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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is exceedingly difficult to get As at Sidwell even with lots of studying. When colleges and universities admissions look at applications, they apply some sort of formula that takes this into consideration.  But it is difficult for the students not to get discouraged, and to take time away from studies to do fun things. Sidwell is not for students who need to get straight As in order to feel good about themselves.[/quote]

totally agree and why DD is doing fine there.  If she was obsessed with being top student we would looked at other options more closely.[/quote]

Mine is obsessed and when I did look at options it seemed like you had to sacrifice cohort to escape the pressure cooker environments.  GDS is kind of a bait and switch wrt grades and competition.  Anti- in the lower school, but it kicks in with a vengeance by HS.  In retrospect, it's probably better to have grades throughout so familiarity can breed the requisite level of contempt by HS.  [/quote]

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