Sidwell College Admissions This Year
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Anonymous
I'm sorry you feel this way and I can hear the disappointment and pain in your post. Although my senior was admitted to one of their top choice schools, many similar high achieving classmates were in your child's position. This year, more than any other, top grades and scores were just table stakes. A 4.0 or a top SAT score was no guarantee of success. Having high stats meant your child landed in the right pile for consideration but internships, writing samples, recommendations, ECs and other interests separated the rejections from the acceptances. It was quite simply a very tough and unprecedented admissions cycle. Ultimately, all of these kids are all headed to good schools. Even if your child is disappointed and headed to a safety or target school, they are in good company. Embrace it, they'll be fine. A word of caution, don't be one of the parents who down talks the kids who had great outcomes. It's a very bad look and everyone hears about it. |
Anonymous
And congratulations to TJ kids. The parents suck though. |
Anonymous
Give it a rest. You didn’t pull your kid from a solid public school with the hopes of Tulane being the outcome. 55k. Please |
Anonymous
Why is Tulane so bad? |
Anonymous
It’s not. But it’s an outcome that doesn’t require a $220,000 investment. |
Anonymous
USN&WR has not used acceptance rate in its rankings for several years now. But don’t let facts get in the way of your beliefs or anything. |
Anonymous
They do look better than SWF college results. |
Anonymous
You can keep posting that and telling yourself that, but it simply isn't true. Yes, there are kids who fall in those catgories going to Ivies. Guess what...there are also kids outside of those categories who are also going to ivies. |
Anonymous
The investment is in your kids education, not in what school they are attending. There is simply no way any high school, particularly in a test-optional, grade-inflation era, to guarantee any sort of outcomes for college applications. |
Anonymous
Those are acceptances, not matriculations., How many of those are the same students applying to multiple schools? And how does anyone know ACTUALLY, how many kids were accepted? Do you all keep a spreadsheet or something? or has the college guidance office actually disclosed this? |
Anonymous
hey now, when user "Anonymous' posts something on DCUM, you can take that to the bank. 100% iron clad guarantee that it's true. |
Anonymous
of course you only have acceptances at this time and won't have matriculations until June or July. |
Anonymous
I would be perfectly fine with my child attending Tulane - you do you (and good luck with that). |
Anonymous
I am the above PP you are telling to give a rest. My investment is NOT in college acceptances, it's in my child's HS education. So, yes, I would STILL be happy with my child attending Tulane (and I say this with a high achieving child). I am not obsessed with Ivy's. My child will find their way and succeed where ever they go to college. |
Anonymous
This. Is. The. Problem. Too many people view a college like Tulane as a less than worthy consolation prize. |