Sidwell connection to crooked college fixer Rick Singer

[Anonymous]

Sounds like they have money to burn if they hire lawyers so easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many top 3 parents worked with Singer.

True?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

She's at Penn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many top 3 parents worked with Singer.

True?!?

yes - rando anonymous poster knows all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

She's at Penn.

There was a gap year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

She's at Penn.

There was a gap year.

Does that mean she didn't get in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

She's at Penn.

There was a gap year.

Does that mean she didn't get in?

Some rich kids use gap years as a chance for a do-over if they don't get in to their desired schools, the first time around...

[Anonymous]

Sidwell is embarrassing.

[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.)

+1. This is...odd. Could be nothing there, but curious to know if any Sidwell students are tied to the scandal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

It says she’s African-American with Nigerian national parents. That’s URM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

She was not considered as URM so she was not admitted to Ivies. That’s why her parents filed lawsuit against Sidwell.

She's at Penn.

There was a gap year.

Does that mean she didn't get in?

Some rich kids use gap years as a chance for a do-over if they don't get in to their desired schools, the first time around...

Some do, others are admitted as seniors but required by the college to take a gap year. All we know is that she is a student at Penn and received no 'unconditional acceptances' as a senior.

Neither the statement "she was not considered as URM" or "she was not admitted to Ivies" has any basis in fact. It's all a guess, and, as to the URM claim, a fairly stupid guess.

[Anonymous]

The thing that stands out to me the most from this thread is the vitriol against this girl and her family coming from people who claim to be students or parents of students at Sidwell. I am not seeing any Quaker values. Heck, I'm not seeing any positive values at all. It is sad. And embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, the plaintiff in the case should have been an easy admit for top schools as an AA. Somehow, an AA student athlete from Sidwell struck out across the board and sued the school.

But that doesn’t fit the narrative on this board, so that will be overlooked.

Maybe she had a mediocre high school academic record and aimed too high for mostly Ivys. Affirmative action in college admissions only goes so far.

She’s at Penn and her family sued. Chances are she wasn’t a mediocre student.

My point is simply that being an URM (and an athlete, at that) doesn’t guarantee admission into any school, even for really good students. According to DCUM, being URM is the biggest hook there is. EVERYtime someone is admitted to HYPS, someone inevitably implies that they must be URM, an athletic recruit, or legacy. This case shows otherwise. The student could check two of those boxes and it was still a “no”. That’s because acceptance is a crapshoot for everyone, other than those with major connections.

This poster has it. These are the most salient points. Everything else is sour grapes.