Sidwell College Admissions This Year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were 10 ED to Yale and 6 RD to Brown

Still fewer than a public HS whose grads lack legacy, athletic recruits, connections and donations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were 10 ED to Yale and 6 RD to Brown

Still fewer than a public HS whose grads lack legacy, athletic recruits, connections and donations.

PP - I think you are getting mixed up. I believe the comment above re Yale/Brown was referring to a TJ - a public.

[Anonymous]

Since someone bumped this, I went and took a look at the SFS IG pagae, and ya, that is a great list, and still half the class to post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a former SFS parent, I agree that it's ridiculous to try to tell parents it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. Depending on the field a student wants to pursue, it can be helpful to go to a T20 university, plus, after a very rigorous high school experience, most parents will want their kids to go to challenging university. That doesn't mean Ivies or even T20s.

I think Lauren does a really good job --she knows how to best present applicants -- but she can't work miracles. In the past few years there has been a shift toward rural, first generation, URM applicants, especially at the very top schools. There are plenty of excellent schools though, and my sense is that most SFS grads are getting into them. And once they get in, they do very well. I think SFS does a great job in preparing students for college.

Am I right that your experience with Lauren as a former parent is from when she was previously in the counseling office before she left? It seems like most of the discussion here has been focused on the counseling aspect of the office. And presumably you don’t have any insight into the three other counselors, who are new. Based on my experience I think that Lauren lets the other three do their jobs in their own way, with very little oversight.

I think Lauren as the head of OCC should mentor and supervise the other counselors closely. It might be better if Lauren is not assigned to counsel students directly, but to supervise the entire OCC to have a more uniform standard.

Totally Agree. A bit unfair that counseling quality is so uneven.

[Anonymous]

Now that the dust has settled and it’s July, it looks like Sidwell had another strong year of college admissions. 22 Ivy bound, another 20 non Ivy top 25 schools (including a huge cohort to Chicago), 23 top 20 SLACs, roughly 20 going to top 5 publics, and the remainder going to some other terrific places. Congrats to all these wonderful students! Let’s get this thread to 100 pages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that the dust has settled and it’s July, it looks like Sidwell had another strong year of college admissions. 22 Ivy bound, another 20 non Ivy top 25 schools (including a huge cohort to Chicago), 23 top 20 SLACs, roughly 20 going to top 5 publics, and the remainder going to some other terrific places. Congrats to all these wonderful students! Let’s get this thread to 100 pages.

How many Harvard acceptances?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that the dust has settled and it’s July, it looks like Sidwell had another strong year of college admissions. 22 Ivy bound, another 20 non Ivy top 25 schools (including a huge cohort to Chicago), 23 top 20 SLACs, roughly 20 going to top 5 publics, and the remainder going to some other terrific places. Congrats to all these wonderful students! Let’s get this thread to 100 pages.

Is this accurate? How do you know? Insta page does not reflect this..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that the dust has settled and it’s July, it looks like Sidwell had another strong year of college admissions. 22 Ivy bound, another 20 non Ivy top 25 schools (including a huge cohort to Chicago), 23 top 20 SLACs, roughly 20 going to top 5 publics, and the remainder going to some other terrific places. Congrats to all these wonderful students! Let’s get this thread to 100 pages.

Is this accurate? How do you know? Insta page does not reflect this..

Exactly. How do you know such specifics? I have a DC in this class and even I don’t know such detail. It doesn’t really even matter.

[Anonymous]

Folks: We need to get this discussion to 100 pages -- We are very close...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that the dust has settled and it’s July, it looks like Sidwell had another strong year of college admissions. 22 Ivy bound, another 20 non Ivy top 25 schools (including a huge cohort to Chicago), 23 top 20 SLACs, roughly 20 going to top 5 publics, and the remainder going to some other terrific places. Congrats to all these wonderful students! Let’s get this thread to 100 pages.

Is this accurate? How do you know? Insta page does not reflect this..

Exactly. How do you know such specifics? I have a DC in this class and even I don’t know such detail. It doesn’t really even matter.

You do not know, but others might know. It matters.

[Anonymous]

Five going to Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Five going to Harvard.

Impressive! How many of the 5 are legacies, recruited athletes, URM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Five going to Harvard.

Impressive! How many of the 5 are legacies, recruited athletes, URM?

I have a DC in this class. I thought It was 4 students going to Harvard not 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Five going to Harvard.

Impressive! How many of the 5 are legacies, recruited athletes, URM?

all of em

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Five going to Harvard.

Impressive! How many of the 5 are legacies, recruited athletes, URM?

all of em

Liar.