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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. [/b]Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows. [/quote]

I have heard this as well. Congrats to all involved for the hard work and whatever the future holds.[/quote]

Seems like Sidwell Admin is now in a damage control mode.[/quote]

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