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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's an aggregate list. I think PPs are talking about which individuals ended up where?[/quote]

Which is only the business of the students. It is weird that there is a demand to know what students when to what specific schools. If it isn't your kid or a friend of the family (in which case, you would know) what difference does it make?

These aggregate lists provide enough of a sample for people to figure out generally where kids go to college.[/quote]
+1

No school makes a list of where individual students matriculate available to anyone. If the kids want to post where they're going on a class Instagram account or something like that, that's their choice, but the school has no business making that information available.[/quote]

Most schools absolutely publish such a list in their magazine.

As we are beginning our own college exploration process, my Sidwell junior has commented that it would be helpful to see the destinations of last year's senior class, to give them perspective on where students ended up generally and also specifically to see where students they looked up to and admire are in school. That is an aspect of what peer leadership is all about, to the question of what difference does it make.[/quote]

+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]

Parents and kids are such that they just assume someone less qualified is getting in over their child.  There is no more secrecy at Sidwell than other schools.  I think people just want to judge who gets in where and figure out whether it was grades, connections or a recruited athlete.  Knowing the specifics does not change the range of expectations for any child there. It is just pure curiosity to somehow mentally rank the kids in the class.  If your child truly wants to know they can ask the “supposed” students they look up to.  [/quote]

Are you really suggesting that high school freshman and sophomores should be asking seniors in the month of May where they are going to college? Come on.

Also, what do you mean by "supposed"? You think people are making this up? It is relevant to students to know where older students whom they admired ended up going to college. My own student has stated this to me. Also, you are ignoring the fact that many other schools do in fact publish this information. So there is more secrecy at Sidwell.[/quote]

All seniors will be wearing their college shirts on May 1.  So your freshman will find out then. [/quote]

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