Odds of getting into Sidwell

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Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

Sorry, but Sidwell does not give much of a boost to Quaker students.

They should become independent then. Quaker schools were started in the US to educate Quaker children and have done so since the 1680s.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.

LGBQT don’t get preference.

A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.

Quaker’s believe in finding the God in Everything and Everyone.

Quakers also believe in the bible. A Quaker education is heavily based on the bible.

Signed.....my familly has been members of Quaker Meetings since the 1680's and founded some of the schools discussed in this thread.

[Anonymous]

OP, there are plenty of schools in the DMV that have a lot to offer. Ask yourself and your child why Sidwell. If it’s about name and prestige then broaden your horizon. When you choose a school for the right reason odds of acceptance don’t matter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

Sorry, but Sidwell does not give much of a boost to Quaker students.

Oops - you might let the Sidwell admissions team know about that because they say quite the opposite, without reservation...

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Anonymous wrote:What's un-Quaker about recognizing that applicants from wealthier families are more likely to help keep the school's operation financially sustainable?

A fundamental element of Quaker values is simplicity. Charging such high tuition rates is the opposite.

A fundamental element of operating an Independent school is financial resources. Having none eliminates the institution.

Then (a) operate on a smaller budget or (b) drop the claim to Quaker values or (c) do neither and be a hypocrite. Sidwell chooses (c).

That is a pretty fatalistic world view. If you don't like the school, don't go there. Do you have the same complaint for Penn Charter ($38,500) Germantown Friends ($38,450) Friends Select ($38,650) Friends Central ($38,250) Sandy Springs ($34,250) or the NY Seminary ($51,000 without lunch)?

A fundamental element of Quaker values is practicality and simplicity. A school would not be in operation if it could not pay it's bills. Quakers do value
simplicity but they have been strong businessmen since the founding of our country.

A school can operate in the black and offer a great education without charging so much money. They would have to cut back on the bells and whistles and families would also have to commit to simplicity. Of late, Sidwell seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Claiming Quaker values in the face of this choice is disingenuous at best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

Sorry, but Sidwell does not give much of a boost to Quaker students.

Not true, Quakers are considered with the same priority as legacies and siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

Sorry, but Sidwell does not give much of a boost to Quaker students.

They should become independent then. Quaker schools were started in the US to educate Quaker children and have done so since the 1680s.

You really don't seem to like any Quaker schools. Do you expect them all to be free for you somehow?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's un-Quaker about recognizing that applicants from wealthier families are more likely to help keep the school's operation financially sustainable?

A fundamental element of Quaker values is simplicity. Charging such high tuition rates is the opposite.

A fundamental element of operating an Independent school is financial resources. Having none eliminates the institution.

Then (a) operate on a smaller budget or (b) drop the claim to Quaker values or (c) do neither and be a hypocrite. Sidwell chooses (c).

That is a pretty fatalistic world view. If you don't like the school, don't go there. Do you have the same complaint for Penn Charter ($38,500) Germantown Friends ($38,450) Friends Select ($38,650) Friends Central ($38,250) Sandy Springs ($34,250) or the NY Seminary ($51,000 without lunch)?

A fundamental element of Quaker values is practicality and simplicity. A school would not be in operation if it could not pay it's bills. Quakers do value
simplicity but they have been strong businessmen since the founding of our country.

A school can operate in the black and offer a great education without charging so much money. They would have to cut back on the bells and whistles and families would also have to commit to simplicity. Of late, Sidwell seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Claiming Quaker values in the face of this choice is disingenuous at best.

What "bells and whistles" would you cut? Be specific.

[Anonymous]

No, the PP just did not like not getting in to Sidwell. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, the PP just did not like not getting in to Sidwell. Nothing more, nothing less.

Why is this deflection always considered a defense?

First on the list: cut the HOS salary by a third, the principals’ salaries by a quarter and the athletic dept budget by half.

[Anonymous]

Because it’s obvious.

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Really? You're great solution is to pay people less? Yikes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, the PP just did not like not getting in to Sidwell. Nothing more, nothing less.

Why is this deflection always considered a defense?

First on the list: cut the HOS salary by a third, the principals’ salaries by a quarter and the athletic dept budget by half.

Then expect to have a crappy HOS, crappy administrators and kids who 1) don't want to come to your school, 2) are not able to offer opportunities for kids to have a physical release and opportunity for teamworks and leadership and 3) won't have some of the extracurriculars colleges are looking for.

[Anonymous]

Or maybe go elsewhere and not make the world about you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

Sorry, but Sidwell does not give much of a boost to Quaker students.

Not true, Quakers are considered with the same priority as legacies and siblings.

Sure. Sure. Have you talked to any real Quakers lately?