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People have explained this already and why they believe it would be helpful to them. If you disagree, that’s fine. But can you explain why you think the school should not publish a list, or why you think publishing a list would actually be a negative or bad thing?[/quote]

It is not up to the school to provide you with a list of where current seniors are going to be matriculating or where the class of 2021 ended up etc.

So if you want to know that Larla went to Harvard and Larlo went to Chicago, that is none of your business. If you are friends with Larlo or Larla's parents, they will tell you. If your kid is friends with them, they will tell your kid. Otherwise, it just isn't your concern.

Add to it, if what you want is "here is where the class of 2021 went to college" and it is just a list of schools, how does that help you or your kid? Or how is it any different than the aggregate list the school already provides?

If you perceive that your kid is like Bobby and are interested where Bobby went to school, and you find out he is at Michigan, but your kid only wants to go to a SLAC, then what difference does it make knowing where Bobby went?[/quote]

*** If you perceive that your kid is like Bobby and are interested where Bobby went to school ***

The above is exactly why the list would be useful. [/quote]

But the list isn't going to tell you it was Bobby. You'd have to know that on your own, in which case you didn't need the list.

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Some independent schools publish in their magazine a list with the graduates' names and their college destination. Both my spouse's and my school do this; one of them actually has a nice write-up about each student that includes their college destination. It's not viewed as a cut-throat thing, as opposed to celebrating and honoring the graduates and their achievements with the entire community, which includes where they are going to college. And I know that students have gotten offers of help and/or advice from alumni of the high school who also went to the same college, which have led to internship offers and other connections, as a result of these write-ups. I've also seen schools publish such a list in the "senior edition" of the school newspaper at the end of the year, which friends have shared with me.

Someone pointed out earlier that Sidwell profiles in their magazine the student-athletes including where they are going to college. And they just had a huge thing for Kiki about her college choice. Really, what's the difference between profiling the athletes and identifying where others are going to college? If a student wanted to opt out of course they could do so.[/quote]

Sure - some schools do those lists, but plenty don't. I don't see what the big deal is if a school chooses not to do it.

Regarding the athletes, presumably they have the student's consent when they do the profile, and in the case of high-profile recruits, that information is public already.

either way, if Sidwell isn't doing it, probably makes more sense to ask Sidwell why they don't do it.[/quote]

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