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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about Sidwell?  Anyone know how things are shaping up there?[/quote]

OK.  But the school definitely has been in a slump for a couple of years, relatively speaking.  The college counseling office is overdue for an overhaul.[/quote]

There have been at least two new directors in that office in the last 5 years.  People, do your kids and yourselves a favor.  Don't buy into the  nonsense that admission to SFS -- or any other "Big 3" -- is a golden ticket guaranteeing selective college admission.  We've gone through this process twice -- once with a kid applying from SFS and once with our younger one applying from a non-"Big 3".  The biggest difference:  parents' expectations were saner at the non-Big 3.  Breaking news, I  know, but what's interesting is that the realistic view allows counselors to provide more honest and individualized guidance to students.  The result: kids and parents seem more satisfied by the process.         [/quote]

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