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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The results are very similar to the local magnet schools and top publics. I would imagine these are strong academic cohorts across the board, which Sidwell is known to select for. [/quote]

The facts say otherwise: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/09/17/where-do-moco-students-attend-college/

Please let me know which MoCo “magnet schools and top publics” have results that are similar to Sidwell’s. Make sure you control for size (Sidwell only has 125/grade in the U.S.). [/quote]

Bethesda Magazine data has already been debunked. Keep up.[/quote]

By whom? You and your hurt feelings.

For those of you who are interested in facts, here’s one example: According to the data, out of 353 MoCo students (10 different high schools) that applied to Harvard, 4 were admitted. Sidwell sent 4 to Harvard last year, and they’re sending 3 this year. I don’t know how many students applied last year, but Sidwell only has 125 students/class and all of them did not apply to Harvard. 
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Talk about cherry-picking. Okay, just based on commitment posts RMIB and Blair are each sending 3+ students to Yale and 3+ students to MIT this year. Plus students to HPS, many to Duke and Penn etc. Same sized cohort.

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Cherry picking? No, Sidwell has the whole cherry tree. Are you shocked that a free STEM magnet school is sending 3 students to MIT? Sidwell is not a STEM school and it’s sending 2 [b]students to MIT this year.[/b] In addition, 2 Sidwell students are going to Yale, 3 are going to Princeton, and 2 are going to Stanford. Next…[/quote]
They are sending 2 to MIT this year? How many did they send last year? Or the year before? Before?Zero, zero,  zero [/quote]

Sidwell to MIT:
2025: 2
2024: 0
2023: 1

Did you miss the part about Sidwell not being a STEM-focused school? Yet, in any given year, they’re still sending only 1-3 students fewer to MIT than a “top” STEM focused high school.

We can go round for round on Sidwell’s admissions to Ivy+ universities, compared to those two STEM magnets, but you don’t want that fight. [/quote]
You can make up numbers as much as you like, but they're wrong. 
For the last 4 years ('20-24), they have been a grand total of Zero, nil,  MIT matriculation from  Sidwell. [/quote]

You are loud and wrong. The student in question is a computer science and economics major. Go look at Sidwell’s 2023 IG page and then come back and apologize. [/quote]
https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-washington-dc

As I said,  there have been Zero MIT matriculation from Sidwell. 
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What type of garbage website is this? https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-washington-dc

It ranks NCS #1 in 2024 (among DC high schools) because it says NCS sent 1 student to Harvard and 2 to Princeton. Sidwell sent 4 students to Harvard alone last year. And why does this site only tally the numbers for three universities (Harvard, MIT, and Princeton)? That website is utter trash! [/quote]

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