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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]how did Sidwell's seniors do at Harvard and Stanford?  where do Sidwell's top kids want to go?  I've heard that Yale is considered more desirable at Sidwell.  is that the case?[/quote]

Yale is considered more desirable in many area high schools, including among public school kids I know. I know, 35,000 kids apply to Harvard every year. But for some kids at least, Harvard elicits eye-rolling, and I say this as a parent who thinks it's a great school for many subjects. [/quote]

Really, eye rolling?  What crowd do you hang with where people look down their noses at Harvard?  Perhaps desirability is being conflated with achievability.

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I had the same thought.  The idea that students pining for admission to Yale would engage in "eye rolling" about Harvard -- not authentic enough, perhaps?  emblematic of grasping for status? -- is downright silly.  But, high school and college aged kids can be silly and opinionated in strange ways, as can their parents, so perhaps at Sidwell people do roll their eyes at the mention of Harvard.  Hopefully they also sniff, turn aside the hem of their garments, eye it askance, and otherwise bring in the full array of body language to express their contempt for it![/quote]

Yes, there is eye-rolling about Harvard. My own DC refused to tour Harvard even though we were in Boston to see other colleges. Before anybody starts in on how DC probably knew he or she had no chance at Harvard (because somebody WILL say this), DC got into a different university that takes 6-7% of its 30k+ applicants.

Why the eye rolling? Probably because of what you said - perceived as being emblematic of status-grasping and  maybe not authentic. Of course, [b]I wouldn't rule out a dash of insecurity about the eye-rollers' chances of getting iN[/b].[/quote]

I guess the bolded part of your statement applies to everyone, but your DC of course.[/quote]

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