Sidwell tuition 2024-25

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t they announce the tuition increases before the application deadline?

Just assume most schools will have a tuition increase and plan accordingly.

They all have an increase of 1-7% every year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maret now $51k for US. 10% increase.

Whoa. That reflects poor planning on the board's part.

They told everyone last year it was going to be a large increase. 7-10%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two kids at Sidwell. It is not "worth it" or good value. Likely only incrementally better overall, and worse in some aspects, than public W options. Very hard to make economic argument though - like healthcare - you want the best for your loved ones and price is secondary consideration until not affordable. Sidwell is a business - while 20x more applicants than places they will continue to increase the price until demand drops. We will likely leave in next few years unless school undergoes major turnaround in accountability to students and parents - but not because they keep ratcheting up the tuition above inflation.

They have to increase tuition every year at a minimum to match COLA for faculty.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Yes, the overall educational experience is superior. Plus, Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

Because it’s a completely different pool of kids (public schools educate everyone whereas Sidwell is selecting the advantaged few). Selection bias at its finest. Doesn’t make it a better school.

Yes, it does. Selection bias, well-prepared, wealthier and better resourced students (among many other reasons) are why Sidwell is a better school. Selection bias eliminates a lot of problem students, and it elevates the experience for the privileged few who remain. I know it’s not pc to say these things, but you know it’s true.

Would love to see this statement on their website rather than all that garbage about a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community of learners. Such hypocrisy.

It’s actually very diverse. Look it up

Sidwell bashers are disgruntled moms who would do the same in any school. You know the ones - incessantly bemoaning the learning gap, the principal etc. These threads are not serious or representative. There used to be a thread per week until everyone got sick of and run off the one constant complainer with a personal axe to grind.

Get a life, honestly

It is not possible for private school costing $60,000 per year to be diverse.

Yes, it is. They can curate gender, race and ethnicity and then provide significant FA (which Sidwell does) to attract the kids they want, even if they cannot come close to paying full freight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

About 20% are on financial aid. I personally know a few of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients (because they’re open about it). They are all well educated professionals (e.g., combinations of two-parent feds, teachers, professors, journalists, etc). By US standards, these are solidly middle class and upper middle class families.

Sidwell is a great school, but there isn’t much economic diversity. It’s a school for the uber wealthy, regular wealthy and middle/upper middle class. There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.

Speaking from our experience, this isn't really true. Sure, there are some very wealthy families, but most of the parent cohort we are friendly with are "regular" people ranging from nurses and city (DC) employees to non-profit workers etc. Like salaries in the 40,000-120,000 range if I had to guess. Doing well, but by DC standards, no where close to the 2 lawyer, seven figure incomes people in this thread are assuming.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

If this person with emoji is an actual Sidwell parent, that’s an admission omission. I’m sorry, you should be ashamed of yourself. A fellow parent

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

About 20% are on financial aid. I personally know a few of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients (because they’re open about it). They are all well educated professionals (e.g., combinations of two-parent feds, teachers, professors, journalists, etc). By US standards, these are solidly middle class and upper middle class families.

Sidwell is a great school, but there isn’t much economic diversity. It’s a school for the uber wealthy, regular wealthy and middle/upper middle class. There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.

Speaking from our experience, this isn't really true. Sure, there are some very wealthy families, but most of the parent cohort we are friendly with are "regular" people ranging from nurses and city (DC) employees to non-profit workers etc. Like salaries in the 40,000-120,000 range if I had to guess. Doing well, but by DC standards, no where close to the 2 lawyer, seven figure incomes people in this thread are assuming.

You should reread what I wrote. I said Sidwell consists mainly of well educated middle class families (smaller percentage) to the uber wealthy. “There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.”

For instance, the average salary for a nurse practitioner in DC is $137,747. So a GS-13 and up federal worker and a nurse practitioner (or just a regular RN) can easily earn over $250,000 per year. That’s solidly middle class (or above) anywhere in the US. Btw, many of those families receive financial aid. These are not poor families escaping multigenerational poverty by bootstrapping their way to Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

If this person with emoji is an actual Sidwell parent, that’s an admission omission. I’m sorry, you should be ashamed of yourself. A fellow parent

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Yes, the overall educational experience is superior. Plus, Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

Because it’s a completely different pool of kids (public schools educate everyone whereas Sidwell is selecting the advantaged few). Selection bias at its finest. Doesn’t make it a better school.

Yes, it does. Selection bias, well-prepared, wealthier and better resourced students (among many other reasons) are why Sidwell is a better school. Selection bias eliminates a lot of problem students, and it elevates the experience for the privileged few who remain. I know it’s not pc to say these things, but you know it’s true.

Would love to see this statement on their website rather than all that garbage about a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community of learners. Such hypocrisy.

It’s actually very diverse. Look it up

Sidwell bashers are disgruntled moms who would do the same in any school. You know the ones - incessantly bemoaning the learning gap, the principal etc. These threads are not serious or representative. There used to be a thread per week until everyone got sick of and run off the one constant complainer with a personal axe to grind.

Get a life, honestly

It is not possible for private school costing $60,000 per year to be diverse.

Yes, it is. They can curate gender, race and ethnicity and then provide significant FA (which Sidwell does) to attract the kids they want, even if they cannot come close to paying full freight.

They could but they don't. How many kids on food stamps, medical assistance and subsidized housing do you see? In foster care?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

About 20% are on financial aid. I personally know a few of Sidwell’s financial aid recipients (because they’re open about it). They are all well educated professionals (e.g., combinations of two-parent feds, teachers, professors, journalists, etc). By US standards, these are solidly middle class and upper middle class families.

Sidwell is a great school, but there isn’t much economic diversity. It’s a school for the uber wealthy, regular wealthy and middle/upper middle class. There are very few, if any, impoverished students at Sidwell.

Speaking from our experience, this isn't really true. Sure, there are some very wealthy families, but most of the parent cohort we are friendly with are "regular" people ranging from nurses and city (DC) employees to non-profit workers etc. Like salaries in the 40,000-120,000 range if I had to guess. Doing well, but by DC standards, no where close to the 2 lawyer, seven figure incomes people in this thread are assuming.

Regular people making $40-120K cannot afford it without family help. Be real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maret now $51k for US. 10% increase.

A 10% increase?!? Are you sure?

Last year was $46k this year is $51k. It's actually a tad higher than 10%.

That’s a huge jump! Is that an all inclusive price (e.g., lunch, yearbook, fees (including technology/computer)?

It's tuition and lunch. There aren't any other fees other than textbooks for US. There is a one time new student fee of $1500 they've always had. They had a marginal increase last year when other schools went up pretty high. Even with a 10% jump, they appear to still be $5-7k lower than most DC independents.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. Is there a computer/laptop fee or is it included in the tuition?

They provide a Chromebook to MS students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret now $51k for US. 10% increase.

A 10% increase?!? Are you sure?

Last year was $46k this year is $51k. It's actually a tad higher than 10%.

That’s a huge jump! Is that an all inclusive price (e.g., lunch, yearbook, fees (including technology/computer)?

It's tuition and lunch. There aren't any other fees other than textbooks for US. There is a one time new student fee of $1500 they've always had. They had a marginal increase last year when other schools went up pretty high. Even with a 10% jump, they appear to still be $5-7k lower than most DC independents.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. Is there a computer/laptop fee or is it included in the tuition?

They provide a Chromebook to MS students.

Chromebooks are $150-250.. not a huge expense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do people pay this and save for college?

They don't need to save for college. They already have the money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.