Reply to Sidwell College Admissions This Year

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Sidwell College Admissions This Year"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell is a scam. They admit the parents and situation. The kid is a byproduct.

Funny how the vast majority of Sidwell parents went to Ivy or other too schools. Thus assuring the legacy bump the child would have received from any school.

If the parent isn’t from an Ivy or other too school, you can bet the child is a URM, first in family to go to college or exceptional athlete.

The admissions office stacks the deck. These children would have had the same outcome from any school in the DMV.

But a scam is a scam. [/quote]

I wouldn't call Sidwell a scam--the kids get a great education. But it's definitely true that pedigree matters in admissions. I'll never forget how quickly the admissions interviewer lost interest once my husband and I talked about where we came from and where we went to college. She even made a snide remark along the lines of "you must be proud of how far you've come." I knew immediately that our kid wasn't getting in. [/quote]

How is that snide? Maybe you have a chip on your shoulder?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics