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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Literally zero of the 7 or 8 Sidwell kids from the last two years (who now play in college) played for the Bethesda Soccer Club. So clearly you have some sort of axe to grind. When one says "Sidwell sends", one doesn't necessarily Sidwell is solely responsible for the success of these athletes; it simply refers to the matriculation. Jesus, go to the other Sidwell-bashing thread. Also, get your facts straight: Bethesda Soccer Club is hardly a power anymore among DC/Maryland/Virginia club soccer teams.[/quote]
Not a Sidwell person here, but the thrust of the original post was that the poster was worried that her son wouldn't get recruited if he went to an independent school.  In that sense, it doesn't really matter what club the sidwell grads playing Ivy League soccer played for--it shows at a minimum that playing for a club and an independent school (here, Sidwell) doesn't hurt the ability to get recruited.  I would also argue that coming from an academically well-regarded school such as Sidwell (or STA or Exeter or Roxbury Latin or Lawrenceville or what have you) may well ease the atlete's path at admissions, because the school's rigor is well-established.[/quote]

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