Sidwell connection to crooked college fixer Rick Singer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty clear that she got special, advantageous treatment from Sidwell. At the time she applied to college, Sidwell limited most students to just nine applications. They have since increased the limit slightly.

How can they limit how many school students apply to?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: It won’t be long now before the family and especially their lawyer will start appearing on cable media. Rick Singer will be their hook to flack their story for air time, in the hope of getting Sidwell to agree to a pricey settlement.

There is nothing for Sidwell to settle. The case law on this is consistent. Unless Kavanaugh and Gorsich, as Prep alums, want to stick it to the Quakers out of some weird high school pettiness, there is no reason for SCOTUS to take this up.

Sidwell girls tend to have a dim view of Prep guys, and it was probably the same 30 years ago. Kavanagh referred to “payback” in his Senate hearing. Maybe it’s time for a different sort?

That sounds goofy. A prep sidwell rivalry? Seriously? There will be no cert grant, and "payback" had nothing to do with sidwell. Goofiness.

When Gorsich and Kavanaugh were in high school, Prep and Sidwell were in the same athletic conference. Basketball and soccer were particularly competitive then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty clear that she got special, advantageous treatment from Sidwell. At the time she applied to college, Sidwell limited most students to just nine applications. They have since increased the limit slightly.

How can they limit how many school students apply to?

They ordinarily will not support applications over the limit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: It won’t be long now before the family and especially their lawyer will start appearing on cable media. Rick Singer will be their hook to flack their story for air time, in the hope of getting Sidwell to agree to a pricey settlement.

There is nothing for Sidwell to settle. The case law on this is consistent. Unless Kavanaugh and Gorsich, as Prep alums, want to stick it to the Quakers out of some weird high school pettiness, there is no reason for SCOTUS to take this up.

Sidwell girls tend to have a dim view of Prep guys, and it was probably the same 30 years ago. Kavanagh referred to “payback” in his Senate hearing. Maybe it’s time for a different sort?

That sounds goofy. A prep sidwell rivalry? Seriously? There will be no cert grant, and "payback" had nothing to do with sidwell. Goofiness.

When Gorsich and Kavanaugh were in high school, Prep and Sidwell were in the same athletic conference. Basketball and soccer were particularly competitive then.

Ok... And you think they'd vote to grant cert over that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty clear that she got special, advantageous treatment from Sidwell. At the time she applied to college, Sidwell limited most students to just nine applications. They have since increased the limit slightly.

How can they limit how many school students apply to?

They ordinarily will not support applications over the limit.

Never heard of this at my kids’ other HS but perhaps we just never went over the limit. All but one graduated a while ago. Seems like an overreach to me, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It won’t be long now before the family and especially their lawyer will start appearing on cable media. Rick Singer will be their hook to flack their story for air time, in the hope of getting Sidwell to agree to a pricey settlement.

There is nothing for Sidwell to settle. The case law on this is consistent. Unless Kavanaugh and Gorsich, as Prep alums, want to stick it to the Quakers out of some weird high school pettiness, there is no reason for SCOTUS to take this up.

Sidwell girls tend to have a dim view of Prep guys, and it was probably the same 30 years ago. Kavanagh referred to “payback” in his Senate hearing. Maybe it’s time for a different sort?

That sounds goofy. A prep sidwell rivalry? Seriously? There will be no cert grant, and "payback" had nothing to do with sidwell. Goofiness.

When Gorsich and Kavanaugh were in high school, Prep and Sidwell were in the same athletic conference. Basketball and soccer were particularly competitive then.

Ok... And you think they'd vote to grant cert over that?

Whoosh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty clear that she got special, advantageous treatment from Sidwell. At the time she applied to college, Sidwell limited most students to just nine applications. They have since increased the limit slightly.

How can they limit how many school students apply to?

They ordinarily will not support applications over the limit.

Never heard of this at my kids’ other HS but perhaps we just never went over the limit. All but one graduated a while ago. Seems like an overreach to me, though.

+1 There is no way that it is within a school's purview. I would raise holy heck if someone told me that my child's school wouldn't "allow" or "support" as many applications as my kid wanted to submit. I say this as a parent with 3 now in college and 1 graduated, and none of them applied to more than 3-4 schools.

[Anonymous]

So who at Sidwell thought that hiring Singer was a bright idea?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So who at Sidwell thought that hiring Singer was a bright idea?

You realize this was years ago, not within the last two months, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An association between Singer and Sidwell is hardly a surprised. Sidwell is part of the well established, cutthroat hierarchy that is private education and the families who choose to associate with it will stop at little to maintain a perception of superiority. They may not be quite as establishment focused as NCS/STA, but it’s the same idea. Power is intoxicating...

It’s not perceived superiority. It’s just superior.

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LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So who at Sidwell thought that hiring Singer was a bright idea?

You realize this was years ago, not within the last two months, right?

Why would any school in Washington think to hire Singer, even then? His business was largely in Southern California and, as the family’s lawyer showed in the deposition, Singer’s resume didn’t exactly add up. I’d be surprised, but did he work with any Sidwell students in the past? (It would be concerning if he had and then was working for the school.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So who at Sidwell thought that hiring Singer was a bright idea?

You realize this was years ago, not within the last two months, right?

Why would any school in Washington think to hire Singer, even then? His business was largely in Southern California and, as the family’s lawyer showed in the deposition, Singer’s resume didn’t exactly add up. I’d be surprised, but did he work with any Sidwell students in the past? (It would be concerning if he had and then was working for the school.)

Unlikely. It is more of a possibility that he was marketing himself as a college admissions/guidance expert, and for a case like this, having third party testimony from someone who would be more independent by virtue of being from outside of the area etc would be more routine.

[Anonymous]

Many top 3 parents worked with Singer.

[Anonymous]

I would think that anyone at Sidwell wishes this year and all it's bad news would just end already.