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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the elephant in the room is that a good chunk of the very top students are “stranded”.  They are doing less well than the bottom 85% of the class.  Yield protected at likelies/matches and not into any SCEA or ED.  Sidwell needs an explicit strategy for these kids.  It’s not to late to advocate for this group imo.  No entitlement here at all.  I don’t think CCO gets the macro picture here.  These kids had safeties but safeties are not acting like safeties for this high performing group.  [/quote]

So, here's the thing...EVERY kid should have applied to a real safety school with rolling admission or EA (think UVM, Pitt, Penn State...maybe Wisconsin or Indiana)...it is hard for me to believe that very top students from SFS applied to these types of schools and did not get in.  More likely, they decided that University of Michigan or Northeastern was their "safety" ...but anyone who has been paying attention over the past few years knows that these schools have become VERY competitive (and unpredictable) over the past few years. If these students were depending on such schools to be their backups and are "stranded" right now, that does not seem to be the fault of the CCOs (unless the CCOs were giving very bad advice--which is hard for me to believe, as a parent of a "top student" at another Big 3)...

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I know of at least 1 Sidwell NMSF deferred at Wisconsin so I take umbrage with your premise.   [/quote]

But being a NMSF says nothing about that student’s GPA or other attributes. It just means they had a good day on the PSAT. And it seems that Wisconsin was overwhelmed this year and that many of those deferrals may turn into acceptances. [/quote]

Well, they had a good day on the PSAT [b]AND[/b] a good day on the SAT. Plus high GPA, plus recs from school... Not at Sidwell, but have DC with high stats and NMF. So please, a bit of respect here [/quote]

The original post did not say NMF. It said NMSF, which is only triggered by the PSAT score. The reality is that many kids with NMSF qualifying scores don’t necessarily have the grades and other pieces that guarantee admission. I was not responding to any statment about a NMF, or denigrating any student’s other qualifications. The example given seemed to assume that merely being a NMSF should guarantee admission to Wisconsin. I don’t think that is true.  [/quote]

The grades really depends on the courses you chose. A quite few kids who have very good grades barely can get SAT above 1500.  My DS said if you took Sidwell Math I-IV serial, SAT/PSAT is just a piece of cake.  He almost get full score SAT (1590) with just one try though his grade may not be as good as those who took easy courses.  It is not easy to get SAT Math 800 for the kids who took regular or the lowest track math although their grades may look good.  Everyone takes the same level humanity courses in Sidwell. He also took Sub Bio SAT 760 (9th grade), Sub Chem SAT 800 and Sub Math II 800 (after 10th grade and the beginning of 11th grade) before Subject SAT was cancelled.[/quote]

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