sidwell's acceptances extremely impressive

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Anonymous wrote:In order to be able to know that, one would first need to know the admit outcomes across the board, and which ones are considered "top"

None of that is public, so speculating about it is a silly exercise.

Senior parent here. Ivy acceptances: about 80 percent fall into the "special" categories. Many excellent students, mind you, who may well have gotten in anyway.

wrong. senior parent here. Ivy acceptances: about 40% fall into the "special" categories.

Another senior parent here. You are severely misinformed "friend". A closer look (or Linkedin) will reveal all!

Another senior parents here. You are stirring the pot, “honey”. It’s less than 40%. Go back to stalking people.

40 percent..Ha ha..did your kid get in through a special channel?

They didn’t get in at all but we’re not so pathetically entitled that we point fingers everywhere.

Every Sidwell parent should be taught to recite the following before discussing college admissions: “my kid is not that special. Their ECs are not stellar. Their grades are not unique. Their test scores are not the be all end all.”

My kids attend another school but we know kids at Sidwell and other private schools. The oferwhelming majority have a hook and the ones who don’t have any stand out with their extra curriculars far more than the hooked ones. The hook makes the difference for the kids with top grades, scores, recs, and excellent extracurriculars who haven’t done the rare extra curriculars. The fact is with a hook your kid can get in without being grade or school leaders. With no hook, you probably need at least a couple of those and a well developed talent. Standards aren’t the same for everyone, just like lide. The kid who is qualified and had a parent who is a friend or client of the boss will get hired over the same kid with the same credentials but no connection, the kid who is more qualified than the connected kid will get hired anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:In order to be able to know that, one would first need to know the admit outcomes across the board, and which ones are considered "top"

None of that is public, so speculating about it is a silly exercise.

Senior parent here. Ivy acceptances: about 80 percent fall into the "special" categories. Many excellent students, mind you, who may well have gotten in anyway.

wrong. senior parent here. Ivy acceptances: about 40% fall into the "special" categories.

Another senior parent here. You are severely misinformed "friend". A closer look (or Linkedin) will reveal all!

Another senior parents here. You are stirring the pot, “honey”. It’s less than 40%. Go back to stalking people.

40 percent..Ha ha..did your kid get in through a special channel?

They didn’t get in at all but we’re not so pathetically entitled that we point fingers everywhere.

Every Sidwell parent should be taught to recite the following before discussing college admissions: “my kid is not that special. Their ECs are not stellar. Their grades are not unique. Their test scores are not the be all end all.”

My kids attend another school but we know kids at Sidwell and other private schools. The oferwhelming majority have a hook and the ones who don’t have any stand out with their extra curriculars far more than the hooked ones. The hook makes the difference for the kids with top grades, scores, recs, and excellent extracurriculars who haven’t done the rare extra curriculars. The fact is with a hook your kid can get in without being grade or school leaders. With no hook, you probably need at least a couple of those and a well developed talent. Standards aren’t the same for everyone, just like lide. The kid who is qualified and had a parent who is a friend or client of the boss will get hired over the same kid with the same credentials but no connection, the kid who is more qualified than the connected kid will get hired anyway.

DD is a junior. Confirms this totally. Just about every Ivy admit had a solid legacy/athlete/urm hook.