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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, as you state from the start, it’s a numbers game with any of the top schools. 10* applicants for each spot. If your child is keen on it, support her application but be realistic of the statistics, especially if you are not connected to the Sidwell community in other ways. Sidwell is not as connections dependent as Maret and GDS, but in some ways Sidwell parents are more prominent so they both don’t have to be connected but are also inherently connected just by the nature of who they are all at once. Just go for it, manage your child’s expectations, and have a good backup plan...[/quote]

I may just be clueless about the  private schools of this area even though my child is going to one, but I didn't realize GDS and Maret were schools that were dependent on connections. What does that mean? You get in because of who you know? Do you mean DC power players or money? I always thought of Sidwell as the school for the powerful and NCS/STA the schools for the wealthy. Wrong?

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