Suggestions for getting into sidwell
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Anonymous
You must not be very familiar with DC area schools. Yes, this thread is tongue-and-cheek, but it's funny because there's some truth to it. |
Anonymous
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Be a ..
1. President's kid 2. A NBC kid 3. A Washington Post kid 4. An ABC Kid 5. A Congressman's kid 6. AA 7. Rich 8. Have your name on a building 9. Be very poor and very good at throwing a ball... 10. Really, really, really smart and get the top score on every single test you've ever taken and have parents that have cool careers....lawyers are a yawn unless they are tops in the fed such as AG material or top lawyers at Justice |
Anonymous
| So I ask, why is this school even relevant to most of us? Just for fun gossip? |
Anonymous
Not in DC. Unlike other parts of the US, the ultra-educated crowd couldn't: care a wit who someone loves or who they are sleeping with. It is a status symbol to have those types of friends in the NWDC crowd. |
Anonymous
I totally know what you mean. But I live on a nice street in upper nw and no one is like that. Pretty much all of my neighbors are basic couples many with kids of all ages, a deal of diversity, AA, a few Asians, but mostly white lawyers and finance or business types. I always wonder where the fascinating people live. Closer to downtown? What do you think? |
Anonymous
| Several of those families in the palisades. |
Anonymous
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And it goes without saying that you should be Democrats, and preferably ones who do the occasional fundraiser. At Sidwell Friends, being Republican will get you diversity points. |
Anonymous
The combination of being a Quaker AND low IQ AND living in DC or a close suburb are infinitesimal. But, thanks for your point. I guess. |
Anonymous
Do you mean "fascinating" or do you actually mean "gay" ? I live in upper NW Ward 3 and can think of 5 households with gay couples within walking distance of me. They're all boring white lawyer-y types though -- that never changes up here! The fun people in DC that aren't lawyers, I dunno. IME they're 31, unmarried and do not have kids. |
Anonymous
| What about my kid? He's white, we 're in the 47% ( Dem's) and the boy can throw a ball like no other. Do we stand a chance? |
Anonymous
At Sidwell Friends, being Republican will get you diversity points. DH and I are Dems (tho' not big donors) -- nor are we in high-profile jobs. We always wondered how our DS got into Sidwell -- now we know -- he's a Republican! (Yes, really he is registered to vote as a Republican, 'tho he is pretty horrified by Mitt, so I think he'll vote for Obama.) |
Anonymous
DH and I are Dems (tho' not big donors) -- nor are we in high-profile jobs. We always wondered how our DS got into Sidwell -- now we know -- he's a Republican! (Yes, really he is registered to vote as a Republican, 'tho he is pretty horrified by Mitt, so I think he'll vote for Obama.) Just curious and really irrelevant but did your DS enter as a junior? If he got into Sidwell under that premise, then he must have been able to vote or close to it when he was admitted. Or was he just a verbally professed Republican frosh at the time? |
Anonymous
Just curious and really irrelevant but did your DS enter as a junior? If he got into Sidwell under that premise, then he must have been able to vote or close to it when he was admitted. Or was he just a verbally professed Republican frosh at the time? Not sure what happened why my post blended with yours. |
Anonymous
I think the point was, it's the relative scarcity of same-sex multi-racial couples, in combination with the fact that school admission staff see them as really desirable, that makes them such a shoe-in for admission. |
Anonymous
Just curious and really irrelevant but did your DS enter as a junior? If he got into Sidwell under that premise, then he must have been able to vote or close to it when he was admitted. Or was he just a verbally professed Republican frosh at the time? Not sure what happened why my post blended with yours. I'm kidding -- like most of the PPs on this thread. Actually, he came in at 7th and was a Democrat then, but Sidwell turned him into a Republican -- this part I'm not kidding about. For OP and anyone who is taking this thread seriously, I would say there are so many qualified and appealing kids who apply that it mostly comes down to luck -- that was certainly true with our son. If you're applying to schools it helps to keep that in mind -- and to remember as well that Sidwell isn't perfect -- it's a good school, but there are many other good schools - public and private -- in this area. |