two track system of classes for athletes, and allows them to leave midday for outside training. Very few schools make such exceptions.

Must be new because it wasn't true a few years ago

Sidwell recruits aggressively for some sports, has a two track system of classes for athletes, and allows them to leave midday for outside training. Very few schools make such exceptions.

Not really answering the question but my conclusion in reading this thread is that the way to win the life lottery is to be a 5%er-ish family that wants for nothing but isn't private-jet rich, have smart and well-adjusted kids who do well in a great public school (achieve academically and extracurricularly, are social, stay out of trouble), then they get into a T20 college and you can send them without financial worry.

Boom. A motivated, smart, high-earning, connected, successful kid is nearly guaranteed, and they have a solid shot at being a normal person with a well-adjusted, down-to-earth take on the world.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

Many ultra-wealthy people don't care about the brand of high school their kid attends. You'll find the most desperate brand-chasers among the upper-middle class, people who are on the periphery of elite status, but not quite there.

When you live in a $8 million mansion, it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. They're set.

The richest family I know (worth over $100 million) was heavily sought after by every top school in DC and chose Landon because they liked the campus environment and culture.

Yes this is exactly right. My kids attend a private that is constantly looked down upon on DCUM and it has many astonishingly wealthy families. They aren’t worried about impressing any of the strivers like the people who post frenetically on this board or the college one. I think more than anything having money is of course nice because you can afford very nice things, but really it gives you freedom from constantly worrying about impressing others. You can choose the school that is right for your kids rather than impressing the neighbors.

Entirely correct, and not just for education. For jobs, social circles, everything.

Kinda idealistic view and true to some extent but they also don’t want their kiddo picking up a spouse at University of Alabama from god knows what background so send to SMU or the like as well. Just saying they like to protect their kids in little rich bubbles and control the social scene often like the rest of us private school UMC parents. They sure as poop aren’t sending their kids public high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

Many ultra-wealthy people don't care about the brand of high school their kid attends. You'll find the most desperate brand-chasers among the upper-middle class, people who are on the periphery of elite status, but not quite there.

When you live in a $8 million mansion, it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. They're set.

The richest family I know (worth over $100 million) was heavily sought after by every top school in DC and chose Landon because they liked the campus environment and culture.

Yes this is exactly right. My kids attend a private that is constantly looked down upon on DCUM and it has many astonishingly wealthy families. They aren’t worried about impressing any of the strivers like the people who post frenetically on this board or the college one. I think more than anything having money is of course nice because you can afford very nice things, but really it gives you freedom from constantly worrying about impressing others. You can choose the school that is right for your kids rather than impressing the neighbors.

Entirely correct, and not just for education. For jobs, social circles, everything.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

bullis

For one they probably could get not accepted into the Big 3. Also Bullis is in Potomac and there is a lot of wealth there and why would you send your kid 30-40 minutes away every morning when you have Bullis right there. It is not a top 5 school but it is a good enough school for many and the facilities are quite nice.

There are also *gasp* former Big 3 students who transfer to Bullis too. Many because of proximity to their home or wanting a different less pressure cooker high school experience.

Stoneridge and Bullis works with national level athletes' schedules well too. SFS and Potomac did not.

Sidwell has produced an Olympic medalist, a future first round WNBA player, and two current NBA players (one of whom is playing in the Final Four on the way to an NBA championship). So whatever Sidwell is doing it doesn’t seem to be a barrier to athletic success. I don’t know anything about Potomac.

Gonzaga says "hold my beer".

My post about Sidwell was in response to someone saying that Sidwell doesn’t work “with national athletes’ schedules.” This has nothing to do with Gonzaga. Sidwell and Gonzaga are two totally different schools.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

bullis

For one they probably could get not accepted into the Big 3. Also Bullis is in Potomac and there is a lot of wealth there and why would you send your kid 30-40 minutes away every morning when you have Bullis right there. It is not a top 5 school but it is a good enough school for many and the facilities are quite nice.

There are also *gasp* former Big 3 students who transfer to Bullis too. Many because of proximity to their home or wanting a different less pressure cooker high school experience.

Stoneridge and Bullis works with national level athletes' schedules well too. SFS and Potomac did not.

Sidwell has produced an Olympic medalist, a future first round WNBA player, and two current NBA players (one of whom is playing in the Final Four on the way to an NBA championship). So whatever Sidwell is doing it doesn’t seem to be a barrier to athletic success. I don’t know anything about Potomac.

Gonzaga says "hold my beer".

This. Also, plenty of Gonzaga families in those $6-8 million dollar mansions.

We live in one of these neighborhoods. Kids go to Gonzaga, sta, ncs, Landon, Holton.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

bullis

For one they probably could get not accepted into the Big 3. Also Bullis is in Potomac and there is a lot of wealth there and why would you send your kid 30-40 minutes away every morning when you have Bullis right there. It is not a top 5 school but it is a good enough school for many and the facilities are quite nice.

There are also *gasp* former Big 3 students who transfer to Bullis too. Many because of proximity to their home or wanting a different less pressure cooker high school experience.

Stoneridge and Bullis works with national level athletes' schedules well too. SFS and Potomac did not.

Sidwell has produced an Olympic medalist, a future first round WNBA player, and two current NBA players (one of whom is playing in the Final Four on the way to an NBA championship). So whatever Sidwell is doing it doesn’t seem to be a barrier to athletic success. I don’t know anything about Potomac.

Gonzaga says "hold my beer".

This. Also, plenty of Gonzaga families in those $6-8 million dollar mansions.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

bullis

For one they probably could get not accepted into the Big 3. Also Bullis is in Potomac and there is a lot of wealth there and why would you send your kid 30-40 minutes away every morning when you have Bullis right there. It is not a top 5 school but it is a good enough school for many and the facilities are quite nice.

There are also *gasp* former Big 3 students who transfer to Bullis too. Many because of proximity to their home or wanting a different less pressure cooker high school experience.

Stoneridge and Bullis works with national level athletes' schedules well too. SFS and Potomac did not.

Sidwell has produced an Olympic medalist, a future first round WNBA player, and two current NBA players (one of whom is playing in the Final Four on the way to an NBA championship). So whatever Sidwell is doing it doesn’t seem to be a barrier to athletic success. I don’t know anything about Potomac.

Gonzaga says "hold my beer".

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

bullis

For one they probably could get not accepted into the Big 3. Also Bullis is in Potomac and there is a lot of wealth there and why would you send your kid 30-40 minutes away every morning when you have Bullis right there. It is not a top 5 school but it is a good enough school for many and the facilities are quite nice.

There are also *gasp* former Big 3 students who transfer to Bullis too. Many because of proximity to their home or wanting a different less pressure cooker high school experience.

Stoneridge and Bullis works with national level athletes' schedules well too. SFS and Potomac did not.

Sidwell has produced an Olympic medalist, a future first round WNBA player, and two current NBA players (one of whom is playing in the Final Four on the way to an NBA championship). So whatever Sidwell is doing it doesn’t seem to be a barrier to athletic success. I don’t know anything about Potomac.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many privates in moco/dc! Which ones have the wealthiest populations?

Cathedral schools

It is not flashy type of money overall with a few exceptions. Lots of wealth there and some of the wealthiest families I know there have more modest homes but you can see their philanthropic donations pop up frequently everywhere.

This may be true for St Albans, but not for NCS. NCS' financial capacity isn't higher than any other private school in the DMV. Don't gonna tell you how I know, but I do!

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

Many ultra-wealthy people don't care about the brand of high school their kid attends. You'll find the most desperate brand-chasers among the upper-middle class, people who are on the periphery of elite status, but not quite there.

When you live in a $8 million mansion, it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. They're set.

The richest family I know (worth over $100 million) was heavily sought after by every top school in DC and chose Landon because they liked the campus environment and culture.

True statement.

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

bullis

For one they probably could get not accepted into the Big 3. Also Bullis is in Potomac and there is a lot of wealth there and why would you send your kid 30-40 minutes away every morning when you have Bullis right there. It is not a top 5 school but it is a good enough school for many and the facilities are quite nice.

There are also *gasp* former Big 3 students who transfer to Bullis too. Many because of proximity to their home or wanting a different less pressure cooker high school experience.

Stoneridge and Bullis works with national level athletes' schedules well too. SFS and Potomac did not.

potomac school