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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our experience Sidwell did not refuse to "support" any reasonable candidate for a school they wanted to apply to early. Yale often seems to be the school of choice (vs Harvard or Princeton) and in my DDs class 10-12 kids applied there EA, all were strong candidates, about 6-7 got in (some with hooks but most without) the rest got deferred or maybe one reject.  3-4 also later got into Harvard regular admit and all chose Yale.  
Anyway, Sidwell college counseling was not perfect, but the advice we received was generally spot-on and the process, if followed and carried through by the kid (not the parent) does result in a reasonable array of safeties, reaches and mid-range schools. The people leaving were competent but not inspiring, the one remaining counselor and teacher was actually very good. They do limit the number of places to be applied to (8-9?) but I believe so do many of the other independent schools.  They say to take some of the stress off the kids in terms of all the supplemental essays, make them be thoughtful about it, and also not flood schools with so many applicants from their school that no one can be all that effectively advocated for.  [/quote]

The staff member who is staying also falls in the competent, but uninspired category -- and can be vengeful.   [/quote]

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