Sidwell tuition 2024-25

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If you were to adjust downward for inflation, is the current tuition similar- adjusted for inflation - to the tuition in the 1980s/90s? Or even if you consider the overall inflation is it still much more expensive? In other words is becoming more and more expensive?

No, tuition increases have outpaced inflation throughout that time.

The increases feel outrageously excessive.

NCS cost $10k in 1990. In 2024, that $10k is worth $23,469.47.

But they all are bastions of inclusivity and equity.

NCS doesn’t seem like they’re trying to be “bastions of inclusivity and equity.”

They include rich people of all colors.

[Anonymous]

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If you were to adjust downward for inflation, is the current tuition similar- adjusted for inflation - to the tuition in the 1980s/90s? Or even if you consider the overall inflation is it still much more expensive? In other words is becoming more and more expensive?

Not similar, much more expensive. So is college. And housing.

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Anonymous wrote:

If you were to adjust downward for inflation, is the current tuition similar- adjusted for inflation - to the tuition in the 1980s/90s? Or even if you consider the overall inflation is it still much more expensive? In other words is becoming more and more expensive?

No, tuition increases have outpaced inflation throughout that time.

The increases feel outrageously excessive.

They feel that way because they are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

If you were to adjust downward for inflation, is the current tuition similar- adjusted for inflation - to the tuition in the 1980s/90s? Or even if you consider the overall inflation is it still much more expensive? In other words is becoming more and more expensive?

No, tuition increases have outpaced inflation throughout that time.

The increases feel outrageously excessive.

NCS cost $10k in 1990. In 2024, that $10k is worth $23,469.47.

But they all are bastions of inclusivity and equity.

NCS doesn’t seem like they’re trying to be “bastions of inclusivity and equity.”

They include rich people of all colors.

Like all the $50k+ schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Affluent household with 3 kids in private here. At under $120K for 3 kids, we were buyers. Now looking at $165-$180K in the near future, we’re strategizing an exit.

Forget affordability. It’s the whole premise of shelling all this for kids to be stressed. Then there’s the nitpicking over stats that no one who’s actually living life to the fullest cares about.

Add tutoring, sports, music, summer camp, and now therapy, the cost of “rigor,” “health,” and “exposure” is reaching $200K and will only grow. That’s excluding the kids we hire to chauffer our kids around.

$500K pretax, $1m every-other-year into a system that brings out insecurity, competitiveness, instability

Half the parents at Sidwell and other privates left college wanting to make the world a better place. We’ve completely lost the plot.

This was the situation before the recent price increases, and will continue to be. I don’t know about losing the plot, but part of the equation is how you communicate about the pressures and stresses of the current system to your kids. For us, I figure the camps, school tuition, etc., are worth it if our kids enjoy the activities/camps/schools, and are receiving benefits from participating. The rest is just noise.

I went from public schools to Ivy but the reality is that admissions are so insane these days that you can’t expect it for your kids. People can spend all you want on top privates but the kids are not getting into an Ivy or similar unless they’re truly excellent and put in the effort themselves. In any event, Ivy admission is not the be all and end all and we do our best to avoid putting that pressure on our kids

If our kids enjoyed it, it’d all be worthwhile. Mine increasingly aren’t. It sounds like yours are.

There’s always been a lot of noise out there. Somehow, years back, private sounded substantive. Now, to our ears, it’s pretty noisy

[Anonymous]

My kids go to Sidwell and for us, it's worth every dime. No shade or hate here for people who decide those "W" schools are good for their kids. I love that for them. I also pay to send my kids to Sidwell and don't care whether they go to an Ivy League college. That's not why I send them to Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

where did you get these Whitman stats?
They're completely wrong.

If you look at the 2023 WWHS Instagram, (https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2023/)
Here are the omissions from your list. Instagram only shows 269 members of a class that was probably just over 500 kids.
But there were at least 14 more Ivy kids. I'm not a Whitman parent (I'm actually a Big3 parent) but I looked this up because I remember the Whitman
results being really good last year.

1. Brown: 41/0 4
2. Columbia: 29/0
3. Cornell: 67/3 12
4. Dartmouth: 20/0
5. Harvard: 28/0 1
6. Princeton: 25/2
7. UPenn: 63/3
8. Yale: 33/3
Total = 306/11

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Again, Cornell doesn’t count like the PP said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids go to Sidwell and for us, it's worth every dime. No shade or hate here for people who decide those "W" schools are good for their kids. I love that for them. I also pay to send my kids to Sidwell and don't care whether they go to an Ivy League college. That's not why I send them to Sidwell.

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do people pay this and save for college?

They don’t. They “pay through” or rely on family money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where did you get these Whitman stats?
They're completely wrong.

If you look at the 2023 WWHS Instagram, (https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2023/)
Here are the omissions from your list. Instagram only shows 269 members of a class that was probably just over 500 kids.
But there were at least 14 more Ivy kids. I'm not a Whitman parent (I'm actually a Big3 parent) but I looked this up because I remember the Whitman
results being really good last year.

1. Brown: 41/0 4
2. Columbia: 29/0
3. Cornell: 67/3 12
4. Dartmouth: 20/0
5. Harvard: 28/0 1
6. Princeton: 25/2
7. UPenn: 63/3
8. Yale: 33/3
Total = 306/11

The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2023 graduates from eight Montgomery County high schools applied, were accepted and enrolled. The chart is based on data provided by the schools. The information sent by the schools is self-reported by students, so school officials could not guarantee its accuracy.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids go to Sidwell and for us, it's worth every dime. No shade or hate here for people who decide those "W" schools are good for their kids. I love that for them. I also pay to send my kids to Sidwell and don't care whether they go to an Ivy League college. That's not why I send them to Sidwell.

I used to say that, but at $500K, some value or life lesson is getting lost. 30 years later, will my kids be shelling out the equivalent of $1m in today's dollars annually? If not, when will the trend stop and why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where did you get these Whitman stats?
They're completely wrong.

If you look at the 2023 WWHS Instagram, (https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2023/)
Here are the omissions from your list. Instagram only shows 269 members of a class that was probably just over 500 kids.
But there were at least 14 more Ivy kids. I'm not a Whitman parent (I'm actually a Big3 parent) but I looked this up because I remember the Whitman
results being really good last year.

1. Brown: 41/0 4
2. Columbia: 29/0
3. Cornell: 67/3 12
4. Dartmouth: 20/0
5. Harvard: 28/0 1
6. Princeton: 25/2
7. UPenn: 63/3
8. Yale: 33/3
Total = 306/11

Thanks for the update. So, Whitman averages about 507 students per grade. Based on your numbers, there were 25 Ivy admits from the c/o 2023. That’s a 4.9% Ivy admit rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:where did you get these Whitman stats?
They're completely wrong.

If you look at the 2023 WWHS Instagram, (https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2023/)
Here are the omissions from your list. Instagram only shows 269 members of a class that was probably just over 500 kids.
But there were at least 14 more Ivy kids. I'm not a Whitman parent (I'm actually a Big3 parent) but I looked this up because I remember the Whitman
results being really good last year.

1. Brown: 41/0 4
2. Columbia: 29/0
3. Cornell: 67/3 12
4. Dartmouth: 20/0
5. Harvard: 28/0 1
6. Princeton: 25/2
7. UPenn: 63/3
8. Yale: 33/3
Total = 306/11

Thanks for the update. So, Whitman averages about 507 students per grade. Based on your numbers, there were 25 Ivy admits from the c/o 2023. That’s a 4.9% Ivy admit rate.

Wow, I think maybe you should go back to school to get a better handle on how to generate and interpret meaningful statistics. I have no skin in this game, but comparing the number of admits N to N is way more meaningful than calculating an "admit rate" for each school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:where did you get these Whitman stats?
They're completely wrong.

If you look at the 2023 WWHS Instagram, (https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2023/)
Here are the omissions from your list. Instagram only shows 269 members of a class that was probably just over 500 kids.
But there were at least 14 more Ivy kids. I'm not a Whitman parent (I'm actually a Big3 parent) but I looked this up because I remember the Whitman
results being really good last year.

1. Brown: 41/0 4
2. Columbia: 29/0
3. Cornell: 67/3 12
4. Dartmouth: 20/0
5. Harvard: 28/0 1
6. Princeton: 25/2
7. UPenn: 63/3
8. Yale: 33/3
Total = 306/11

Thanks for the update. So, Whitman averages about 507 students per grade. Based on your numbers, there were 25 Ivy admits from the c/o 2023. That’s a 4.9% Ivy admit rate.

Wow, I think maybe you should go back to school to get a better handle on how to generate and interpret meaningful statistics. I have no skin in this game, but comparing the number of admits N to N is way more meaningful than calculating an "admit rate" for each school.

You should relax. DCUM posters routinely calculate admissions rates based on publicly available information (CCO data, Instagram posts, articles, etc). We can safely assume that there were a few more admits than what was posted on Instagram. However, there’s no way to know for sure without seeking written proof (admissions letters) from each student.