How are Big 3s doing with ED?

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Anonymous wrote:Why the lack of transparency from these schools? They should follow Bullis lead and post all. Unless they’re hiding something….

Why does the general public need "transparency" from private schools about college admissions? Maybe something admissions office can offer applicants and their families but schools don't owe the general public fodder for mindless discussions on DCUM.

So these schools share the stats with applicants?

No, they do not.

That would be scoir and naviance

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why the lack of transparency from these schools? They should follow Bullis lead and post all. Unless they’re hiding something….

Why does the general public need "transparency" from private schools about college admissions? Maybe something admissions office can offer applicants and their families but schools don't owe the general public fodder for mindless discussions on DCUM.

So these schools share the stats with applicants?

No, they do not.

They do if you’re an applicant and you ask. But not if you’re just an anonymous internet poster who wants to know so you can troll harder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Legacies are getting in.

Legacies are also getting rejected. Sidwell legacies at that.

If they aren’t strong students (grades/test scores), they should expect to be rejected. It doesn’t matter if they attend Sidwell. Your high school and legacy status shouldn’t override poor academic performance (especially in the current climate).

Sidwell curriculum even basic is so tough that the lowest student would be a better student than most public school top students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Legacies are getting in.

Legacies are also getting rejected. Sidwell legacies at that.

If they aren’t strong students (grades/test scores), they should expect to be rejected. It doesn’t matter if they attend Sidwell. Your high school and legacy status shouldn’t override poor academic performance (especially in the current climate).

Sidwell curriculum even basic is so tough that the lowest student would be a better student than most public school top students.

I don’t know about that, but Sidwell students are doing very well in the college admissions sweepstakes, so far this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

I don't understand the LOL, as most parents don't find the situation funny. The problem has been going on for several years, and when with changes in the college counseling office, admissions prospects seem to get worse every year.

And it's not true that most deferrals turn into acceptances. Most turn into rejections.

It's looking like another rough year, sadly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

I don't understand the LOL, as most parents don't find the situation funny. The problem has been going on for several years, and when with changes in the college counseling office, admissions prospects seem to get worse every year.

And it's not true that most deferrals turn into acceptances. Most turn into rejections.

It's looking like another rough year, sadly.

As I said, I’m a veteran Sidwell parent. Every school listed above moved from a deferral to an acceptance—that’s at least 10 students. I/my children heard this directly from the students/families.

What problem are you speaking of? Sidwell sends at LEAST 35% to 45% of its students to Ivy Plus/T25 universities EVERY year. That doesn’t include students who attend T15 SLACs. If you think that’s a problem, then you have a problem…with perspective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

We are a Sidwell parent and this is just not true when talking about T25 schools for an unhooked student.

[Anonymous]

Not a Sidwell parent, but until your kid’s deferral manically turns into an acceptance, people are going to be antsy. Historical data be damned.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

We are a Sidwell parent and this is just not true when talking about T25 schools for an unhooked student.

+1. My kid's Ivy defferals all turned into "soft rejections" (legacy at two Ivies).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

We are a Sidwell parent and this is just not true when talking about T25 schools for an unhooked student.

Three out of the ten students I’m referencing were definitely NOT legacies.

That said, we don’t know what your child’s stats, ECs, or essays look like. Perhaps your child just doesn’t have what it takes to be admitted to a T25 university. The fact that Sidwell sends about 60-65% of each graduating class to T25 universities/T15 SLACs is pretty impressive. You should be aware that there is a bottom of the class at Sidwell, and those students still usually end up at T50 to T60 universities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

We are a Sidwell parent and this is just not true when talking about T25 schools for an unhooked student.

Three out of the ten students I’m referencing were definitely NOT legacies.

That said, we don’t know what your child’s stats, ECs, or essays look like. Perhaps your child just doesn’t have what it takes to be admitted to a T25 university. The fact that Sidwell sends about 60-65% of each graduating class to T25 universities/T15 SLACs is pretty impressive. You should be aware that there is a bottom of the class at Sidwell, and those students still usually end up at T50 to T60 universities.

I hope all Sidwell parents are not arrogant jerks like this one

[Anonymous]

Agree. I feel bad for the Sidwell kids in the bottom half of the class, that is half the Sidwell kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mentioned on another post, but have big 3 schools (specifically cathedral schools) been doing well in the early round? Hear many got into Cornell.

The Sidwell students are killing it right now! What percentage of these kids are hooked? Are they more hooked than the other Big 3/5 schools?

As a parent of a 12th grader, more like getting killed than killing it. Most of my DD's friends have been deferred, with a few outright rejected. I don't know enough about each kid's record (and I don't want to know about each kid's record) to know if it's a very bad year (on top of what's now been a long string of bad years at Sidwell) or whether lots of kids weren't being realistic and wasted their ED shot. But there's obviously still time for good things to happen.

Lol— You can’t be a real Sidwell parent. If you were, you’d know that most of those deferrals will turn into acceptances during the RD round. Off the top of my head, over the past two years, ED deferrals led to RD acceptances to Harvard, Wharton, regular Penn 😊, Stanford, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Dartmouth, UChicago, Michigan, and Columbia. That’s not including the students who were admitted outright during RD. Unclench.

Signed,
Actual parent of a Sidwell alum and a current US student. This isn’t my first rodeo.

P.S. Nearly 65% of the students who have posted on IG are attending T25 universities (the vast majority are Ivy Plus/T15. I know a handful of others who fit this definition who haven’t posted. Objectively speaking, they’re killing it.

We are a Sidwell parent and this is just not true when talking about T25 schools for an unhooked student.

Three out of the ten students I’m referencing were definitely NOT legacies.

That said, we don’t know what your child’s stats, ECs, or essays look like. Perhaps your child just doesn’t have what it takes to be admitted to a T25 university. The fact that Sidwell sends about 60-65% of each graduating class to T25 universities/T15 SLACs is pretty impressive. You should be aware that there is a bottom of the class at Sidwell, and those students still usually end up at T50 to T60 universities.

I hope all Sidwell parents are not arrogant jerks like this one

An arrogant jerk for telling the truth? Every Sidwell student is not entitled to be admitted to a T25U/T15LA.

I know a recent Sidwell graduate who was a mediocre student (around a 3.2 GPA), and he didn’t have a rigorous course load (senior year he took statistics and no foreign language class). Yet, this kid had the nerve to be upset that he wasn’t admitted to Wharton!
That’s what a lot of this whining sounds like—entitlement.

If your Sidwell student isn’t admitted to a T25 during the RD round, there’s a reason. And it’s not because they aren’t a recruited athlete, legacy, or URM. Sidwell can’t work miracles. 🙄