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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people are looking at these admits and seeing different things,  Someone sees a kid at Northwestern who was rejected at their top choice as a negative where I amazed they got into Northwestern.  Others see only 1-2 admits to each Ivy (many of whom will play sports) and can’t believe how “poorly” they have done where I can’t believe a single graduating class gets that many kids into Ivies.  Or someone has a choice between Cornell and UVA and is angry bc they had 5 other rejections where I see a kid who can only go to 1 school so having two top 30 choices is an embarrassment of riches.[/quote]

Agree with this 100%.

Someone posted upthread that the only acceptable schools were the Ivys, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Hopkins, Chicago and maybe Northwestern (I can't remember if Northwestern was included on their list). 
THIS IS INSANITY.  
Where do parents get this incredibly skewed perspective?  Somehow they think that their kid deserves this college trajectory simply because they graduated from Sidwell?
I have two kids there (earlier high school grades) who came from public.  They're doing really well (no Bs so far).  They have some very bright classmates.  But many of their classmates are just average smart. 
They do fine.  They study some.  They blow off other assignments.  They're not geniuses and they're not academic whizzes.  But yet their parents clearly believe they are worthy of an Ivy admit.  This 
is evident by the fact that something like 15 of the kids ED'd (all unsuccessfully) to Brown.  Now, this was not the top 15 kids in the senior class.  There were plenty of kids that truly believed that their 
Sidwell education (no matter their grades) entitled them to a spot at Brown.  It's really warped thinking.  Spend a day in public school where you have to be perfect to even consider these options.  
A Sidwell degree is not some birthright that entitles you to a top 10 ten college spot although many parents seem to honestly believe this.

Signed, 
A Sidwell parent that would be quite happy with Colby or Vanderbilt or Dickinson or Wake or any top 75 school.  Because you know what?  My kid will certainly do well at any of these schools.  AND the odds of attending 
a decent school are far more secure coming from Sidwell than it would have been from public.  You just have to graduate from Sidwell to all but guarantee a top 75 placement.  In public, you have to be essentially perfect 
for 4 years plus hope the odds go in your favor. [/quote]

No one is saying their kid is entitled to a spot. Just because 15 kids applied to Brown means 15 kids thought they had a decent shot for whatever reason. The school cannot tell someone not to apply somewhere ED so it is what it is.[/quote]

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