Sidwell, 3.93 1570 Junior - T10 prospects?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the non Sidwell parents of the world...what is Math III/IV?

It's really not relevant if you aren't a Sidwell parent trying to "suss out" rigor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A kid like this should go for it.

People on this board love to cite the necessity of “national level awards” for ivies/t-10. We pretty closely know kids at every ivy plus Duke, Northwestern etc (don’t know anyone at Stanford!), including one of my kids, and all are amazing kids who had excellent grades, extracurriculars, so on but none had a national level award. Tbh other than a national science fair award or debate ranking, I don’t even know what those would be.

But what types of HS are these kids coming from? If not Sidwell or equivalent then you’re comparing apples to oranges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the non Sidwell parents of the world...what is Math III/IV?

Theoretical math sequence.

NP. So my DC’s very similar to OP’s but IS taking the theoretical math sequence… does my kid have a better shot at T10 due to the “increased” rigor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You be paying $60k a year, $240k for the upper 4 years. Need to make counselor do their job.

True. But it is what it is. Every Sidwell parent who has had their kid go through the process can confirm. CCO is useless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the non Sidwell parents of the world...what is Math III/IV?

Theoretical math sequence.

NP. So my DC’s very similar to OP’s but IS taking the theoretical math sequence… does my kid have a better shot at T10 due to the “increased” rigor?

In theory, but not necessarily in practice.

[Anonymous]

I will never understand why the parents of kids attending one of the nation’s most elite prep schools and paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege have to come to this website and seek anonymous advice about their children’s college admissions prospects. What are you paying for? Doesn’t Sidwell have a guidance department? It’s just so odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why the parents of kids attending one of the nation’s most elite prep schools and paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege have to come to this website and seek anonymous advice about their children’s college admissions prospects. What are you paying for? Doesn’t Sidwell have a guidance department? It’s just so odd.

They do have a CCO, and it's useless. By the time parents find out it's useless, it's too late to do anything about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why the parents of kids attending one of the nation’s most elite prep schools and paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege have to come to this website and seek anonymous advice about their children’s college admissions prospects. What are you paying for? Doesn’t Sidwell have a guidance department? It’s just so odd.

Agree with what the other PP answered and will add that the parent community is oddly hush hush about these things....and the school doesn't wish to hear anything (or it becomes clear they won't be changing anything)...so people are left to let it out here.

It really is sad. Unfortunate. I wish they would genuinely invest on changing the culture for the kids, improve relationship with parents, encourage more mentoring among teachers, and take a stab at improving other aspects where there is clear room for improvement.
Perhaps there could be some hope that some of this can slowly be desired and accomplished by the new leadership in HS.

[Anonymous]

A 3.93 is virtually unheard of from Sidwell. With those scores the kid can apply anywhere. No guarantees anywhere, but that's up to you. Don't let the naysayers deter you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why the parents of kids attending one of the nation’s most elite prep schools and paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege have to come to this website and seek anonymous advice about their children’s college admissions prospects. What are you paying for? Doesn’t Sidwell have a guidance department? It’s just so odd.

Agree with what the other PP answered and will add that the parent community is oddly hush hush about these things....and the school doesn't wish to hear anything (or it becomes clear they won't be changing anything)...so people are left to let it out here.

It really is sad. Unfortunate. I wish they would genuinely invest on changing the culture for the kids, improve relationship with parents, encourage more mentoring among teachers, and take a stab at improving other aspects where there is clear room for improvement.
Perhaps there could be some hope that some of this can slowly be desired and accomplished by the new leadership in HS.

And parents know their kid’s biggest competition is other SFS students so they don’t talk about it except to their private college consultants. Weird, I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the non Sidwell parents of the world...what is Math III/IV?

Theoretical math sequence.

NP. So my DC’s very similar to OP’s but IS taking the theoretical math sequence… does my kid have a better shot at T10 due to the “increased” rigor?

What high school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the non Sidwell parents of the world...what is Math III/IV?

Theoretical math sequence.

NP. So my DC’s very similar to OP’s but IS taking the theoretical math sequence… does my kid have a better shot at T10 due to the “increased” rigor?

What high school?

Same school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the non Sidwell parents of the world...what is Math III/IV?

Theoretical math sequence.

NP. So my DC’s very similar to OP’s but IS taking the theoretical math sequence… does my kid have a better shot at T10 due to the “increased” rigor?

What high school?

Same school

Listen, everyone has a very low shot. Not worth wasting time trying to guess on this. Apply and see what happens. My kid took the highest math classes, 36 ACT, 4.0 at MCPS SMCS magnet, etc etc. and was rejected/WL at every T10.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does the school college counselor say?

Too early for counselor discussions. Probably pointless anyway.

It's March of junior year, you need to be touring schools - shoot the counselor an email

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why the parents of kids attending one of the nation’s most elite prep schools and paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege have to come to this website and seek anonymous advice about their children’s college admissions prospects. What are you paying for? Doesn’t Sidwell have a guidance department? It’s just so odd.

Agree with what the other PP answered and will add that the parent community is oddly hush hush about these things....and the school doesn't wish to hear anything (or it becomes clear they won't be changing anything)...so people are left to let it out here.

It really is sad. Unfortunate. I wish they would genuinely invest on changing the culture for the kids, improve relationship with parents, encourage more mentoring among teachers, and take a stab at improving other aspects where there is clear room for improvement.
Perhaps there could be some hope that some of this can slowly be desired and accomplished by the new leadership in HS.

And parents know their kid’s biggest competition is other SFS students so they don’t talk about it except to their private college consultants. Weird, I agree.

NP. Sidwell CCO (like much of the rest of Sidwell admin) has mastered the art of being superficially pleasant while being vague to the point of utter uselessness. Our kid is already in ED at their top choice. But I would give zero credit to the CCO.