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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent here with two Sidwell alum.  College counselor is a miserable job.  They're the last one in the food chain of a 4-year program and held overly responsible for getting every student into the college of his/her (his/her parents') dream.  They do their best to match the students and their achievements with the schools they believe would be a good fit.  Then the students and/or parents lean in with, "What?!!!!  Not Harvard/Yale/Stanford/Penn/etc.?  We didn't spend $175,000 to only go to Muhlenberg/Elon/Franklin & Marshall/etc."

Combine the student population of all the seniors at all the DMV private AND public schools and that's the number who are competing for the small # of slots that a college/university will allocate to the DMV area.[/quote]

"What?!!!! Not Harvard/Yale/Stanford/Penn/etc.? We didn't spend $175,000 to only go to Muhlenberg/Elon/Franklin & Marshall/etc."  This is exactly what it is and everyone knows that most private school kids can’t compete with the top public and magnets in the DMV. [/quote]

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