12 and counting to U Chicago this year from Sidwell

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Anonymous wrote:someone listed the gpa chart for harvard-westake? and the gp's were lower than most ivies and even schools like northwestern. it was a very revealing set of hard data published by the school, so no self reporting shenanigans

76% of the Chicago admits were in the top GPA tier (3.8 or above), which was slightly better than Cornell and slightly lower than Columbia.

Very revealing that they get smart kids, I guess.

Many private schools don't provide gpa. Chicago does not report gpa if the high schools don't report gpa. This loophole allows them to take many private school kids without disclosing their gpas. Someone mentioned HW gpas for Chicago being lower than many T20 schools, which is true.

No, you’re missing the point. The numbers I cited are the HW numbers.

76% of their admits were in the top GPA tier, better than Cornell and just behind Columbia. Is it true that it’s 100% for HYP? Sure. But that’s not particularly meaningful. At any of these schools you are surrounded by top kids.

HW is not similar to Sidwell situation. HW is sending only 3 to Chicago this year vs Sidwell 12-15. HW has a 300+ senior class vs Sidwell ~120.

Irrelevant. The numbers are about admits and the incorrect claim that kids getting in at HW are somehow not top students.

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

At least have of the UChicago Sidwell admits are not ED0 or ED1. So, what’s your point?

Btw, this thread is about Sidwell.

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

+100 say it louder for the SF moms out West

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine getting on a SF area website and saying “at our Washington DC private . . .”

Who the F cares?

DP, but there’s nothing similar to DCUM for any other metro, hence why people in other metros are here. Get over yourself.

This is a thread about a specific day school in Washington DC.

More accurately, it’s about a national university and private high schools in the country!

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

The academic pedigree of UChicago was built upon the backs of pure intellects, not a bunch of “polished”, DC trust fund babies. If you know anything about the school, you know that Chicago never gave 2 wits about polish. And that their new admissions preferences are first and foremost about finances, not merit.

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

The academic pedigree of UChicago was built upon the backs of pure intellects, not a bunch of “polished”, DC trust fund babies. If you know anything about the school, you know that Chicago never gave 2 wits about polish. And that their new admissions preferences are first and foremost about finances, not merit.

Except all of the kids are still wicked smart.

Many of the people on here seem to struggle with the reality that there are way more super smart kids than there are spots across a dozen or so schools, and so all of these schools have incredible students.

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

The academic pedigree of UChicago was built upon the backs of pure intellects, not a bunch of “polished”, DC trust fund babies. If you know anything about the school, you know that Chicago never gave 2 wits about polish. And that their new admissions preferences are first and foremost about finances, not merit.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

The academic pedigree of UChicago was built upon the backs of pure intellects, not a bunch of “polished”, DC trust fund babies. If you know anything about the school, you know that Chicago never gave 2 wits about polish. And that their new admissions preferences are first and foremost about finances, not merit.

Right, because 12 Sidwell seniors (who you’ve never met, but assume are DC trust fund babies) attending Chicago will cause it’s academic pedigree to come crashing down. If you zoom out, only hermits like you are complaining about this microscopic group within Chicago.

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Anonymous wrote:Mind you colleges can admit whomever they want. It seems there are good outcomes at UChicsgo with kids from Sidwell and HW, not a surprise as they are most likely smart, polished, capable kids. No more explanation needed. Please get over this obsession.

The academic pedigree of UChicago was built upon the backs of pure intellects, not a bunch of “polished”, DC trust fund babies. If you know anything about the school, you know that Chicago never gave 2 wits about polish. And that their new admissions preferences are first and foremost about finances, not merit.

Except all of the kids are still wicked smart.

Many of the people on here seem to struggle with the reality that there are way more super smart kids than there are spots across a dozen or so schools, and so all of these schools have incredible students.

+100 - the haters are just upset that there can be polished smart kids that happen to be well off. The NYC private kid I know at UChicago majors in math with perfect SAT scores, and is very well spoken and intellectually driven. This is not an either or situation. They are ALSO wicked smart.

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As a mom of a private school son at Chicago, as much as I wish him to be “wicked smart”, he is not. Let’s be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:As a mom of a private school son at Chicago, as much as I wish him to be “wicked smart”, he is not. Let’s be honest.

So, he’s only just smart?

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Anonymous wrote:My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

At least have of the UChicago Sidwell admits are not ED0 or ED1. So, what’s your point?

Btw, this thread is about Sidwell.

Have heard some ED0 UChicago admits didn’t post on insta right away so no one knew they were in the pay to play program. No idea if this happened at Sidwell in particular but you can’t assume admittance date just based on when the kid posted (unless they posted very early).

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Anonymous wrote:My nephew goes to Lawrenceville School and UChicago will take anyone from the 2nd-4th deciles of the class if they apply ED 1.

I'm not sure why people are being defensive about this reality. UChicago loves elite private school kids that aren't necessarily "top students" and would be overlooked by Ivies.

At least have of the UChicago Sidwell admits are not ED0 or ED1. So, what’s your point?

Btw, this thread is about Sidwell.

Have heard some ED0 UChicago admits didn’t post on insta right away so no one knew they were in the pay to play program. No idea if this happened at Sidwell in particular but you can’t assume admittance date just based on when the kid posted (unless they posted very early).

Chicago students themselves believe their ED practice is inequitable and non-transparent.
https://chicagomaroon.com/51541/viewpoints/editorial/ed0-makes-admissions-less-equitable-and-less-transparent/