Sidwell tuition 2024-25

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are some of you lost? Did you accidentally click on this link in the private school forum. If the tuition is too high, you need to either:
1. Remove your child(ren) from the school; or
2. Remove yourself from this chat because your children don’t attend Sidwell anyway.

This is the internet, my friend, not a gated community. Anyone can comment. Maybe you could pay the mod $60k to stop having this forum be so darn inclusive.

Hmmm.

No, that’s ok. However, I’m fine paying that amount for tuition to keep my children away from yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are some of you lost? Did you accidentally click on this link in the private school forum. If the tuition is too high, you need to either:
1. Remove your child(ren) from the school; or
2. Remove yourself from this chat because your children don’t attend Sidwell anyway.

This is the internet, my friend, not a gated community. Anyone can comment. Maybe you could pay the mod $60k to stop having this forum be so darn inclusive.

Hmmm.

No, that’s ok. However, I’m fine paying that amount for tuition to keep my children away from yours.

Are you playing ‘Who’s going to be the least immature in this forum?’

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t they announce the tuition increases before the application deadline?

Just assume most schools will have a tuition increase and plan accordingly.

Every year, plan on 1-7%

Go through the archives in this forum, people have posted about it since the beginning.

[Anonymous]

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

Whitman and Churchill arguably provide better rigor/education than any of the privates in the area. They are known as “W” schools.

No they don’t.

Yes. They arguably do. And they are tuition FREE.

It isn't "free" to try to afford to live in Montgomery County and depending on a commute for work, that is even more of a "tax"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Two kids at Sidwell. It is not "worth it" or good value. Likely only incrementally better overall, and worse in some aspects, than public W options. Very hard to make economic argument though - like healthcare - you want the best for your loved ones and price is secondary consideration until not affordable. Sidwell is a business - while 20x more applicants than places they will continue to increase the price until demand drops. We will likely leave in next few years unless school undergoes major turnaround in accountability to students and parents - but not because they keep ratcheting up the tuition above inflation.

Funny thing is, these schools are not businesses. They are non-profit organizations.

They are supposed to be mission-driven, not profit-driven. In fact, maximizing income conflicts with the mission.

But mission gets set aside because maximizing profit conveniently maximizes the heads salary, raises the prestige (to some eyes), and serves the elitist preferences of the board members.

They are mission driven, and that mission includes trying to provide everything as fully resourced as possible to their students. Also, there is fierce competition for good teachers, so of the salaries and benefits are not top tier, your talent will be poached.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not pretending. It was important to me the school body was diverse enough, and it’s much more than that. I love it and feel lucky to be cutting them checks for Sidwell and not some other lesser school.

Visible diversity was important to you.

All pretentious and hypocritical, Bunch of idiots who won't impact society in any meaningful way. This is why America is so stuck.

wow, blaming a private school for the ills of the country is rich.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not pretending. It was important to me the school body was diverse enough, and it’s much more than that. I love it and feel lucky to be cutting them checks for Sidwell and not some other lesser school.

Visible diversity was important to you.

All pretentious and hypocritical, Bunch of idiots who won't impact society in any meaningful way. This is why America is so stuck.

wow, blaming a private school for the ills of the country is rich.

it is not the private school. It is the crowds it attracts and the values they represent. It is the sad fact we have to buy high quality education. It is the sad fact that GDS entry faculty for high school makes $60K while the tuition is $55K for each student. The sad thing is even rich people can't really improve the teacher's salary to teach their rich kids. How can this country move forward?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am from the DC area and had friends that graduated from Sidwell and I graduated from SJC which is half the price. We all ended up in the same college and are equally as successful professionals. I understand the idea of attending an elite school however there are so many other factors that contribute to college admissions and success in life.

Of course someone who attended SJC would come to this thread to type this fan fiction. Even if a few SJC students and Sidwell students end up at the same colleges and jobs, you’re not the same. It’s a completely different experience.

We already know there are “many factors that contribute to college admissions and success in life.” Thanks, Captain Obvious.

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So it’s not true but if it’s true, it doesn’t matter anyway?

Strong argument there. Yup.

It’s hilarious how many people fervently want to believe that where you attend school (high school, college, grad school, etc) doesn’t make a difference at all. Believe whatever you want. I’m not going to try to change your mind, SJC person.

It is so shallow to compare where you go to high school to gain self-respects. Just shallow. It is way more important to see how if the person has done to the society and if they are happy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

About 20% are on financial aid. I personally know a few of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients (because they’re open about it). They are all well educated professionals (e.g., combinations of two-parent feds, teachers, professors, journalists, etc). By US standards, these are solidly middle class and upper middle class families.

Sidwell is a great school, but there isn’t much economic diversity. It’s a school for the uber wealthy, regular wealthy and middle/upper middle class. There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.

I do think that is a drawback of Sidwell and alike schools. Lacking true social economical diversity. It has a profound influence on one's life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

About 20% are on financial aid. I personally know a few of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients (because they’re open about it). They are all well educated professionals (e.g., combinations of two-parent feds, teachers, professors, journalists, etc). By US standards, these are solidly middle class and upper middle class families.

Sidwell is a great school, but there isn’t much economic diversity. It’s a school for the uber wealthy, regular wealthy and middle/upper middle class. There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.

I do think that is a drawback of Sidwell and alike schools. Lacking true social economical diversity. It has a profound influence on one's life.

There is economic diversity at places like sidwell...the scale is just a lot broader from the very poor to the exceedingly rich, with most falling under the two incomes in white collar band.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

About 20% are on financial aid. I personally know a few of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients (because they’re open about it). They are all well educated professionals (e.g., combinations of two-parent feds, teachers, professors, journalists, etc). By US standards, these are solidly middle class and upper middle class families.

Sidwell is a great school, but there isn’t much economic diversity. It’s a school for the uber wealthy, regular wealthy and middle/upper middle class. There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.

I do think that is a drawback of Sidwell and alike schools. Lacking true social economical diversity. It has a profound influence on one's life.

There is economic diversity at places like sidwell...the scale is just a lot broader from the very poor to the exceedingly rich, with most falling under the two incomes in white collar band.

Oh my goodness, no. The families don’t want that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not pretending. It was important to me the school body was diverse enough, and it’s much more than that. I love it and feel lucky to be cutting them checks for Sidwell and not some other lesser school.

Visible diversity was important to you.

All pretentious and hypocritical, Bunch of idiots who won't impact society in any meaningful way. This is why America is so stuck.

wow, blaming a private school for the ills of the country is rich.

it is not the private school. It is the crowds it attracts and the values they represent. It is the sad fact we have to buy high quality education. It is the sad fact that GDS entry faculty for high school makes $60K while the tuition is $55K for each student. The sad thing is even rich people can't really improve the teacher's salary to teach their rich kids. How can this country move forward?

The really sad fact is that the GDS HOS makes over a million dollars a year.

[Anonymous]

If your child is in middle school now you will likely be paying 70k/yr by senior year. The board has no plans to slow the tuition increase, they know the demand from full pay families is inelastic

[Anonymous]

The prices are insane. Don't think I would put my kid through the entire cycle today. Glad we are no longer there but happy with the education they had in MS and HS. Wonder if this will make HS even more competitive as more people will wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The prices are insane. Don't think I would put my kid through the entire cycle today. Glad we are no longer there but happy with the education they had in MS and HS. Wonder if this will make HS even more competitive as more people will wait.

This whole thing just shows money buys very basic things like education and health here. It is sad.