Where do the people in the $6/7/8m+ mansions in send their kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

PS - I'm referring to top girls tennis players above

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

Agree.
The commenters who say the girls on Sidwell’s varsity tennis team don’t attend school for the entire day are clearly NOT Sidwell parents. Unlike some of these other schools, Sidwell is an academic institution first.

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

Do they practice daily with the team?

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

Agree.
The commenters who say the girls on Sidwell’s varsity tennis team don’t attend school for the entire day are clearly NOT Sidwell parents. Unlike some of these other schools, Sidwell is an academic institution first.

More importantly would be are they on the tennis team and attend all practices or just play in games?

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”




2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

This was by far the weirdest comeback post of all time. You strangely made the original poster’s point for them. As if any rich person would choose NCS over Sidwell to save $2,200.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

And I had really been impressed with the Sidwell grads I knew in person but this post reminds me that there are dumbbells everywhere.

Many Sidwell kids I know are super nerds and lack social graces...harsh but a reality.

My Sidwell US children say they often encounter other students’ petty, jealous comments (like the one above). They also don’t care. Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

So I guess they are royalty!

Except the Prince of Denmark turned down Sidwell for his kids

Is this the same Prince whose children were stripped of their titles? If so, that’s a great loss to Sidwell. 🙄

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/03/prince-joachim-denmark-moving-america-washington-dc-new-job-second-son-queen-margrethe

I mean - they still have titles. They’re Counts and Countesses but not Princesses and Princes. But I digress..

Curious where they do go though.

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

Do they practice daily with the team?

I don’t know if they “practice daily with the team,” but I know they practice fairly regularly together. How do I know? Because I’m an actual Sidwell parent and I see them practicing when I’m on campus for my child’s soccer games (and when picking up after practice). One of the soccer fields is adjacent to the tennis courts.

Btw, daily practice together isn’t required for them to be considered a team. They practice together regularly, they’re coached by the same two coaches, they consider/call themselves a team, and they are considered a team by the larger society (i.e., the ISL, other school tennis teams, and according to this article, the Washington Post).

You don’t have to like or support Sidwell’s varsity girls tennis team, but just like all the other Sidwell haters, YOU.WILL.DEAL.

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”




2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

This was by far the weirdest comeback post of all time. You strangely made the original poster’s point for them. As if any rich person would choose NCS over Sidwell to save $2,200.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

And I had really been impressed with the Sidwell grads I knew in person but this post reminds me that there are dumbbells everywhere.

Many Sidwell kids I know are super nerds and lack social graces...harsh but a reality.

My Sidwell US children say they often encounter other students’ petty, jealous comments (like the one above). They also don’t care. Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

So I guess they are royalty!

Except the Prince of Denmark turned down Sidwell for his kids

Is this the same Prince whose children were stripped of their titles? If so, that’s a great loss to Sidwell. 🙄

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/03/prince-joachim-denmark-moving-america-washington-dc-new-job-second-son-queen-margrethe

I mean - they still have titles. They’re Counts and Countesses but not Princesses and Princes. But I digress..

Curious where they do go though.

Counts and Countesses? That sounds like Maret, Potomac, or Bullis’ level. Let me know if he enrolled his (lower titled) children in one of those schools…or someplace similar.

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Sidwell is an expensive version Laurel Springs online school. They brazenly recruit and attempt to poach kids from other schools. Deals are offered. A good number of kids ranked in the top twenty in the region have been approached by Sidwell coaches. Everyone in junior tennis knows this. Whoever the Sidwell tennis booster is, she is not a tennis parent and it's obvious.

The tennis team has a great system - the top players go to actual coaches located elsewhere(Not Sidwell) and the lower players - mainly doubles - get a lot of attention when they go to practice.

It's working !

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The 2 billionaires I know send their kids to St Patrick’s.

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

Do they practice daily with the team?

I don’t know if they “practice daily with the team,” but I know they practice fairly regularly together. How do I know? Because I’m an actual Sidwell parent and I see them practicing when I’m on campus for my child’s soccer games (and when picking up after practice). One of the soccer fields is adjacent to the tennis courts.

Btw, daily practice together isn’t required for them to be considered a team. They practice together regularly, they’re coached by the same two coaches, they consider/call themselves a team, and they are considered a team by the larger society (i.e., the ISL, other school tennis teams, and according to this article, the Washington Post).

You don’t have to like or support Sidwell’s varsity girls tennis team, but just like all the other Sidwell haters, YOU.WILL.DEAL.

How regularly? Specify days and times.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell is an expensive version Laurel Springs online school. They brazenly recruit and attempt to poach kids from other schools. Deals are offered. A good number of kids ranked in the top twenty in the region have been approached by Sidwell coaches. Everyone in junior tennis knows this. Whoever the Sidwell tennis booster is, she is not a tennis parent and it's obvious.

The tennis team has a great system - the top players go to actual coaches located elsewhere(Not Sidwell) and the lower players - mainly doubles - get a lot of attention when they go to practice.

It's working !

You sound like a bitter tennis parent whose child has NOT been “approached” by Sidwell coaches. You’re right about one thing though, whatever Sidwell is doing in girls tennis…it’s definitely working.

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Anonymous wrote:Among DMV privates, Sidwell probably has one of the wealthiest student bodies. Sidwell’s tuition is one of the most expensive in the area, yet only 21% of the families receive financial aid. Many of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients are recruited athletes.

Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3, so that’s sortof a silly distinction. And basically the same as all the other non-Catholic schools in that cohort (Landon, Holton, Potomac, Maret, GDS, etc.). I’d bet my life that no full pay family has ever decided between these schools based on the negligible tuition differences.

And, these other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon, so I don’t think that you can conclude that therefore The Richest DC Families Go To Sidwell.

I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell. That assumption — and I’m guessing that you don’t actually know — strikes me as a really bad one. I mean, maybe for basketball? But, athletes tend to already be semi-rich kids. Look at the families spending $$$ on private lessons, expensive travel clubs, hotels and airfare all over the country. These are not the poor chickens at our school.

You clearly don’t like Sidwell, but that’s not my problem. You also shouldn’t allow your opinions and emotions to interfere with facts.

“Sidwell costs the same as the other Big 3…”

2023-24 Tuition:
St. Albans (Day School): $55,468
Sidwell: (Grades 9-12): $55,140
NCS: $53,210
GDS (Grades 9-11): $51,325
It is also a FACT that no other “Big 3” provides less need based financial aid than Sidwell (NCS ties Sidwell at 21%).

“Other schools have the same recruited athlete phenomenon…”

Really? Which athletic state championships have GDS, STA and NCS won within the past 5 years? How many of their athletic teams have been NATIONALLY ranked within the past 5 years? How many professional athletes have those schools produced?

“I’m very curious about your statement that the financial aid is going to recruited athletes at Sidwell.”

First, I didn’t say ONLY recruited athletes receive financial aid. My (non-recruited athlete) daughter plays two varsity sports at Sidwell. She’s friends/acquaintances with many athletes across multiple sports. There are only a handful of new recruited athletes for most of Sidwell’s sports each year…and students talk. My daughter has been told, DIRECTLY, by several sports recruits (across multiple sports), that they’re receiving financial aid. I guess those students don’t think it’s some sort of shameful secret, as you clearly do.

The athlete fight is also totally weird. I’m sure we’ll hear from all the STA folks about their famous athletes and Landon and whomever else. Listen, the idea that Sidwell is some sort of athletic powerhouse like the catholic school —ok, ok basketball—is just not what most people think about your school.

NP. Sidwell is also a powerhouse in tennis. Specifically, girls tennis. This year, both the JV and Varsity girls tennis teams are undefeated.

This is from Sidwell’s website:

“The girls' varsity tennis team has become one of the top programs in the ISL AA Division, winning back-to-back-to-back regular season and tournament banners in 2019, 2021, and 2022. The team also won DCSAA DC State Titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Over the last four seasons, the team has compiled an overall record of 50-1 and has been ranked in the Top 5 in the High School National Team Rankings by Universal Tennis (UTR).”

Sidwell’s girls’ tennis team is now the second-ranked tennis team in the country, according to Universal Tennis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/26/sidwell-friends-girls-isl-tennis/

It's not a team.
The top players choose Sidwell precisely so they can LEAVE the school at lunchtime to go train elsewhere. They don't go to Sidwell to get better, they go because the school allows them to skip practice and get actual training from real high performance coaches. They just show up for matches. Hardly a team.

Your comments don't match our child's experience either. Friends on tennis team stay the full day and are full fledged classmates and teammates. I've also seen them attending sporting events to support their friends.

Do they practice daily with the team?

I don’t know if they “practice daily with the team,” but I know they practice fairly regularly together. How do I know? Because I’m an actual Sidwell parent and I see them practicing when I’m on campus for my child’s soccer games (and when picking up after practice). One of the soccer fields is adjacent to the tennis courts.

Btw, daily practice together isn’t required for them to be considered a team. They practice together regularly, they’re coached by the same two coaches, they consider/call themselves a team, and they are considered a team by the larger society (i.e., the ISL, other school tennis teams, and according to this article, the Washington Post).

You don’t have to like or support Sidwell’s varsity girls tennis team, but just like all the other Sidwell haters, YOU.WILL.DEAL.

How regularly? Specify days and times.

1. Regularly enough to have a 56-0 record;
2. Regularly enough to win a fourth straight ISL championship title; and
3. Regularly enough to be the second-ranked tennis team in the country.

Any school can attempt to do what Sidwell has done to build its girls tennis team into a national powerhouse. You’re just upset that Sidwell has actually done it. You’re also upset that Sidwell is so good at so many things. Don’t be mad, just do better.

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I don't understand the Sidwell tennis bashing. Sounds like someone who's child was one of these: not recruited, was recruited and got cut (or had to leave for academic reasons), simply not good enough to play on the team. And, their response (child/parent) is to look for reasons to say "I wouldn't want to be on that team anyway". It's just weird. Our DC's experience with tennis players was nothing but positive and they were fully engaged as a team and as classmates at school.

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Anonymous wrote:You know what's funny? The people with kids in the schools with the uber-wealthy kids aren't going to post here for the world to know - and the uber-wealthy certainly aren't going to come into a DCUM forum to say "My house is worth $10M and I send my kids to XXXX." Discretion does still exist.

That is all. I'll leave everyone to their conjecture.

Exactly. So many people around here have second homes and then their parents have additional holiday homes.