Early Decision Results at DS or DD school
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Anonymous
Fair enough. |
Anonymous
This thread was actually started to have parents post results for ED of their children. Not sure who the OP is or from what school, but since that is the title and point of this thread, please feel free to go to another one if you don't want to read what parents are posting. |
Anonymous
By the way, didn't mean to imply that the PP was complaining. But others have been. |
Anonymous
Dense. |
Anonymous
Well, that was a useful comment. So for any other SFS parents still on this thread, 7 kids so far got into Yale today and 6 or 7 into Penn yesterday, plus so many other great schools. Obviously the counselors and the school is doing its job, and the mix of kids who got in is reflective of the mix at Sidwell, which is great! |
Anonymous
Blech. Amazing that adults are doing what their children are mature enough NOT to do. #MoreEmbarrassingSidwellParentPosts |
Anonymous
Wow. This is fantastic. |
Anonymous
What are they trying to hide? |
Anonymous
Call and ask. |
Anonymous
Not sure what you mean. Kids from all the schools are all over FB and Insta announcing decisions and saying congrats to one another. The whole point of this discussion is posting results from your "DS or DD school"... which kind of implies that a parent is asking other parents to share how their kid or kid's school did. I guess you must be one of the few parents that picked a DC private for other reasons than trying to get your kid a great education but also to get them into a good college? Why are you bothering to read these and comment? P.S. My guess is that some of these posts are from kids and not parents, as with lots of other threads on DCUM. That's mature too. |
Anonymous
I have no dog in this fight for a lot of reasons, but I don't understand the disdain for anon posts that give vague information about college acceptances. why can't parents be proud of theik kids' accomplishments? I really wish we would spend more time teaching kids to be proud of their successes and happy for others, instead of trying to prevent people from sharing news because it might hurt someone's feelings. One kid's success (or even luck) is not an indictment of any other kid. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
I think the school's rationale is that, given the size of the senior class, it would be too easy for parents and students to identify applicants from past years. As a Sidwell parent who has gone through the college application process with more than one child, I've never found this persuasive, but I'll also say that I don't think Naviance data is all that helpful. It just leaves out too many variables. That said, you might be right, PP, that giving parents and students access to Naviance might have a beneficial effect on the relationship between families and counselors. Many of the complaints about Sidwell's college counseling have more to do with process than outcomes. I think many parents understand that admissions decisions can be incomprehensible, but it's harder for parents to accept the extent to which they feel shut out of the process -- and with some justification. As a parent of 2 grads and a current student, I am grateful for the school's emphasis on teaching students to advocates for themselves. This is appropriate with respect to academics, but the college application process is very different in many ways, and, in my view, parent involvement is justified. If SFS had an exit interview for parents of graduating seniors, my advice would be to consider how the college counselors might bring parents into the process in a way that would create a feeling of teamwork among students, parents and counselors, and perhaps improve outcome, as well as process. |
Anonymous
I understand the line of argument "if you don't like these posts, don't read the thread" -- generally a reasonable counter -- but I do think there is a philosophical argument that is interesting here. I assume many people would agree that there is a lot of angst over college admissions, and many also agree that the laser beam focus on the Ivies and a few additional schools (such as Stanford, MIT, Duke, Chicago) can ratchet up the pressure and (a) obscure the fact that there are many wonderful colleges; (b) help set a standard that a student (or school, by extension) is not really successful unless the student is admitted to a college ranked in the top 10. Threads like this -- which excitedly post each day's returns at Sidwell Friends from the Early Decision sweepstakes -- certainly contribute to a climate that many people in the abstract purport to decry. And the fact that Sidwell parents in particular seem to be going in for this in such a big way may say something too, although I'm not sure what (Sidwell parents frequent DCUM more than others? Sidwell parents are more focused on Ivy acceptances than parents at other schools? Sidwell parents like to brag more? The Sidwell community wants Ivies and is okay with owning that that's what they want and not being shy about chest-thumping? Sidwell parents got tired of stupid insinuations that Sidwell didn't have good college matriculations because the school doesn't post a matriculation list? Take your pick.) |
Anonymous
You know that is a joke, right? Just feeding the beast. |