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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Sidwell senior got into 3 Ivies.  All in RD. Going to one.  It does happen.  Completely unhooked.  Not legacy, not URM, not first generation, not an athlete.  Very high stats. Hugely disappointing outcomes in early round, including safeties. Kid then wrote roughly 30 unique essays derived from 9 “root” essays, which I think made a critical difference IMO in the RD round.  Kid’s passion for deep intellectual inquiry came through loud and clear.  The essays were not perfunctory.   We accepted the reality that my kid “checked no boxes” in the early round.  If unhooked, accept the fact that in the early round colleges focus on their institutional priorities and my unhooked kid doesn’t fall into any of those categories.  Stay focused on making the essays extraordinary because high stats kids may have a tendency to undervalue the importance of the essays.  It took me a long time to convince my kid of this, but it finally broke through and fortunately worked out.  All the while, my kid remained very happy for the hooked kids and felt almost all were fully deserving of the opportunities they got.  Kid was constructive and so was I.   I’m trying not to sound preachy, but focus on what you can control not what you cannot.   [/quote]

Congratulations -- quite an impressive achievement. Do you mind sharing the range of your DC's "very high stats"? [/quote]

Very high stats. Yes. The top 5/7 kids at Sidwell still do well in a pool where the Top 40 percent would all have a 4.0 at FCPS or MCPS.

It also means your kid had no social life. [/quote]

Well that’s certainly an unfounded statement.  Am not the poster you are responding to, but our child has straight As at Sidwell and has a great group of friends and social life.  Just like many of the highly successful athletes, artists and others who really excel in their area, or several areas, of interest Also have great friends and an active social life.  Let’s be careful about stereotyping people as being socially disconnected or having no social life simply because they are successful in areas that also require a commitment.[/quote]

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