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[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]

I know the kids you're talking about, because my kid is their peer and in most of their classes.

What you didn't include in your otherwise instructive post is that most of these kids picked a very tough Ivy or Stanford as their SCEA or ED -- with absolutely foreseeable results.  I think that's the most relevant detail, actually.  Also, most didn't ED2, so the 'stranded' characterization is premature at best and, it must be pointed out, it's a risk to forego ED2 and they chose to take that risk. Finally, a number of these kids have at least one EA in hand at a top 25 school.  No one is "stranded" when they can go to Chicago or Michigan next fall.

I seem to have an outlier view of the purpose and capabilities of a college counselor at Sidwell, Dalton, Westlake, New Trier, Andover, etc.  I don't view them as agents who earn their money by securing prime bookings for their top talent. Nor are they talented litigators who get paid more when they successfully persuade skeptical juries to come around.  Not saying you do, but not a few parents in this class talk this way.  It upsets my own senior because they talk as if the CC office is the help and it's gross.

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So, if Sidwell students get rejected, well, they were yield protected but if a magnet such as TJ's students get rejected, then it is the mocking time. Just look at the thread drudged up for 2016 class for TJ. TJ does way better than Sidwell even with having 70% Asians (which is a huge disadvantage) and having virtually no connections/legacies/athletes/URM. Do better Sidwell parents.[/quote]

Agree. [/quote]

I think TJ probably provides better and more rigorous education than SFS for free not only better top 20 college admissions.[/quote]

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