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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several pps have correctly stated that for DI recruits (apart from basketball and football) ... college coaches are going to look to club teams, camps for recruits. So, apart from football and basketball, don't worry. Sidwell would be fine. My kid went to an all girls private school here and was recruited from her club team. Her h.s. team in her sport was terrible. I won't say which because it might identify her.

I know many kids from the private schools here who were recruited for various sports with fairly louzy h.s. teams but good club teams. I even know one girl whose h.s. (public Wilson) didn't even have her sport, but she was recurited off of her club team.[/quote]

This is accurate w/re to club sports -- LAX, soccer, hockey, baseball.  Then you add the sports where individual performance is measured -- track and XC, swimming, wrestling, golf, singles tennis -- so it doesn't matter to the star how the team does.  Now, as PP has stated, we're down to very few sports -- maybe just football.  Basketball is different because one star player can make the team shine while still going on to a D1 school.  That has been true at SFS for the past 2 years, at least.  So, bottom line I'd say is that if your sporty kid only wants to hang with jocks (not that there's anything wrong with that) or he or Mom and Dad need to be on the winning team all the time (again, not that there's anything wrong with that), then go to a school that "dominates".  If your kid loves to play even when the team doesn't win and wants to have friends with many different interests and talents, then Sidwell may be a good option.[/quote]

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