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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a Sidwell senior going to an Ivy.  My DC is definitely unhooked.  Zero legacy, not a recruited athlete and not an URM.  Certainly not a VIP.   I would agree that many Sidwell seniors headed to Ivies are hooked, but a handful are unambiguously unhooked.  The nuance is that many of the hooked kids are in fact very strong students.  The tension, however, is that the slight edge given to those with hooks probably did “steal” or at least lower the probability of a spot going to a very strong unhooked kid applying at the same Ivy at the same time, given two similarly strong applicants, one hooked and one not.  Not a value statement about the “relative worthiness” of one hooked vs. an unhooked one.  I can understand both points of view — why an unhooked kid might feel incredibly frustrated by disappointing outcomes and why a hooked kid might feel unjustifiably maligned given significant accomplishments.  My takeaway as a parent of an unhooked kid who ultimately had several very good admits to Ivies is you need to fully accept and embrace the fact that that ED/SCEA/EA is NOT about your kid.  Period.  RD is for your kid who is unhooked and a very strong applicant.  In hindsight, I wish I had understood this going into the process.  [/quote]

Thanks for sharing your views/experience. Really refreshing to hear this balanced perspective. Could you elaborate a bit on your last point: why is ED/SCEA/EA not for an unhooked kid (as opposed to RD)? Not sure I follow. Thanks in advance.[/quote]

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