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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally thought the Maret/Sidwell parent interviews were extremely wierd for a high school student.  I mean, it felt very much like our family was being vetted — [b]what did we choose to wear?  What did we choose to say?  Did we say Harvard or “school in the NE[/b]”?   For lower school, I get that you don’t have much else to go on, but for upper school, admissions seemed to be less about our kid and more about us.  Which was the wrong vibe for me.  We ended up at a school without parent interviews and that set the tone for our engagement with the school. Our child deals with our child’s schooling issues first and foremost.  We have not had to step in.  If we do, we expect that the child would’ve tried first.  It’s actually not our high school experience but our child’s.  [/quote]

I don't get it. They asked you these questions?  I toured Maret recently.  Was turned off by the whole vibe.
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NP. We were asked about our educational experiences while interviewing and my husband and I mentioned our colleges - we went to Amherst and Harvard. Why would anyone say “a school in the NE instead of the school? Just be yourself. It’s like dating - if you want to actually find a partner who you will get on with you act like yourself not a completely different person. [/quote]

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