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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

That’s because the average GDS student is as wealthy and connected as the average Poly student. Schools like Dalton, Trinity, Spence, etc. are not any better for your average 500k earning family, they’re just stacked with serious $$$.

Are gds and sidwell students not wealthy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Magnet seem better than privates.

They are. Much rarer to find a legacy student at a magnet school. Magnet schools have to prove their academic rigor in a way that privates don’t.

Oh, the grapes are extra sour from these public school parents today! So you can’t afford private school tuition AND your public magnet student has to “prove their academic rigor in a way that private [school students] don’t”?

It sucks to suck.

There’s definitely rich magnet schools parents. Not sure why everyone who’s smart enough to not spend $50k/year on high school is seen as poor. Magnet schools make more sense for the right kind of family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Yes cause the Sidwell crowd isn’t filled with Princeton and Georgetown alum. Let’s be so fr, Dalton is likely more difficult than Sidwell, and that’s really okay. Getting into a New York private high school is no joke and way more difficult than Sidwell/GDS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Yes cause the Sidwell crowd isn’t filled with Princeton and Georgetown alum. Let’s be so fr, Dalton is likely more difficult than Sidwell, and that’s really okay. Getting into a New York private high school is no joke and way more difficult than Sidwell/GDS.

PP here. I just told you my basis to compare the schools. “Princeton and Georgetown alum” is cute—and kind of meaningless/table stakes at Dalton or Trinity. Which was my point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

Why not face reality that Sidwell is not trying to be Dalton or Trinity. It’s bizarre that you think a Quaker a school, with a national reputation (some would say international), is trying to be anything other than itself. Dalton and Trinity don’t have the name recognition than Sidwell has—that’s a simple fact. You can’t make a legitimate list of top DMV private schools without mentioning Sidwell. It’s also interesting that you hopscotched over several states, with excellent private schools, before landing in NYC to make a comparison you thought worthy of Sidwell.

Once again, you should post your irrelevant thought of NYUM. Oops—that doesn’t exist! 😝

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

Actually 100% are hooked outside of the one Stanford math guy.

Stanford rowing
MIT rowing
Dartmouth lacrosse
Princeton sibling
Cornell sibling
Cornell legacy
Brown legacy
Penn Legacy
Yale URM

URM doesn’t count for anything.

It absolutely still does.

Very easy to flag you are URM with essays and ECs

It counts now if you’re in the right CBOs. High achieving URMs are in the same programs so if you aren’t in those programs, you aren’t getting the boost since they want guaranteed URM applicants.

Nonsense. Cite your source(s).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Yes cause the Sidwell crowd isn’t filled with Princeton and Georgetown alum. Let’s be so fr, Dalton is likely more difficult than Sidwell, and that’s really okay. Getting into a New York private high school is no joke and way more difficult than Sidwell/GDS.

I see that fact-free opinions are in abundance in this thread—lol!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Yes cause the Sidwell crowd isn’t filled with Princeton and Georgetown alum. Let’s be so fr, Dalton is likely more difficult than Sidwell, and that’s really okay. Getting into a New York private high school is no joke and way more difficult than Sidwell/GDS.

Georgetown?? Our Catholic HS had 10 acceptances.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Yes cause the Sidwell crowd isn’t filled with Princeton and Georgetown alum. Let’s be so fr, Dalton is likely more difficult than Sidwell, and that’s really okay. Getting into a New York private high school is no joke and way more difficult than Sidwell/GDS.

Georgetown?? Our Catholic HS had 10 acceptances.

The amount of GU alums at Prep and Gonzaga is staggering. Crazy they use that as an NYC example

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Yes cause the Sidwell crowd isn’t filled with Princeton and Georgetown alum. Let’s be so fr, Dalton is likely more difficult than Sidwell, and that’s really okay. Getting into a New York private high school is no joke and way more difficult than Sidwell/GDS.

I see that fact-free opinions are in abundance in this thread—lol!

+1. This person applied, was admitted, and matriculated through Dalton, Trinity, Sidwell, and GDS. An amazing feat—they must know everything!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Old Town and went to St. Stephens- back before it merged with St. Agnes. I went to Colgate but I knew two kids in my neighborhood whose parents sent them to Sidwell. They both went to ivies, but they both also had severly autistic kids. Like, one of them may never live independently.

Not sure if there is a link.

Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Sigh. Fight amongst yourselves. My unhooked kid w/out paid private counselors or a Big 3 name got into multiple T10s & 2 Ivies. I could give 2 craps about HS outcomes outside of my own home. It’s weird to see the “prestige” fights. In my experience, the unhooked, non-legacy have better outcomes when they are t at schools with tons of legacy kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

Actually 100% are hooked outside of the one Stanford math guy.

Stanford rowing
MIT rowing
Dartmouth lacrosse
Princeton sibling
Cornell sibling
Cornell legacy
Brown legacy
Penn Legacy
Yale URM

URM doesn’t count for anything.

It absolutely still does.

Very easy to flag you are URM with essays and ECs

It counts now if you’re in the right CBOs. High achieving URMs are in the same programs so if you aren’t in those programs, you aren’t getting the boost since they want guaranteed URM applicants.

Nonsense. Cite your source(s).

Sure: thrive and Leda scholars. Go to their commitment pages and see their college partners. Provosts and university admin fund and serve on the board of thrive. You are way under researching if you don’t know about these programs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Poly parent body included Meryl Streep and Jon Bon Jovi when I lived in Brooklyn. You have no idea what you’re talking about.