Sidwell to increase tuition a WHOPPING 6.7%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

Senior parent here. Accepts to all the Ivys. It has been a horrible year....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

I don't see where the current senior class is having a poor year with colleges. Something like 25-30% got into their ED's. A bunch of kids have had positive results on EA's and ED2's are coming out over the next few weeks. It is pretty much on par with peer schools and previous years results.

-parent of a senior

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Anonymous wrote:There are 16 or 18 national merit semifinalists. However, the majority of top students who have taken the rigor courses have not got in. The EA/ED students are either recruited athletes, URM or those with a hook. The process is not transparent so college AO may not know who are the real top students.

This is patently false.

Clearly you are not a parent of class of ‘22.

I am. While my kid was deferred from their EA, virtually all of their friends from the advanced Math and Physics courses were admitted ED/SCEA. Based on their reporting of other classmates, it seems like the grade is generally on par with other SFS grades in terms of admissions so far. Yes, the Brown and most of the Northwestern applications were not successful, but welcome to the US in 2022.

I agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

Isn't SFS the only private school with 10 national merit semifinalists or something like that?

But most NMSFs didn't get in EA/ED. LOL. Sidwell CCO is really subpar.

+1 (class of ‘22 parent here)

+2. Were apparently advising some seniors in mid-Jan to apply to more "safety" schools - mind you after the Jan. 1 deadline for many schools, and right up against the later deadlines of Jan. 15 for some schools.

+3 Try to schedule an appointment to check the Naviance Data and finalized the RD list prior to the winter break after knowing the ED result, but we were told her schedule was fully booked. COO was closed except for checking the emails.

Naviance data is not a predictor and truly obsolete! With the test optional movement - that info is not useful at all. Why wait til AFTER the ED result to have a plan in place? Dumb move. That is on you.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

Isn't SFS the only private school with 10 national merit semifinalists or something like that?

But most NMSFs didn't get in EA/ED. LOL. Sidwell CCO is really subpar.

+1 (class of ‘22 parent here)

+2. Were apparently advising some seniors in mid-Jan to apply to more "safety" schools - mind you after the Jan. 1 deadline for many schools, and right up against the later deadlines of Jan. 15 for some schools.

+3 Try to schedule an appointment to check the Naviance Data and finalized the RD list prior to the winter break after knowing the ED result, but we were told her schedule was fully booked. COO was closed except for checking the emails.

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-1 They sent out a ton of emails to finalize lists KNOWING that you were getting ED results any day. The reason they were booked is because other people read their emails and booked time. For some reason, you feel like you can ignore the emaisl and then complain about being snubbed on a public forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

Isn't SFS the only private school with 10 national merit semifinalists or something like that?

But most NMSFs didn't get in EA/ED. LOL. Sidwell CCO is really subpar.

+1 (class of ‘22 parent here)

+2. Were apparently advising some seniors in mid-Jan to apply to more "safety" schools - mind you after the Jan. 1 deadline for many schools, and right up against the later deadlines of Jan. 15 for some schools.

+3 Try to schedule an appointment to check the Naviance Data and finalized the RD list prior to the winter break after knowing the ED result, but we were told her schedule was fully booked. COO was closed except for checking the emails.

-1 They sent out a ton of emails to finalize lists KNOWING that you were getting ED results any day. The reason they were booked is because other people read their emails and booked time. For some reason, you feel like you can ignore the emaisl and then complain about being snubbed on a public forum.

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Anonymous wrote:SFS could increase transparency by using Naviance. Show the data: # of applications, # of admissions, # who attend.

they do

But we couldn't see it. Only COO has access the data

False. We had several meetings and looked over data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

I don't see where the current senior class is having a poor year with colleges. Something like 25-30% got into their ED's. A bunch of kids have had positive results on EA's and ED2's are coming out over the next few weeks. It is pretty much on par with peer schools and previous years results.

-parent of a senior

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Not true

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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.

The seniors are trolling again. I guess they must not have very much to do tonight.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it’s difficult to get into sidwell, and your child will be surrounded by other very talented kids and get a very rigorous education, you will think logically that your child will have a shot at a college perhaps similar to Sidwell in competitiveness. However, for those applying, think long and hard about the reality. You will be paying >50 k a year for a school that actually does not take a real interest in celebrating your kids or helping your kids get in to college. Rather, they want you to be grateful for the Quaker education that will prepare your children for life. You will be encouraged —strongly—to make sure your child’s college list includes schools like American U, Drexel, Sarah Lawrence, Indiana U, VCU, Loyola Marymount. This despite the fact that your child may have scored a 1550 on the SAT with a 3.7 GPA. In the current test-optional environment, schools that have grade deflation and unweighted GPAs, like Sidwell, do their students a disservice. The landscape has totally changed. The message is the same for all students. You might want to put that $ in the bank and have your child find a really successful niche at your public school. The teaching at Sidwell can be very good, but it’s not exceptional. The quality of the kids is outstanding. But the administration cares more deeply about the school’s reputation than the kids themselves. (this is not written about the lower school).

1) there is nothing wrong with those schools
2) there isn't anyone who has gone to any of those schools, in some cases, ever.
3) the colleges know the rigor of the school, but the reality is, in an era where there are 1000-2000 applicants for each available seat, it is hard for anyone to stand out.

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Anonymous wrote:SFS could increase transparency by using Naviance. Show the data: # of applications, # of admissions, # who attend.

they do

But we couldn't see it. Only COO has access the data

False. We had several meetings and looked over data.

+1 DS also has had meeting and looked at graphs.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know how many Sidwell parents on this forum have or know senior students. Class of 2022 is one of the strongest but ED/EA results seem very poor this year. Most of us send our kids to SFS for quality education. Sooner or later your kids will be a senior. Parents should express our real concern and interests while paying increasing tuitions.

Isn't SFS the only private school with 10 national merit semifinalists or something like that?

But most NMSFs didn't get in EA/ED. LOL. Sidwell CCO is really subpar.

+1 (class of ‘22 parent here)

+2. Were apparently advising some seniors in mid-Jan to apply to more "safety" schools - mind you after the Jan. 1 deadline for many schools, and right up against the later deadlines of Jan. 15 for some schools.

+3 Try to schedule an appointment to check the Naviance Data and finalized the RD list prior to the winter break after knowing the ED result, but we were told her schedule was fully booked. COO was closed except for checking the emails.

+1

-1 They sent out a ton of emails to finalize lists KNOWING that you were getting ED results any day. The reason they were booked is because other people read their emails and booked time. For some reason, you feel like you can ignore the emaisl and then complain about being snubbed on a public forum.

Maybe respond to emails then! Geez. Sidwell parents want more outreach and then reject outreach. You could not pay me enough to work with these ppl!

[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.

There are plenty of unhooked kids who got into EDs and choice EAs. You clearly just don't know about them.

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Are reenrollment contracts out yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are reenrollment contracts out yet?

FYI- All the private schools had the same deadline.

Stop blowing your cover.