Sidwell College Admissions This Year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean does NCS give Naviance scattergram access to US students?

Let me give you some breaking news. Naviance is totally and I mean completely worthless. My kid was a SHOE IN (and is no one even close has ever been denied) for 12 colleges that he was rejected/WL for. Naviance is from an era that no longer exists. Its all song and dance and grandma was hispanic and I wrote a book my parents published and am TO. Congrats! you are in everywhere!

In seriousness, forget Naviance. This was our first time through the hellhole of college admissions and we thought it was a realistic guide since it used data from our high school. It was worse than useless, it was dangerously useless. They should just take it offline.

Yes, Naviance was a poor predictor, but that "song and dance" line is completely fallacious and fueled by bitterness (which I get). It's OK to be disappointed and frustrated, but don't make crap up to justify your loss. And, consider maybe part of the loss was one of extra privilege that had been previously awarded to kids just because they attended that school.

I am sorry your kid is disappointed. That stinks. I get it.

I don't think it's wrong. Go check out cc threads with endless 1600 SAT, 4.0 UW kids (mine included) denied while kids with 1420 and 3.8's or even TO accepted due to their "really good essays". Or look around your neighborhood, those who checked certain boxes had hugely different outcomes. I'm not going to go in to details. If you your kid was spared the carnage, awesome for you. But there are plenty of people who learned this cycle that academic rigor, exceptional ECs, leadership and strong recommendations do not matter if you are from a certain demographic.

It was a shock, yes. But ultimately I know that my child will be successful because of their massive intellect and strong character - so I'm not trying to be bitter but I wish someone told ME last year that there was NO way he was getting in Top 10 schools with his race/gender/family income. The only wealthy white kids getting in are from places like Sidwell because the counselor is paid to make sure it happens. In FPCS the GC is uninvested - they don't care, check the boxes. I analyzed Naviance like the CIA looking for Bin Laden (as did several friends of mine). I can tell you with certainty in FCPS, it is TOTALLY, COMPLETELY, unreliable.

First of all, you are obviously racist. And your kid could very well reflect that as well. You cannot be sure that the teacher recommendations didn't reflect that and kid's likely arrogance. Second of all, there is no way that your Fairfax County public school naviance indicated that every single kid with a 1600 and 4.0 got into a top 10. It's just not possible. So you also misintepreted data. The combination of arrogance and ignorance is staggering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

[Anonymous]

Saw someone is going to Deep Springs, very cool and impressive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

If these stats are accurate, Sidwell is basically finished after this year..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

If these stats are accurate, Sidwell is basically finished after this year..

Agreed. The students have worked far too hard for outcomes like these..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

If these stats are accurate, Sidwell is basically finished after this year..

Agreed. The students have worked far too hard for outcomes like these..

They worked hard, but some of these kids lacked several things. GPA and tests alone are not enough anymore. Just being president of a random club or being on a sports team at school is not impressive. Everybody does that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

If these stats are accurate, Sidwell is basically finished after this year..

Welp, I guess they should pack it in and sell the property to a developer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

If these stats are accurate, Sidwell is basically finished after this year..

Agreed. The students have worked far too hard for outcomes like these..

Stats like what? At the end of the day, the class matriculation list will likely be pretty similar to previous years, even with the challenges of the process in the post covid era.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the hand wringing about high stats Asian kids getting rejected from top schools, the only kid who got into an Ivy, according to the Sidwell IG, is … you guessed it… Asian.

While there are mulitiple kids accepted into Ivies at Potomac, the student with many top admissions is also Asian.

If these stats are accurate, Sidwell is basically finished after this year..

Agreed. The students have worked far too hard for outcomes like these..

Please forgive my naive question: does Sidwell have something substantially different from other comparable DC private schools that can justify this verdict? Is Sidwell's college placement much worse than that of other privates or can we say that all elite privates are substantially finished after this year? I am just trying to understand the trend. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Good grief. Don't listen to these posters. the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest. If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. Don't listen to these posters. the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest. If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.

Yeah, I don't understand--the one actual parent of a Sidwell student said the last couple of weeks was a complete turnaround and the kids did great. It was a tough year all around but I'm guessing Sidwell kids did relatively well like hey always do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. Don't listen to these posters. the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest. If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.

If there are 10 admits, and among them are Dickinson and Wake Forest, then yes Sidwell is in trouble. Especially if only one kid got into an Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. Don't listen to these posters. the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest. If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.

Yeah, I don't understand--the one actual parent of a Sidwell student said the last couple of weeks was a complete turnaround and the kids did great. It was a tough year all around but I'm guessing Sidwell kids did relatively well like hey always do.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good grief. Don't listen to these posters. the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest. If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.

If there are 10 admits, and among them are Dickinson and Wake Forest, then yes Sidwell is in trouble. Especially if only one kid got into an Ivy.

See I don't get this at all. I have kids at sta/ncs who are strong students and I'd be fine with wake and Dickinson. Totally, completely happy.

Also, for all we knew the sidwell kids (and others like them) got substantial aid at those schools. I can completely see sending my kids to a 2nd/third tier liberal arts college if it offers a merit scholarship. We don't all have $80k a year saved for college and even if we do, it might very well be better off saved for graduate school. At sidwell, something like 33% of kids are on aid and many more are just over the cut-off. I can imagine their college destinations are very dependent on finances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. Don't listen to these posters. the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest. If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.

If there are 10 admits, and among them are Dickinson and Wake Forest, then yes Sidwell is in trouble. Especially if only one kid got into an Ivy.

See I don't get this at all. I have kids at sta/ncs who are strong students and I'd be fine with wake and Dickinson. Totally, completely happy.

Also, for all we knew the sidwell kids (and others like them) got substantial aid at those schools. I can completely see sending my kids to a 2nd/third tier liberal arts college if it offers a merit scholarship. We don't all have $80k a year saved for college and even if we do, it might very well be better off saved for graduate school. At sidwell, something like 33% of kids are on aid and many more are just over the cut-off. I can imagine their college destinations are very dependent on finances.

+1000
these are excellent schools...and these are not the only admits, of course...it's Instagram so it's just the kids who have decided to share (probably disproportionately ED or the ones who have already decided...those who have several top school choices may not have decided yet). But to your point, Wake/Dickenson are fine schools. And the other schools are also excellent (Hamilton, Colgate, UVA, Chicago, Vandy)...really fantastic, actually.