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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell college admissions a disaster this year in the early round...parents are up in arms. For some reason GDS and St Albans are doing better, not great but OK.  It's a strange year but worth noting Sidwell College admissions have been in flux for several years.[/quote]
Really? I know of at least 30 kids from the grade who got in to their ED's. How is that a disaster?[/quote]
Just people making things up. Why? I don’t know. SFS admissions are fine. [/quote]
NP (but long-time DCUM participant). We're now in the part of the year (January-April) when some people tend to make up stories about schools. I doubt it's the schools themselves who do it. I think it's most often a few misguided parents hoping to discourage applicants, leaving a clearer path for their own kids. Perhaps it's sometimes misguided parents with kids already at the school, who hope to increase the the appeal of their own kid's school and justify their choices, by trashing other school. Maybe also some troll posters who like to stir the pot. Regardless of the motivations, expect to see lots of anonymous "insider" take-downs over the next few months. Usually, someone else associated with the school will jump in to set the fact record straight (like with this string), but often the "insider" will claim something vague like "___ school lacks joys," so it's hard to disprove.

I encourage parents applying to these schools to be highly skeptical of what gets posted here over the next few months. Ask the schools you're applying to if they can put you in touch with real parents who you can talk to. Use your friend networks to find real parents to talk to. Real people will have more honest, and reasonable, views that what gets posted here on DCUM during silly season.[/quote]

Thanks for this, and I'm sure there's truth to this. I think if parents and kids could visit schools in person it would help a lot, but some schools (these two in particular) aren't allowing that. And a zoom call just isn't enough, so we grasp for whatever information we can find. Someone said last year these schools allowed admitted students to tour in person. Not sure if that will include their parents, but even if it's just the kids that would help a great deal. [/quote]

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