Anonymous wrote:There are always a significant number of girls at SR who apply to top tier Catholic schools. These are schools that of less popular with girls at Holton. Having followed this for years (and two students), it seems like the high achieving girls at SR tend to want something different for college (ie fewer applying to HYP). This isn’t a good or bad thing…

This 100%. Have a student at SR now and the bulk of schools she plans to apply to are Catholic. Her SAT is 1560 and a 4.3 GPA. She could apply to lots of other top schools, but she has no interest at all. My son, who attended Gonzaga, was the same way with even higher SAT score and he ended up at ND. So don't assume these kids are necessarily applying to these schools. In most cases, they are not.

Yeah, everyone knows SR just isnt in the big leagues with the other private girls' schools. Maybe cause this area was always predominantly WASP in the upper class and SR is catholic? Who knows, but no one even thinks of SR as being in the same realm at the NCS, Holton, Madeira, etc

Anonymous wrote:There are always a significant number of girls at SR who apply to top tier Catholic schools. These are schools that of less popular with girls at Holton. Having followed this for years (and two students), it seems like the high achieving girls at SR tend to want something different for college (ie fewer applying to HYP). This isn’t a good or bad thing…

Agree with this. Have 2 recent SR graduates. The matriculation list for their years were incredibly impressive. I am not familiar with Holton matriculations to compare, but yes, lots of Catholic colleges selected at SR. SR was outstanding for my girls.

Is the freshmen class really 112?

There are always a significant number of girls at SR who apply to top tier Catholic schools. These are schools that of less popular with girls at Holton. Having followed this for years (and two students), it seems like the high achieving girls at SR tend to want something different for college (ie fewer applying to HYP). This isn’t a good or bad thing…

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Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

I’m an SR parent and I’ve noticed this difference compared to Holton, but I don’t think it’s the academics or the kids, but rather the college counseling. Hopefully they can work on it.

I've looked at both schools in depth and it seems to me that Holton places much more emphasis on STEM. Could you that be another reason for the difference?

STEM is outdated. It’s been over 10 years since it’s changed to STEAM

Research shows that integrating the arts into STEM leads to better learning outcomes, higher engagement, and greater adaptability in an evolving job market. Ignoring the arts in education is a mistake; the most successful leaders and entrepreneurs value creativity as much as technical expertise.

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Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

They may be similar in size but I’d be curious to know which amount started in 9th grade vs coming in from lower and middle school. My guess is Holton has more students that entered in high school. As Stone Ridge gets more competitive in lower and middle school it will start to even out.

No idea for Holton but only something like 40 of the 112 freshman at SR attended SR in 8th grade. Makes sense being a Catholic school since there are so many parochial K-8’s though I’m not sure where the rest of their 8th graders go. Higher tier privates? Public magnet programs?

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Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

They may be similar in size but I’d be curious to know which amount started in 9th grade vs coming in from lower and middle school. My guess is Holton has more students that entered in high school. As Stone Ridge gets more competitive in lower and middle school it will start to even out.

According to the writeups on Insta, 6 of the 8 Holton girls going to the above-mentioned schools joined in lower school. The SR girl is an athlete.

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Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

They may be similar in size but I’d be curious to know which amount started in 9th grade vs coming in from lower and middle school. My guess is Holton has more students that entered in high school. As Stone Ridge gets more competitive in lower and middle school it will start to even out.

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Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

I’m an SR parent and I’ve noticed this difference compared to Holton, but I don’t think it’s the academics or the kids, but rather the college counseling. Hopefully they can work on it.

I've looked at both schools in depth and it seems to me that Holton places much more emphasis on STEM. Could you that be another reason for the difference?

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Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

I’m an SR parent and I’ve noticed this difference compared to Holton, but I don’t think it’s the academics or the kids, but rather the college counseling. Hopefully they can work on it.

Anonymous wrote:Sr had had 3 major admin departures in last couple of weeks. What's up with this? Is this normal?

There is always a ton of Admin turnover at SR. The Head is very difficult to work with for any extended period of time and people want out.

Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge has always been known as a kind of dumpy "mean girl" school with a bullying problem, despite being much lower tier than NCS or Holton. Not really a ton of advantages to make up for the issues

This is absolutely untrue. This sounds like something someone who couldn’t get in would say.

Anonymous wrote:SR is not much lower tier than NCS or Holton and I can assure you mean girls exist at every school.

The graduating classes at SR and Holton are a similar size this year (86 versus 90).

Of the seniors who have posted on Insta, only 1 of the 44 SR girls is going to a top school (HYPMS, Duke, Northwestern, JHU, Chicago). By contrast, 8 of the 29 Holton girls are going to schools at that level.

MS Head is going to Potomac. Not sure about her new role there