Sidwell Paid a family $50K and agree to change grades??????????

[Anonymous]

Because grading math exams can be so subjective.

[Anonymous]

She may have gotten lousy marks but she and her family get an A+ in grade grubbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because grading math exams can be so subjective.

I read the whole filing and frankly it makes me wonder about how grading works at Sidwell. There’s a part where the girl, Dayo, gets 93% but still does not get it translated into an A. And another instance where the whole class gets regraded, seemingly to improve grades, and the girl’s grade goes somehow from A to B....

So yes, it seems math grades can be subjective at Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I read the CNN article, my first thought was what f**king parents? Then I found this thread and discover that the student was a good student and have the score to enter any selective college as a black girl. One of the 14 NMSF in entire DC. How many students in sidwell or othe top private schools were accepted into the ivys? If she was in a public school, she will be the poster child student. Unfortunately, she parents made a BIG mistake sending her to Sidwell. She could be the largest fish in a smaller pond, but in Sidwell, as a child of an immigrant, she was nobody! The parents may think my daughter has better grade than the famous first daughter and they have the same skin color. If the first daughter could.get into Harvard, my daughter should have a chance. When thing didnt go their way, they sue. Watched too much American TV and movies! Her parents dont know how to mingle with the elite and thought they can sue their way into the upper class.
I see the whole episode as how new immigrants struggle to climb social ladder. The door towards the elite class is closed to outsider. Breaking the code is not easy. It takes more than SAT and GPA. I wish the girl learneda few thing in Penn and find her way to move up. I am also guessing the family must belong to elite class in their home country.

She was not one of NMSF If you have read the entire thread. Her award is not psat grade-based. I got confused at beginning and then somebody pointed out. Also she had a C in her transcript. So she could not be the real top student In her class in Sidwell.

She was a National Achievement semi finalist, which is part of the National Merit program. It is for the top-scoring PSAT students who are black. She was one of only 14 students in all of DC to earn the distinction. Given that and her other achievements (sports), it’s pretty inexplicable that she would be the only student in all of Sidwell not to gain unconditional admission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because grading math exams can be so subjective.

I read the whole filing and frankly it makes me wonder about how grading works at Sidwell. There’s a part where the girl, Dayo, gets 93% but still does not get it translated into an A. And another instance where the whole class gets regraded, seemingly to improve grades, and the girl’s grade goes somehow from A to B....

So yes, it seems math grades can be subjective at Sidwell.

Maybe they're simply grading on a curve. Not uncommon in math and science classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I read the CNN article, my first thought was what f**king parents? Then I found this thread and discover that the student was a good student and have the score to enter any selective college as a black girl. One of the 14 NMSF in entire DC. How many students in sidwell or othe top private schools were accepted into the ivys? If she was in a public school, she will be the poster child student. Unfortunately, she parents made a BIG mistake sending her to Sidwell. She could be the largest fish in a smaller pond, but in Sidwell, as a child of an immigrant, she was nobody! The parents may think my daughter has better grade than the famous first daughter and they have the same skin color. If the first daughter could.get into Harvard, my daughter should have a chance. When thing didnt go their way, they sue. Watched too much American TV and movies! Her parents dont know how to mingle with the elite and thought they can sue their way into the upper class.
I see the whole episode as how new immigrants struggle to climb social ladder. The door towards the elite class is closed to outsider. Breaking the code is not easy. It takes more than SAT and GPA. I wish the girl learneda few thing in Penn and find her way to move up. I am also guessing the family must belong to elite class in their home country.

She was not one of NMSF If you have read the entire thread. Her award is not psat grade-based. I got confused at beginning and then somebody pointed out. Also she had a C in her transcript. So she could not be the real top student In her class in Sidwell.

She was a National Achievement semi finalist, which is part of the National Merit program. It is for the top-scoring PSAT students who are black. She was one of only 14 students in all of DC to earn the distinction. Given that and her other achievements (sports), it’s pretty inexplicable that she would be the only student in all of Sidwell not to gain unconditional admission.

Inexplicable to you perhaps, but she only applied to highly selective colleges and submitted her only safety application late....poor judgement all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is URM, a track athlete, great test scores, probably a full pay student.
A year later she is an engineering student at U Penn.
Yes, Sidwell probably didn’t support her applications as they could have. She didn’t get into Spellman because the application was late.

Wait, are you telling me that if your relationship with your school is so bad that you will not just take them to court over grades, but attempt (laughably) to go to the Supreme Court, then maybe that school won't support your college application like they might have? I can't believe it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I read the CNN article, my first thought was what f**king parents? Then I found this thread and discover that the student was a good student and have the score to enter any selective college as a black girl. One of the 14 NMSF in entire DC. How many students in sidwell or othe top private schools were accepted into the ivys? If she was in a public school, she will be the poster child student. Unfortunately, she parents made a BIG mistake sending her to Sidwell. She could be the largest fish in a smaller pond, but in Sidwell, as a child of an immigrant, she was nobody! The parents may think my daughter has better grade than the famous first daughter and they have the same skin color. If the first daughter could.get into Harvard, my daughter should have a chance. When thing didnt go their way, they sue. Watched too much American TV and movies! Her parents dont know how to mingle with the elite and thought they can sue their way into the upper class.
I see the whole episode as how new immigrants struggle to climb social ladder. The door towards the elite class is closed to outsider. Breaking the code is not easy. It takes more than SAT and GPA. I wish the girl learneda few thing in Penn and find her way to move up. I am also guessing the family must belong to elite class in their home country.

She was not one of NMSF If you have read the entire thread. Her award is not psat grade-based. I got confused at beginning and then somebody pointed out. Also she had a C in her transcript. So she could not be the real top student In her class in Sidwell.

She was a National Achievement semi finalist, which is part of the National Merit program. It is for the top-scoring PSAT students who are black. She was one of only 14 students in all of DC to earn the distinction. Given that and her other achievements (sports), it’s pretty inexplicable that she would be the only student in all of Sidwell not to gain unconditional admission.

Inexplicable to you perhaps, but she only applied to highly selective colleges and submitted her only safety application late....poor judgement all around.

Doing well on the PSAT gets you squadoosh. I can speak from experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I read the CNN article, my first thought was what f**king parents? Then I found this thread and discover that the student was a good student and have the score to enter any selective college as a black girl. One of the 14 NMSF in entire DC. How many students in sidwell or othe top private schools were accepted into the ivys? If she was in a public school, she will be the poster child student. Unfortunately, she parents made a BIG mistake sending her to Sidwell. She could be the largest fish in a smaller pond, but in Sidwell, as a child of an immigrant, she was nobody! The parents may think my daughter has better grade than the famous first daughter and they have the same skin color. If the first daughter could.get into Harvard, my daughter should have a chance. When thing didnt go their way, they sue. Watched too much American TV and movies! Her parents dont know how to mingle with the elite and thought they can sue their way into the upper class.
I see the whole episode as how new immigrants struggle to climb social ladder. The door towards the elite class is closed to outsider. Breaking the code is not easy. It takes more than SAT and GPA. I wish the girl learneda few thing in Penn and find her way to move up. I am also guessing the family must belong to elite class in their home country.

She was not one of NMSF If you have read the entire thread. Her award is not psat grade-based. I got confused at beginning and then somebody pointed out. Also she had a C in her transcript. So she could not be the real top student In her class in Sidwell.

She was a National Achievement semi finalist, which is part of the National Merit program. It is for the top-scoring PSAT students who are black. She was one of only 14 students in all of DC to earn the distinction. Given that and her other achievements (sports), it’s pretty inexplicable that she would be the only student in all of Sidwell not to gain unconditional admission.

Inexplicable to you perhaps, but she only applied to highly selective colleges and submitted her only safety application late....poor judgement all around.

No way. Let’s remember that she just graduated from Penn, after all. High-test entrance exam scores, African American woman from a prestigious school and an strong athlete. And not getting into McGill, UVA. Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She is URM, a track athlete, great test scores, probably a full pay student.
A year later she is an engineering student at U Penn.
Yes, Sidwell probably didn’t support her applications as they could have. She didn’t get into Spellman because the application was late.

Wait, are you telling me that if your relationship with your school is so bad that you will not just take them to court over grades, but attempt (laughably) to go to the Supreme Court, then maybe that school won't support your college application like they might have? I can't believe it.

Yet miracle, she was good enough for U Penn Engineering. Baffling! Makes me think that Sidwell truly did this family wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I read the CNN article, my first thought was what f**king parents? Then I found this thread and discover that the student was a good student and have the score to enter any selective college as a black girl. One of the 14 NMSF in entire DC. How many students in sidwell or othe top private schools were accepted into the ivys? If she was in a public school, she will be the poster child student. Unfortunately, she parents made a BIG mistake sending her to Sidwell. She could be the largest fish in a smaller pond, but in Sidwell, as a child of an immigrant, she was nobody! The parents may think my daughter has better grade than the famous first daughter and they have the same skin color. If the first daughter could.get into Harvard, my daughter should have a chance. When thing didnt go their way, they sue. Watched too much American TV and movies! Her parents dont know how to mingle with the elite and thought they can sue their way into the upper class.
I see the whole episode as how new immigrants struggle to climb social ladder. The door towards the elite class is closed to outsider. Breaking the code is not easy. It takes more than SAT and GPA. I wish the girl learneda few thing in Penn and find her way to move up. I am also guessing the family must belong to elite class in their home country.

She was not one of NMSF If you have read the entire thread. Her award is not psat grade-based. I got confused at beginning and then somebody pointed out. Also she had a C in her transcript. So she could not be the real top student In her class in Sidwell.

She was a National Achievement semi finalist, which is part of the National Merit program. It is for the top-scoring PSAT students who are black. She was one of only 14 students in all of DC to earn the distinction. Given that and her other achievements (sports), it’s pretty inexplicable that she would be the only student in all of Sidwell not to gain unconditional admission.

Inexplicable to you perhaps, but she only applied to highly selective colleges and submitted her only safety application late....poor judgement all around.

Doing well on the PSAT gets you squadoosh. I can speak from experience.

Well, it means she had academic merit.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t get into the colleges I wanted to go to and that everyone around me thought I would get in — many students have this experience.

Did I sue? No. I went to my safety school, studied hard, and later transferred to my top-choice school.

There are no guarantees. It is a subjective process and luck plays a big role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I read the CNN article, my first thought was what f**king parents? Then I found this thread and discover that the student was a good student and have the score to enter any selective college as a black girl. One of the 14 NMSF in entire DC. How many students in sidwell or othe top private schools were accepted into the ivys? If she was in a public school, she will be the poster child student. Unfortunately, she parents made a BIG mistake sending her to Sidwell. She could be the largest fish in a smaller pond, but in Sidwell, as a child of an immigrant, she was nobody! The parents may think my daughter has better grade than the famous first daughter and they have the same skin color. If the first daughter could.get into Harvard, my daughter should have a chance. When thing didnt go their way, they sue. Watched too much American TV and movies! Her parents dont know how to mingle with the elite and thought they can sue their way into the upper class.
I see the whole episode as how new immigrants struggle to climb social ladder. The door towards the elite class is closed to outsider. Breaking the code is not easy. It takes more than SAT and GPA. I wish the girl learneda few thing in Penn and find her way to move up. I am also guessing the family must belong to elite class in their home country.

She was not one of NMSF If you have read the entire thread. Her award is not psat grade-based. I got confused at beginning and then somebody pointed out. Also she had a C in her transcript. So she could not be the real top student In her class in Sidwell.

She was a National Achievement semi finalist, which is part of the National Merit program. It is for the top-scoring PSAT students who are black. She was one of only 14 students in all of DC to earn the distinction. Given that and her other achievements (sports), it’s pretty inexplicable that she would be the only student in all of Sidwell not to gain unconditional admission.

Inexplicable to you perhaps, but she only applied to highly selective colleges and submitted her only safety application late....poor judgement all around.

Doing well on the PSAT gets you squadoosh. I can speak from experience.

Well, it means she had academic merit.

Lots of people do well on the PSAT. I destroyed the PSAT and wouldn’t have gotten into hardly any of the schools she applied to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She is URM, a track athlete, great test scores, probably a full pay student.
A year later she is an engineering student at U Penn.
Yes, Sidwell probably didn’t support her applications as they could have. She didn’t get into Spellman because the application was late.

Wait, are you telling me that if your relationship with your school is so bad that you will not just take them to court over grades, but attempt (laughably) to go to the Supreme Court, then maybe that school won't support your college application like they might have? I can't believe it.

Yet miracle, she was good enough for U Penn Engineering. Baffling! Makes me think that Sidwell truly did this family wrong.

+1. I don't think we have the full story on Sidwell's interactions with this girl and her family.

[Anonymous]

If the evidence against Sidwell is so damning, why didn't they lose in litigation?