Sidwell college advisor leaves

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a rising 9th grader, I would be devastated if she doesn't get her first choice in the college admission process. She is smart enough to ALWAYS get her first choice so it won't be a stretch for her advisor. I am glad the school made the change now. They still have three years to make sure all the money we invested will send her on the way to her dreams.

^ You're being facetious, right? (Sometimes it's hard to tell on the internet ).

You know what's funny? As a Sidwell parent with one grad and one child still in the US, I can no longer tell if this is a troll or not. This actually sounds like conversations I've had with SFS parents.

Which is why we declined both Sidwell and GDS this year...while we certainly met many families who seemed pleasant we also met too many who sounded just like the above. We opted for a different school where the families seemed more consistently relaxed and grounded.

That's funny, because such a school doesn't exist in the DC area around college admissions time. Get back to us junior year, when people at your Shangri-La school start freaking out when they find out their kids' best college options are Towson State and University of West Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a rising 9th grader, I would be devastated if she doesn't get her first choice in the college admission process. She is smart enough to ALWAYS get her first choice so it won't be a stretch for her advisor. I am glad the school made the change now. They still have three years to make sure all the money we invested will send her on the way to her dreams.

^ You're being facetious, right? (Sometimes it's hard to tell on the internet ).

You know what's funny? As a Sidwell parent with one grad and one child still in the US, I can no longer tell if this is a troll or not. This actually sounds like conversations I've had with SFS parents.

Of course, it is true. We have been given tons of money to the school, we deserve outstanding service.

[Anonymous]

Still can’t tell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still can’t tell

Yeah -- nobody would put it exactly that way in conversation . . . but it's definitely implied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a rising 9th grader, I would be devastated if she doesn't get her first choice in the college admission process. She is smart enough to ALWAYS get her first choice so it won't be a stretch for her advisor. I am glad the school made the change now. They still have three years to make sure all the money we invested will send her on the way to her dreams.

^ You're being facetious, right? (Sometimes it's hard to tell on the internet ).

You know what's funny? As a Sidwell parent with one grad and one child still in the US, I can no longer tell if this is a troll or not. This actually sounds like conversations I've had with SFS parents.

Of course, it is true. We have been given tons of money to the school, we deserve outstanding service.

So then do you believe the flip side: kids who go to public school don't deserve to get into their first choice schools? Is the money all that matters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a rising 9th grader, I would be devastated if she doesn't get her first choice in the college admission process. She is smart enough to ALWAYS get her first choice so it won't be a stretch for her advisor. I am glad the school made the change now. They still have three years to make sure all the money we invested will send her on the way to her dreams.

^ You're being facetious, right? (Sometimes it's hard to tell on the internet ).

You know what's funny? As a Sidwell parent with one grad and one child still in the US, I can no longer tell if this is a troll or not. This actually sounds like conversations I've had with SFS parents.

Of course, it is true. We have been given tons of money to the school, we deserve outstanding service.

So then do you believe the flip side: kids who go to public school don't deserve to get into their first choice schools? Is the money all that matters?

DP. Everyone deserves a fair chance but let’s be honest, it is much more difficult to get good grades at schools like Sidwell, STA, and NCS then it is the public schools. We have friends in all of the schools and the public school kids are not doing 3 hours per night of work and the level and intensity is much more difficult at top privates.

[Anonymous]

Responding to dp about less work at public schools: what exactly are you suggesting though? I can see the argument that an A at, say, a big 3 school, is harder to come by than an A at many publics. But many kids at public can earn the same (or better) scores on sat, act, etc perhaps with fewer study hours. . They can become national merit finalists. They can Max out sat ii scores. Are you saying those kids are less deserving of college placement or college counseling because their A's came more easily? Or because they didn't study quite as many hours (and that doesn't say they lack a work ethic; that's not the issue).

I'm not trying to be belligerent; I'm legitimately not understanding exactly what your view is. I agree that so much of what you pay for in private is good counseling--the lack of which often disadvantages public school kids with otherwise stellar scores. Is your point simply that since private costs so much, that counseling ought to be a key/the key service? That it should differentiate kids from private with the same scores as those from public? Again, just trying to understand your pov.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Responding to dp about less work at public schools: what exactly are you suggesting though? I can see the argument that an A at, say, a big 3 school, is harder to come by than an A at many publics. But many kids at public can earn the same (or better) scores on sat, act, etc perhaps with fewer study hours. . They can become national merit finalists. They can Max out sat ii scores. Are you saying those kids are less deserving of college placement or college counseling because their A's came more easily? Or because they didn't study quite as many hours (and that doesn't say they lack a work ethic; that's not the issue).

I'm not PP but you're referring to the subset of academic superstars who would've gotten As whether they were in public or private. I'm guessing that the beef is with those in private schools who get As due to grade inflation/low standards/whatever but would likely struggle with the increased rigor at certain top private schools.

[Anonymous]

It's great that the talent will be renewed in the College Counseling Office, but Sidwell Friends also needs to expand the office's resources. 45 seniors is too many for one counselor to advise, particularly if one of them also has director duties. Sidwell needs to expand the number of counselors from three to four, and ideally to five, as well as increase outreach earlier in the year to the junior class. The college admissions process has changed a lot in five years, and Sidwell needs to step up and adapt. I hope that outgoing senior parents and rising junior parents take the opportunity
to remind the administration that more resources are needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:45 seniors is too many for one counselor to advise, particularly if one of them also has director duties. Sidwell needs to expand the number of counselors from three to four, and ideally to five, as well as increase outreach earlier in the year to the junior class. The college admissions process has changed a lot in five years, and Sidwell needs to step up and adapt. I hope that outgoing senior parents and rising junior parents take the opportunity
to remind the administration that more resources are needed.

+1,000

The admissions environment has changed --CCO resources need to be increased

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, St. Andrews?

I suspect that post was about St. Andrew’s. It’s a phenomenal program and I have to believe if it were located 10 miles south (in the district) it would be in far greater demand...I have not heard any significant criticism of the school, even on DCUM - impressive!

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/when-parents-are-so-desperate-to-get-their-kids-into-college-that-they-sabotage-other-students/2019/04/02/decc6b9e-5159-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html?utm_term=.08f8bf40cbb2

[Anonymous]

Well the answer is in todays Washington's Post.... Crazy, rude and unethical parents is the reason College Director at Sidwell is leaving. He had the balls in December to call parents out on their behavior in a email. He is more competent and ethical than entitled spoiled parents. Told by Parent clerk on Monday that over 30 admits to Ivys this year. They offered to increase his pay by 25%to stay but he isn't about money- because he comes from real family money.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/when-parents-are-so-desperate-to-get-their-kids-into-college-that-they-sabotage-other-students/2019/04/02/decc6b9e-5159-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html

He left GPrep because he questioned the all male administration on how poorly female teachers wee treated. Once again - real brass balls in a town of castrated parents catering to their precious snowflakes.

Sidwell Parents finally met a College Counselor with ethics, soul and a conscious.....and he called them out on their behavior.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Well the answer is in todays Washington's Post.... Crazy, rude and unethical parents is the reason College Director at Sidwell is leaving. He had the balls in December to call parents out on their behavior in a email. He is more competent and ethical than entitled spoiled parents. Told by Parent clerk on Monday that over 30 admits to Ivys this year. They offered to increase his pay by 25%to stay but he isn't about money- because he comes from real family money.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/when-parents-are-so-desperate-to-get-their-kids-into-college-that-they-sabotage-other-students/2019/04/02/decc6b9e-5159-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html

He left GPrep because he questioned the all male administration on how poorly female teachers wee treated. Once again - real brass balls in a town of castrated parents catering to their precious snowflakes.

Sidwell Parents finally met a College Counselor with ethics, soul and a conscious.....and he called them out on their behavior.





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So how do these "Crazy, rude and unethical parents with snowflakes" slip through the admission process?. Never mind, I read "prestige whore, lip service to Quaker values and Sidwell" in the same sentence somewhere.

[Anonymous]

He’s leaving because he was asked to leave, along with his incompetent underling.