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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kid isn’t getting into Harvard or Princeton.  Not gonna happen. [/quote]

Why not? These schools are a crapshoot and as long as you hit the minimum anything is fair game. Anecdotal but the valedictorian at my son’s public school with a 1550 SAT and solid extracurriculars (nothing unheard of though) [b]got into only Harvard and Georgetown[/b] out of his reach schools after applying to 3 other ivies, Duke, and Northwestern. Of course he was more than happy to attend Harvard but there were certainly kids we thought were “stronger” who didn’t even get waitlisted at Harvard while getting into some of the schools he was rejected from. It’s all a lottery.[/quote]

Did he apply Harvard early action or regular decision?[/quote]

He applied regular to Harvard. He deferred then rejected from Princeton early action.[/quote]

+1.  for some reasons, Princeton does not like kids from DMV.[/quote]

Maybe, I don't think it's a regional thing, they take plenty of kids from the DMV. For what it's worth, arguably Sidwell's most influential business alumnus is a Princeton graduate: Mason Morfit, the CEO of the major hedge fund ValueAct Capital. Unrelated but funny is that the founder of ValueAct and Mason's former boss before handing the reins to him actually went to Duke for undergrad.[/quote]

Wow I didn't know a Sidwell man runs ValueAct. Josh Aaronson from Succession is actually based off the founder of ValueAct, which I assume is the Duke guy you're talking about. I wonder if Mason is actively involved with Sidwell still.[/quote]

Sidwell graduates lots of high performing people every year. Many are bound to be leaders in some capacity. I'd argue Sidwell is our best prep school.[/quote]

How hard is it to prep genetically privileged. If top schools were really interested in helping underprivileged, they wouldn't accept private prep school applicants. With their endowments and sport franchises, education is just a tax loop hole, they don't need tuition money to survive.[/quote]

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