2024 Washington DC area College commits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are more than 104 kids in the class, so the data is incomplete. Also, at least 43% of kids at Sidwell are probably hooked or in the top 10-15% of the class by GPA.

What a dumb comment. You’re probably low IQ.

It's incredible that someone who's using Instagram posts as fact, is calling someone else low IQ.
You cannot make this sh$t up

But you can make up the fact that 25-33% of the class is hooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

Sidwell kids don’t have to worry about “any school” because they typically get into top 25s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

You think most people who have been paying DMV private school tuition for years would be happy if their child got in to ANY college or university? Would they have been happy with ANY high school? C’mon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

Sidwell kids don’t have to worry about “any school” because they typically get into top 25s.

Which they could have done from literally any public or private in the area, given their parents' wealth and how Sidwell accepted them based on their smarts/legacy/connections/athletic talent, and so on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

Sidwell kids don’t have to worry about “any school” because they typically get into top 25s.

UVA is ranked 24.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

Sidwell kids don’t have to worry about “any school” because they typically get into top 25s.

Which they could have done from literally any public or private in the area, given their parents' wealth and how Sidwell accepted them based on their smarts/legacy/connections/athletic talent, and so on.

This. I don’t understand why people think it’s the school and not the kid/family. It’s mind boggling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

Sidwell kids don’t have to worry about “any school” because they typically get into top 25s.

Which they could have done from literally any public or private in the area, given their parents' wealth and how Sidwell accepted them based on their smarts/legacy/connections/athletic talent, and so on.

This. I don’t understand why people think it’s the school and not the kid/family. It’s mind boggling.

Well then getting into Sidwell is an excellent predictor that bears results four years later. Still sounds like a good deal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When most people say T25, they are referring to the top 25 National Research Universities as ranked by US News and World Report. I think Harvard or Princeton is #1. I think Emory is #24 in the latest version. This is what was referred to by most posters in this thread.

That’s not what I said when I posted. You didn’t read for understanding. I said top 25 colleges AND top 25 universities. My statements still stand about Sidwell sending over half of its graduating class to T25 colleges and universities. You don’t have to agree, but if you don’t you’re wrong.

These rankings are screwed AGAINST wealthy and predominately white colleges ie: Tulane and some others like BC etc.. that are known to have a higher than normal amount of wealthy students attending. Tulane dropped from 43 to 73 in one year without any explanation.

This is the criteria for USNWR ranking:
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When most people say T25, they are referring to the top 25 National Research Universities as ranked by US News and World Report. I think Harvard or Princeton is #1. I think Emory is #24 in the latest version. This is what was referred to by most posters in this thread.

That’s not what I said when I posted. You didn’t read for understanding. I said top 25 colleges AND top 25 universities. My statements still stand about Sidwell sending over half of its graduating class to T25 colleges and universities. You don’t have to agree, but if you don’t you’re wrong.

These rankings are screwed AGAINST wealthy and predominately white colleges ie: Tulane and some others like BC etc.. that are known to have a higher than normal amount of wealthy students attending. Tulane dropped from 43 to 73 in one year without any explanation.

This is the criteria for USNWR ranking:
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings

They don't even consider class size which is why many of these very large public colleges that very diverse are making the cut - friends kids are in classes with 500 plus kids and many are not taught by professors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of you pollyannas will learn the truth when your DC is a senior, if the DC is unhooked.

I think most people will be happy if their child can get into any college/university and be able to study at a higher level. Not everyone is so privileged.

Sidwell kids don’t have to worry about “any school” because they typically get into top 25s.

This is not true - period

[Anonymous]

What’s your evidence that under half of Sidwell students are admitted to top 25s?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s your evidence that under half of Sidwell students are admitted to top 25s?

DP here. These rankings mean nothing. Half of them in the top 30 have 20,000 or more students. My kids would not have an interest in half of the schools on here. It seems like being a large school in California gets you on the list or just being a large public in general. There are many more prestigious schools that offer a better college experience that are not making the top list.

[Anonymous]

You’re certainly entitled to that opinion, but how is it responsive to the question posed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re certainly entitled to that opinion, but how is it responsive to the question posed?

DP. Noone knows what you are talking about.