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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 many schools do this, and it has been helpful in figuring out a range of expectations for my DC's. I personally think the attitude of secrecy Sidwell creates around all of this from test scores, to applications, to admissions is incredibly unhealthy and actually feeds the anxiety and competition they are trying to protect these young adults from -- time to rip off the bubble wrap.[/quote]
Why do you think that the aggregate list doesn't provide enough data to figure out a range of expectations for your DCs?

By senior year, you should be able to make educated guesses about roughly where DC sits in the grade from a holistic qualifications standpoint -- top 10 percent, top third, top whatever -- and then see which schools in the aggregate list fall under the top X percent of matriculations, after defining the "top X percent of schools" however you want or using the US News or whatever ranking as a proxy.  That's should be plenty of data to shape your reaches, targets, and safeties from an expectations standpoint.[/quote]

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