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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the thoughtful response!

I think maybe we are starting from some different assumptions.  I don't actually know who's right, so what comes next will be more in the form of questions....

What is the problem facing the school's OD?
-  try to make sure Sidwell takes as many applicants as possible from your school, based on her experience that some years they take 4 and some years they take 0, so she wants this to be a year when they take 4, or
-  assume that Sidwell will only take 1-2 kids from each school's graduating class, in a normal year, so try to make sure that they take the best kids and not the kid she suspects is already into pot, or the family with the PITA dad that will drive Sidwell absolutely nuts.

Then, how much power does the school's OD have?
-  very little, because schools base their decisions more on the record (test scores, student interview, teacher recommendations, extracurriculars) than anything said by an OD whose job it is to suck up and plug everyone, after all.  Or,
-  more than you'd think, because by spending more time on one kid, or seeming more enthusiastic, a good Sidwell AD can see the difference.  (Yes, this sounds conspiracy-theory like, and I'm sure I'll be accused of this, but it doesn't have to be deliberate, it could be a natural change in tone.)

No answers here.  In fact, I'm sure the answers vary widely on a school-by-school and case-by-case basis.[/quote]

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