Why does Brown Admissions like GDS so much more than Sidwell?

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Anonymous wrote:Likely a better cultural fit overall.

That said, Sidwell needs a heart to heart with Brown. That 16:0 ED admit needs to be addressed both internally and externally, and I say this as a public school parent. If Brown does not come to the table, Sidwell may consider discouraging ED applications there, which may already naturally happen in the future.

I am sure Brown is quaking in its Birkenstocks.

LOL!

A compassionate note to Genx parents (or god forbid the younger boomers who are still hanging around) at the "top 3":

Ivy admissions are not what they were when we graduated in the late 80s and early 90s, when, if you went to a top 3 (and were in the top 25% of your class), you could very likely get an ivy admit. They are even different than when we decided to start our kids as lifers back in the early 2000s. Our college counselors don't have sit downs with Brown where they can ask them to reconsider your Larlo's application. Just doesn't happen anymore. $ and your own personal connections to these schools are king. There is discussion of getting rid of legacy preference, so be happy, at least our kids have that.

I’d be shocked if GenX parents didn’t already know this. It’s hardly a secret.

If your oldest kid is just graduating, you’re just learning it. The shift happened, and you had no need to pay attention to it. It’s just what your experience was, and you had no reason to think it would change. Cognitively you can understand it, but emotionally it’s more challenging to grasp. You think your kid should get in just like you did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GDS did really, really well this year. Maybe because they have less grade deflation and also because their kids are more likely to be involved in social justice extracurriculars which are en vogue with colleges.
I have a kid at STA and the admits across the board are not half as good at GDS OR Sidwell. The student/athelete prep boy persona did not seem to go over well this year.

What are you basing this on? Where do you see a list with all 125 SFS seniors?

The instagram feed is impressive enough, even if it is short the 125.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, my spouse pays no attention to the increased competitiveness of college admissions. I’ll have to calm him way down in 18 months when he realizes how tough it is.

So I fretted sotto voce to my husband for about 18 months about ECs, especially as COVID was wiping out EC possibilities for my DCs - neither really have the skill set to be an effective online tutor, etc. They both scraped stuff together for ECs. They didn't save the world, but clearly showed that they were rooted in their community, etc. The '21 DC did quite fine given a lopsided transcript and the '22 DC knocked it out of the park. Some of their friends did not have similar success and nearly all of them have very weak ECs.

DH finally admitted a month ago - "i guess you were right to worry after all about those ECs...."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Likely a better cultural fit overall.

That said, Sidwell needs a heart to heart with Brown. That 16:0 ED admit needs to be addressed both internally and externally, and I say this as a public school parent. If Brown does not come to the table, Sidwell may consider discouraging ED applications there, which may already naturally happen in the future.

I am sure Brown is quaking in its Birkenstocks.

LOL!

A compassionate note to Genx parents (or god forbid the younger boomers who are still hanging around) at the "top 3":

Ivy admissions are not what they were when we graduated in the late 80s and early 90s, when, if you went to a top 3 (and were in the top 25% of your class), you could very likely get an ivy admit. They are even different than when we decided to start our kids as lifers back in the early 2000s. Our college counselors don't have sit downs with Brown where they can ask them to reconsider your Larlo's application. Just doesn't happen anymore. $ and your own personal connections to these schools are king. There is discussion of getting rid of legacy preference, so be happy, at least our kids have that.

Anyone who passed simple algebra - asking a lot in lib arts land WDC - knows that the Ivy schools churning out 1000s of graduating college and grad school alums each year, do not have a place for even a fraction of their future or current offspring. It’s not like they’ve added seats the last 10,20,50 years. Even if their mission is to educate, they haven’t kept up with population growth. only tuition does that….

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And screw the people who donate millions to an alma mater. They shouldn’t have that much money anyhow! Something is wrong with our low tax structure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your oldest kid is just graduating, you’re just learning it. The shift happened, and you had no need to pay attention to it. It’s just what your experience was, and you had no reason to think it would change. Cognitively you can understand it, but emotionally it’s more challenging to grasp. You think your kid should get in just like you did.

LOL no, we knew that acceptance rates were in the high teens or more back in the day but have been steadily dropping to the single digits. It's in all the alumni emails and publications.

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Wilson has at leave five going to Brown.

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Anonymous wrote:Wilson has at leave five going to Brown.

1 is a recruit, 2 are URM, I don't know about the other 2?