Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

if you have so little going for you in life that this makes you laugh and you're proud of it, then i pity you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

if you have so little going for you in life that this makes you laugh and you're proud of it, then i pity you.

Did you go to BC or Denison?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

You laugh, but you have no idea how much money these kids may have received to attend, or if they are planning on playing a varsity sport, etc.

I mean, both are really good schools that 99% of parents would be proud to have their kids attend. Congrats for BTAH in the 1%.

[Anonymous]

The title and most of the responses to this thread are everything I dislike about the dcum community.

Luckily, there are many more threads and posts that show the best of dcum!

[Anonymous]

Glad Sidwell finally righted the ship. Give them a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.[/quote

You sound like a miserable person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

Clearly your kids didn’t go to private school.
Both BC and Denison are very good colleges.
Most people who spend money on private school for the most important reasons aren’t doing it so their kids can go to Harvard.
Most sidwell kids will do well in college and beyond regardless of which colleges they attend. They are well prepared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

Clearly your kids didn’t go to private school.
Both BC and Denison are very good colleges.
Most people who spend money on private school for the most important reasons aren’t doing it so their kids can go to Harvard.
Most sidwell kids will do well in college and beyond regardless of which colleges they attend. They are well prepared.

Great but tone it down. This carrying on about private school is so ignorant and snobby. Just go to the school and do your thing and stop yammering about it.

[Anonymous]

Ha ha! What a funny headline. For 50k a year, I should hope the school has a good college counselor who can direct them to schools that are good fits for each individual student. Otherwise, what a mess.

[Anonymous]

How can Sidwell's college admissions with their legacies, URMs and athletes have a worse outcome than a public high school like TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can Sidwell's college admissions with their legacies, URMs and athletes have a worse outcome than a public high school like TJ?

TJ is still a crapshoot, trust me. Every year they have 150+ kids apply to each of Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, UPenn, Duke, Columbia. Each of those schools will send out at most 15 acceptances, many of which are for the same top kids getting into multiple of these schools. At least Sidwell has more structure and organization among their counseling that doesn’t lead to a free-for-all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can Sidwell's college admissions with their legacies, URMs and athletes have a worse outcome than a public high school like TJ?

TJ is still a crapshoot, trust me. Every year they have 150+ kids apply to each of Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, UPenn, Duke, Columbia. Each of those schools will send out at most 15 acceptances, many of which are for the same top kids getting into multiple of these schools. At least Sidwell has more structure and organization among their counseling that doesn’t lead to a free-for-all.

This is a great point and it mirrors my own HS experience. There were a few kids that got all of the awards and collected multiple Ivy acceptances and then a drop off with everyone else going to state schools.

Sidwell is trying to maximize chances for all students, which is very different than having fewer students with more exceptional outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad Sidwell finally righted the ship. Give them a break.

I am not sure that it’s only Sidwell. I think after a few years of college admissions being upended and chaotic, things are settling back into old patterns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

These are great schools with strong programs. You sound like a snob. I bet both of these kids will rock it in college and afterwards. My kids go to Sidwell and I wouldn't be upset if this was where they attended college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad Sidwell finally righted the ship. Give them a break.

I wouldn't say the ship is righted....or maybe it has gotten better (I wasn't privy to prior experiences). It still has a long list of shortcomings, none of which are likely to change because Sidwell doesn't really care much about what parents say/think to the point that most people don't bother giving feedback.