Saying no to Sidwell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know 5-6 people who said no to Sidwell, mostly for MoCo magnets, but some for other privates. You're in good company.

Me too. Also, some said that they were afraid that second sib would not be accepted and the commute from MoCo was too much, finally some said MONEY.

[Anonymous]

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The co-ed vs single sex education issue aside, these schools have a more well-rounded educational environment than Sidwell. When you think about how athletics are an after-thought at Sidwell, coupled with the scandals the schools has had recently that rivals Landon's, one would be hard pressed to come up with reasons why Sidwell is #1.

Are you really going to do the "sports as an afterthought" thing again? There is already a 50+ page thread on that, and the facts more than bare out that it is an urban legend. Compare the basketball or baseball teams as one small example. Who won the DC Wrestling title this year? Really, it is enough that you are happy with your school, but it really shows an incredible inferiority complex to trash other schools without any basis in fact. If the sports example is one, then it makes the balance of your statements tenuous, at best.

Overall, it's a pretty weak athletic program.

[Anonymous]

This thread was started to poke at Sidwell. The school's got nothing to worry about.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, so if Sidwell is not the top school in the area, then what is?

For the whole picture (academics, athletics, social life, college matriculation), I'd put these schools ahead of Sidwell:

STA
Holton
NCS
Potomac (maybe)

I wouldn't.

The co-ed vs single sex education issue aside, these schools have a more well-rounded educational environment than Sidwell. When you think about how athletics are an after-thought at Sidwell, coupled with the scandals the schools has had recently that rivals Landon's, one would be hard pressed to come up with reasons why Sidwell is #1.

So, so misinformed. Or delusional. Take your pic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just tell them you chose another school over them and stop trying to show off to people on the forum that you got into Sidwell.

lmao!

[Anonymous]

Amazing how the Sidwell faithful circle the wagons at any perceived slight, no matter how miniscule? They have surpasses Landon parents in terms of drinking the Kool-Aid.

[Anonymous]

Why do you perceive the responses from "Sidwell faithful?" This stuff comes up all the time and my perception is many readers call out the garbage regardless of school affiliation.

[Anonymous]

Only someone who is blindly loyal to Sidwell to a fault would insist that they have a legitimate sports program. They do not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just tell them you chose another school over them and stop trying to show off to people on the forum that you got into Sidwell.

This.

I think it's refreshing to hear a poster say she DOESN'T want her kid to go to Sidwell. This board is so obsessed.

Sure, that's always fun. But did OP really need help figuring out how to say "no thanks"? Sounds like name-dropping to me. Next we'll hear how John Hamm was always trying to ask her out in college, but she didn't think he was attractive enough.

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only someone who is blindly loyal to Sidwell to a fault would insist that they have a legitimate sports program. They do not.

Based on what metric(s)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only someone who is blindly loyal to Sidwell to a fault would insist that they have a legitimate sports program. They do not.

Based on what metric(s)?

While not a metric, conference membership would be a guide. I wonder how many know that up until the 1990's, Sidwell was a member of the IAC (Prep, Landon. St Albans, etc) and that they dropped out of that league. While iin the league, they struggled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only someone who is blindly loyal to Sidwell to a fault would insist that they have a legitimate sports program. They do not.

Based on what metric(s)?

Any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While not a metric, conference membership would be a guide. I wonder how many know that up until the 1990's, Sidwell was a member of the IAC (Prep, Landon. St Albans, etc) and that they dropped out of that league. While iin the league, they struggled.

And I wonder how many people really care how some high school athletic team performed 20 years ago ....

Grow up, will ya?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:While not a metric, conference membership would be a guide. I wonder how many know that up until the 1990's, Sidwell was a member of the IAC (Prep, Landon. St Albans, etc) and that they dropped out of that league. While iin the league, they struggled.

And I wonder how many people really care how some high school athletic team performed 20 years ago ....

Grow up, will ya?

That's not the point. Sidwell is a fine school. The original question posed was what school is THE best? Athletics mean a lot to some, they mean nothing to some. If one is trying to ascertain what school is the best, one needs to look at everything a private school should offer: academics, environment, athletics, other extra-curricular activities, teachers, etc.

It has nothing to do with how one may look back and his/her HS athletic career. If athletics is important to a potential applicant, Sidwell's athletic program should be weighed in relation to other choices.

[Anonymous]

I would note, based on recollection from the long thread from last year that Sidwell baseball won the City tournament (against St. Albans and Maret as well as Wilson), won the DC Wrestling tournament (against the other DC schools), won their basketball league, soccer league, girls soccer was nationally ranked, many D1 athletes in recent years including this year's senior class.

I am not sure what the poster is inferring, but that is a lot of success for the past few months.

In looking at the website, an alum won multiple grammies a few weeks ago, and there are other platitudes. This is a bizarre suggestion. At the same time, no one is suggesting the school is an athletic powerhouse like DeMatha or Prep.