Sidwell tuition 2024-25

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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.

np: She's talking about the absurdity of comparing admit rates for a selective school to a large public high school.

Obviously, you need to compare the subset from that public high school, ie, not including the kids with little academic capacity or motivation.

Moreover, you have to remember that no one at the public high school is discouraging students from applying where ever they want, while private schools try to manage applicant numbers. Most likely, the public school kids are putting in more applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For anyone considering Sidwell -- the tuition increases for next year were announced today.

Grades PreK-2: $ 51,410
Grades 3-4: $ 53,920
Grades 5-8: $ 57,150
Grades 9-12: $ 57,620

Sharing without judgment.

It’s likely worth it because sending your child to a school like Sidwell is arguably, sending them to an Ivy League “feeder” or public Ivy “feeder” (UVA, Michigan, etc.) It’s an investment in other words.

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Why is she even comparing them? What good is to come of lording it over a public school with vastly fewer resources and opportunities? I’m frankly appalled as a fellow parent

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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.

np: She's talking about the absurdity of comparing admit rates for a selective school to a large public high school.

Obviously, you need to compare the subset from that public high school, ie, not including the kids with little academic capacity or motivation.

Moreover, you have to remember that no one at the public high school is discouraging students from applying where ever they want, while private schools try to manage applicant numbers. Most likely, the public school kids are putting in more applications.

Thanks

YOUR statistical chops pass muster.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she even comparing them? What good is to come of lording it over a public school with vastly fewer resources and opportunities? I’m frankly appalled as a fellow parent

NP. Someone came to this Sidwell thread (in the private school forum) boasting about admissions to Ivies from W schools. I believe there was additional bragging about how the W students achieved this without paying $50k+. It looks like the Sidwell parent was demonstrating that Ivy admissions actually favor Sidwell students.

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Makes sense since Ivy/T20 admits favor kids whose parents have money as do admits for Sidwell and the other wealthy private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Makes sense since Ivy/T20 admits favor kids whose parents have money as do admits for Sidwell and the other wealthy private schools.

Ivy/T20 admits favor kids whose parents have money. Period.

That applies to students who attend public and private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she even comparing them? What good is to come of lording it over a public school with vastly fewer resources and opportunities? I’m frankly appalled as a fellow parent

NP. Someone came to this Sidwell thread (in the private school forum) boasting about admissions to Ivies from W schools. I believe there was additional bragging about how the W students achieved this without paying $50k+. It looks like the Sidwell parent was demonstrating that Ivy admissions actually favor Sidwell students.

Still doesn’t sit well with me,
A. Anyone is welcome to any forum
B. The PP was condescending and rude

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody paying 50k for preschool is a fool.

If you have a $2 million household income, this is 3% of that…. It’s a weeks salary. how much of your income did you pay for preschool?

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Anonymous wrote:Obviously, you need to compare the subset from that public high school, ie, not including the kids with little academic capacity or motivation.

No, you don't. Private schools admit a large percentage of their students at ages 3/4, when it's hardly a foregone conclusion that they'll have the requisite academic capacity or motivation to be competitive applicants for Ivy League universities 13 years later.

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Anonymous wrote:Obviously, you need to compare the subset from that public high school, ie, not including the kids with little academic capacity or motivation.

No, you don't. Private schools admit a large percentage of their students at ages 3/4, when it's hardly a foregone conclusion that they'll have the requisite academic capacity or motivation to be competitive applicants for Ivy League universities 13 years later.

The ones that they let in at 3/4 are admitted based on their parents educational and professional attainments. Many start with Ivy legacy status and plenty of money, so they are already ahead of the game compared to the typical kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.

Yes and the link doesn't show the "fact" that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools". In fact the link doesn't have anything to do with Sidwell, much less showing your so-called facts. You clearly don't understand facts.
You're clearly not too bright.

Sticks and stones, dear.

I see those poor public W school matriculation stats have upset you. I cannot relate—lol.

Of course you cannot relate. We have more matriculations than you, without having to pay $50,000+ a year.
Like I said, you're not too bright.

Oh, I see you don’t understand how percentages work. I knew you were a W(oeful) grad—lol.

Cheer up, your children are used to public school, so they will feel right at home at Maryland state universities. It’s a good thing you didn’t “waste” your money paying for your children’s education at a W school. Based on these W(oeful) admissions stats, you would be absolutely enraged.

Let’s use Whitman as an example.
#Applications/#Admitted:

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

Whitman seniors submitted 306 applications to the Ivies, but only 11 students were admitted. That’s a 3.5% admissions rate!

On the other hand, this is how they fared at Salisbury (27/22); UMBC (148/130); and UMD (386/243).

Like I said earlier, I can’t relate. Sidwell can’t relate either because they send at LEAST 15-25% of their students to Ivies EVERY year (not to mention the total number of admits). Good luck!

1. Where's the admission stats for Sidwell? How can we compare? Goodness
2. Going by percentage is irrelevant and pointless because schools are Limited by the number of admittance.
Once again, you showed that you are not very bright.

Good Morning W(oeful) grad/parent!

1. Instagram (Sidwell c/o 2023). Look it up. 83% of the graduating seniors posted, and based on Instagram posts alone 17/125 (13.6%) are Ivies. I personally know 4 students from that class who didn’t post. They are currently freshman at Ivies this year (21/125=16.8%). Btw, there were several 2023 Sidwell grads who were admitted to more than one Ivy that year, so the overall Ivy admissions rate is much higher than 16.8% (and MUCH higher than 3.5%).

2. You don’t understand percentages or college admissions policies. Private colleges can select as many students from a particular high school as they want. There are a couple of NYC privates that consistently send 20-35% of their graduates to Ivies (and they’re the same size as Sidwell). Unlike you, I’m not going to try to make excuses. Those colleges clearly prefer those NYC privates for whatever reason.

My goodness, you're are truly dumb.
1.Instagram posts and anecdotes are NOT facts! Where are the stats for Sidwell?
2. Harvard would not admit no more than 10 students from Whitman, even though way more than 10 would qualify. Hence limited admittance.
Gosh you're slow and clueless.

Your words: “Harvard would not admit no more than 10 students from Whitman…”
Actually, Harvard admitted ZERO students from Whitman, despite receiving 28 applications from Whitman students.

This is the way you speak, yet you refer to me as “dumb, slow, and clueless.” 😂
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The facts have been presented, you just don’t like them. I understand—I can’t imagine sending my child to a high school where students submit 40, 50, 60+ applications to certain colleges, and ZERO students are admitted.

You don’t have the range or intellect for this discussion. Try to enjoy the rest of your day.

FYI we know many Harvard admits who turned down Harvard and said exactly why, this year thus far. And they weren’t all Jewish.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.

Yes and the link doesn't show the "fact" that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools". In fact the link doesn't have anything to do with Sidwell, much less showing your so-called facts. You clearly don't understand facts.
You're clearly not too bright.

Sticks and stones, dear.

I see those poor public W school matriculation stats have upset you. I cannot relate—lol.

Of course you cannot relate. We have more matriculations than you, without having to pay $50,000+ a year.
Like I said, you're not too bright.

Oh, I see you don’t understand how percentages work. I knew you were a W(oeful) grad—lol.

Cheer up, your children are used to public school, so they will feel right at home at Maryland state universities. It’s a good thing you didn’t “waste” your money paying for your children’s education at a W school. Based on these W(oeful) admissions stats, you would be absolutely enraged.

Let’s use Whitman as an example.
#Applications/#Admitted:

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

Whitman seniors submitted 306 applications to the Ivies, but only 11 students were admitted. That’s a 3.5% admissions rate!

On the other hand, this is how they fared at Salisbury (27/22); UMBC (148/130); and UMD (386/243).

Like I said earlier, I can’t relate. Sidwell can’t relate either because they send at LEAST 15-25% of their students to Ivies EVERY year (not to mention the total number of admits). Good luck!

1. Where's the admission stats for Sidwell? How can we compare? Goodness
2. Going by percentage is irrelevant and pointless because schools are Limited by the number of admittance.
Once again, you showed that you are not very bright.

Good Morning W(oeful) grad/parent!

1. Instagram (Sidwell c/o 2023). Look it up. 83% of the graduating seniors posted, and based on Instagram posts alone 17/125 (13.6%) are Ivies. I personally know 4 students from that class who didn’t post. They are currently freshman at Ivies this year (21/125=16.8%). Btw, there were several 2023 Sidwell grads who were admitted to more than one Ivy that year, so the overall Ivy admissions rate is much higher than 16.8% (and MUCH higher than 3.5%).

2. You don’t understand percentages or college admissions policies. Private colleges can select as many students from a particular high school as they want. There are a couple of NYC privates that consistently send 20-35% of their graduates to Ivies (and they’re the same size as Sidwell). Unlike you, I’m not going to try to make excuses. Those colleges clearly prefer those NYC privates for whatever reason.

My goodness, you're are truly dumb.
1.Instagram posts and anecdotes are NOT facts! Where are the stats for Sidwell?
2. Harvard would not admit no more than 10 students from Whitman, even though way more than 10 would qualify. Hence limited admittance.
Gosh you're slow and clueless.

Your words: “Harvard would not admit no more than 10 students from Whitman…”
Actually, Harvard admitted ZERO students from Whitman, despite receiving 28 applications from Whitman students.

This is the way you speak, yet you refer to me as “dumb, slow, and clueless.” 😂
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The facts have been presented, you just don’t like them. I understand—I can’t imagine sending my child to a high school where students submit 40, 50, 60+ applications to certain colleges, and ZERO students are admitted.

You don’t have the range or intellect for this discussion. Try to enjoy the rest of your day.

FYI we know many Harvard admits who turned down Harvard and said exactly why, this year thus far. And they weren’t all Jewish.

Yeah, but in this case Harvard took a hard pass on every Whitman applicant.

Btw, people turn down Harvard every year—it never has a 100% yield. What’s your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For anyone considering Sidwell -- the tuition increases for next year were announced today.

Grades PreK-2: $ 51,410
Grades 3-4: $ 53,920
Grades 5-8: $ 57,150
Grades 9-12: $ 57,620

Sharing without judgment.

Back to the OP's post...

We are not in DC - LA. Private hiked rates by a higher % this year than any year that DC has been in school (started in K, 10th now). They did inform us this right around the time contracts opened up, which was courteous vs. waiting until afterwards (it sounds like some schools in DC waited?). Two more years, not pulling out now but... the adjustment did surprise me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For anyone considering Sidwell -- the tuition increases for next year were announced today.

Grades PreK-2: $ 51,410
Grades 3-4: $ 53,920
Grades 5-8: $ 57,150
Grades 9-12: $ 57,620

Sharing without judgment.

Back to the OP's post...

We are not in DC - LA. Private hiked rates by a higher % this year than any year that DC has been in school (started in K, 10th now). They did inform us this right around the time contracts opened up, which was courteous vs. waiting until afterwards (it sounds like some schools in DC waited?). Two more years, not pulling out now but... the adjustment did surprise me.

Which LA private?