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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Every year at application time people raise the issue of AA boys at Sidwell. I do wonder sometimes if people do this to scare away competition. If you are concerned, ask around and talk to current black families at the school you are interested in.[/quote]

I agree with this.  There are many AA boys at Sidwell.  If you are concerned about whether Sidwell will be a positive environment for your AA son, ask the school to put you in touch with some of their parents.  I know some AA parents at Sidwell, and they're not shy.  I suspect they would be happy to talk to interested parents and would give you direct answers to your questions.

FWIW, I'd recommend waiting until you are admitted though.  The odds of admission are daunting, so a discussion now might be premature.[/quote]

Get over yourselves one or maybe two posters in this entire thread mentioned a school by name.  To scare away competition, WTF?[/quote]

15:16 again.  To be perfectly clear, the part I was agreeing with was the sentence about talking to current AA families.  I've certainly seen threads around admission season for the past few years where someone will ask questions about AA boys at Sidwell, and I think I even recognize some of the posters from this thread as participants in those earlier threads.  But I don't know the motivation people have in posting those threads.

Re: "Get over yourself..."  I don't think your tone helps this discussion.  If you'd like to trade insults and snide comments, I can do that too.  But I don't think it will help other people trying to navigate school options.

FWIW, although we're talking about AAs and Sidwell here, the same advice applies to any school and any topic.  I know I had questions particular to my own family's personal situation that I raised with the schools we applied to before we enrolled.  Almost all of them put me in touch with families who were dealing with similar situations.  Those conversations really helped us make the right schooling decision.[/quote]

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