Sidwell to increase tuition a WHOPPING 6.7%

[Anonymous]

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entirely NP here and parent of senior. You shouldn't believe me because this is an anonymous site full of trolls and bots, but I am certain that in the class of 2022 there are very few kids who are comfortably above at 3.9. I hate this reality, but, the very top kids in this class competitively talk among themselves. We know well one of them who's had a single grade less than an A. They have very little company. We should assume that this doesn't change significantly from year to year.

Point being, the tail on grade distribution curve above 3.8 is verrrrrry narrow. And at that point, the difference of the 0.1 is not tipping factor for admission at the T-10/20/30 schools

This is generally true. There just aren't a whole lot of kids, if any, who graduate with a 4.00 from Sidwell. Sure it happens, but not frequently, and certainly not to the point where there are a whole bunch of them in any given year.

How do you know this? Very curious as to what authority supports this clear assertion.

I have had multiple kids at the school. The kids talk to each other. When you kids are at a school like Sidwell for a long time, you meet parents from other grades and people talk. Some of those parents have also been associated with the school for a long time and have had multiple kids, so over the course of time, people talk and compare notes. So no, I don't have access to the registrar records, but based on a lot of anecdotal evidence, I made the claim you bolded.

[Anonymous]

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PP - just because your kid has a 3.7 doesn't mean it is because of grade deflation. You do know there are kids getting higher grades, right? And kids getting lower ones. I'd assume colleges will know the broad grade distribution of SFS applicants each year and will know where your 3.7 kid fits compared to the others in the class (even if they do not rank).

entirely NP here and parent of senior. You shouldn't believe me because this is an anonymous site full of trolls and bots, but I am certain that in the class of 2022 there are very few kids who are comfortably above at 3.9. I hate this reality, but, the very top kids in this class competitively talk among themselves. We know well one of them who's had a single grade less than an A. They have very little company. We should assume that this doesn't change significantly from year to year.

Point being, the tail on grade distribution curve above 3.8 is verrrrrry narrow. And at that point, the difference of the 0.1 is not tipping factor for admission at the T-10/20/30 schools

Based on your experience, how many kids are generally above 3.8? Are you saying above 3.9 is small but that there are a bunch in the 3.80-3.89 group? And again in the 3.70-3.79 group?

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No. 5-7 or less.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

PP - just because your kid has a 3.7 doesn't mean it is because of grade deflation. You do know there are kids getting higher grades, right? And kids getting lower ones. I'd assume colleges will know the broad grade distribution of SFS applicants each year and will know where your 3.7 kid fits compared to the others in the class (even if they do not rank).

entirely NP here and parent of senior. You shouldn't believe me because this is an anonymous site full of trolls and bots, but I am certain that in the class of 2022 there are very few kids who are comfortably above at 3.9. I hate this reality, but, the very top kids in this class competitively talk among themselves. We know well one of them who's had a single grade less than an A. They have very little company. We should assume that this doesn't change significantly from year to year.

Point being, the tail on grade distribution curve above 3.8 is verrrrrry narrow. And at that point, the difference of the 0.1 is not tipping factor for admission at the T-10/20/30 schools

Based on your experience, how many kids are generally above 3.8? Are you saying above 3.9 is small but that there are a bunch in the 3.80-3.89 group? And again in the 3.70-3.79 group?

Why do you so desperately want to know?

[Anonymous]

And even those kids aren't getting into a highly selective college early without hooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And even those kids aren't getting into a highly selective college early without hooks.

Oh, but they are. (Said with as much basis as your assertion).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And even those kids aren't getting into a highly selective college early without hooks.

Oh, but they are. (Said with as much basis as your assertion).

No they’re not. Do you only know the few kids that did? There’s about 130 kids in the class. Several kids with top stats have only gotten into 1 or 2 safeties and that’s it. The ones with hooks got into great schools in the early rounds, but the rest have not including kids in the math 4 track.

[Anonymous]

Thats the tuition for most elite private colleges. Let me let you into a secret. Unless your child is first to go to college, URM, poor and/or recruited athlete - it will not matter that you went to Sidwell AT ALL.

Legacy would have gotten in from any school.

Sidwell screens for the legacy admits - so they stack the admissions outcomes in their favor. Uncanny how many parents went to elite schools so they get the legacy tip. Confusing cause and effect - that Sidwell had a hand in admissions to an elite school. ITS A SCAM.

[Anonymous]

Also a 3.7 gpa is an unweighted A- That’s incredible.

[Anonymous]

We can all afford it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. 5-7 or less.

What’s this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And even those kids aren't getting into a highly selective college early without hooks.

Oh, but they are. (Said with as much basis as your assertion).

No they’re not. Do you only know the few kids that did? There’s about 130 kids in the class. Several kids with top stats have only gotten into 1 or 2 safeties and that’s it. The ones with hooks got into great schools in the early rounds, but the rest have not including kids in the math 4 track.

Yes, they are! My survey of the current class shows that to be the truth! I talk to a LOT of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thats the tuition for most elite private colleges. Let me let you into a secret. Unless your child is first to go to college, URM, poor and/or recruited athlete - it will not matter that you went to Sidwell AT ALL.

Legacy would have gotten in from any school.

Sidwell screens for the legacy admits - so they stack the admissions outcomes in their favor. Uncanny how many parents went to elite schools so they get the legacy tip. Confusing cause and effect - that Sidwell had a hand in admissions to an elite school. ITS A SCAM.

Could you explain this? I am not following.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thats the tuition for most elite private colleges. Let me let you into a secret. Unless your child is first to go to college, URM, poor and/or recruited athlete - it will not matter that you went to Sidwell AT ALL.

Legacy would have gotten in from any school.

Sidwell screens for the legacy admits - so they stack the admissions outcomes in their favor. Uncanny how many parents went to elite schools so they get the legacy tip. Confusing cause and effect - that Sidwell had a hand in admissions to an elite school. ITS A SCAM.

Could you explain this? I am not following.

I think the poster is saying that Sidwell admits kids who have legacy connections because they know that these students will get into those schools and boost Sidwell’s admission stats. But the reality is that non legacy kids don’t have nearly the same chances.

[Anonymous]

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Ironic the increase is so high for the division with the absolute worst leadership. The ms principle has run the division through the ground, driven away so many good teachers, even before the pandemic.

Could not agree more re principal.

+1,000