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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell college admissions a disaster this year in the early round...parents are up in arms. For some reason GDS and St Albans are doing better, not great but OK.  It's a strange year but worth noting Sidwell College admissions have been in flux for several years.[/quote]

Really? I know of at least 30 kids from the grade who got in to their ED's. How is that a disaster?[/quote]

Most kids who took the most challenge math and science courses didn't get in to their ED/EA.  [/quote]

Why? I don’t get why this group would not do well at ED vs the other kids? [/quote]

Because they are going against TJ/Blair/Poolesville kids who have been coding Python since 6th. [/quote]
No.  Because of relatively lower unweight GPA as compared to the the students who took the less challenge courses. Sidwell's Math 1-4 is much difficult than the next level math.  The students who couldn't perform Math 3 would switch to AP Calculus. The Most comparison is within the school, and is irrelevant to the other schools.[/quote]

Wouldn’t the difference in rigor be considered by the colleges though?
For example the students who switch to AP calculus can easily get A in AP calculus but would get C if staying in Math 3.    Only very few students in Math 3 can get solid A.[/quote][/quote]

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