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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why?

Asking seriously.

Your kid has their record and their preferences for what setting and locations they are interested in.

They should put a list together commensurate with their record and interests.

What anyone else has done literally has nothing to do with how your kid should be thinking about the process and results.

You have NO idea what hooks or achievements someone else going to a target schools might have. You have NO idea is someone is full pay or a 7 figure donor.

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Do you actually have a student at Sidwell who has gone through the college application process there? Do you know how the Sidwell college counseling office is now defining “reach” colleges? The lack of transparency and information provided at Sidwell makes the process much more frustrating and difficult than it might be, many families believe this. Students are not applying to colleges in a vacuum as you seem to believe, they are applying to colleges as students from a specific high school, and providing a list would be helpful information and provide perspective about that high school, even understanding that there are hooks and achievements that might have boosted others. You may think this is unhelpful, but others believe it would be helpful. An aggregate list that only identifies whether “five or more” students have matriculated to a college over the past five years doesn’t provide this perspective.[/quote]

Yes, I am a parent of alums and a parent of a current student. You don't need to lecture me on the school or the process. I simply disagree with you. Where people in the class of 2021 or class of 2202 went has no bearing on where your kid or my next kid goes. None.[/quote]

Right, you disagree. But you seem to be very strident about this in suggesting that others are somehow making inappropriate suggestions or arguments. And if anyone is “lecturing” here, it would seem to be you, as I haven’t seen any explanation of why the school providing more detail would be UNhelpful. On the other hand, posters have explained their views as to why they believe it would be helpful.

You’re also moving the goalposts in suggesting that the issue is “where your kid or my next kid goes.” That’s not the point that people have been discussing. If you think a detailed list—as opposed to a five-year aggregate list that simply lists “five or more graduates”—would not be helpful for you, no one would force you to look at it.[/quote]

You are asking for a list of what kid is going to what school. That is none of your business. If you know the kid of the families, they will tell you. If you follow them on social media and they choose to post it, you will see it. Otherwise, it is not up to the school to share with you where some other kid is going to college.[/quote]

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