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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] The reason Sidwell isn't sharing this data openly is because they'd lose a ton of students who think the school actually helps you get into a top school instead of hinders you.  For example, if all the kids are URMs or recruits who get into HYP, and my kid is not athletic or URM, I'm not going to waste my money.
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If your goal is HYP, then your best option is to move to idaho and be a stellar student applying from there.

Most people understand that independent schools don't "get you in" at places like HYP. That isn't their mission and never has been.[/quote]
Don’t have to go way out to Idaho.  They can go to West Virginia.[/quote]

True.[/quote]

PP here.  I entirely agree (and frankly as an HYP grad married to another will push my kid to go to top-ranked state school, skate and get a 4.0 plus a high MCAT/LSAT and then go to YLS or a top 5 med school).  Or trade school.

That being said, you’re all wasting your money and time going to T3 high schools.  You’re actually hampering your kids.

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Look at me!  I'm so smart and my kids are so smart that I can just tell them to get a 4.0 in a 'top-ranked state school' while skating.

Oh - and I'm a better parent than all of you wasting your money and harming your kids. I have ALL the answers.

But let me be sure to tell you that I went to HYP

dealing with you in real life must be so unpleasant.[/quote]

Aw, I struck a nerve.  Don't forget I'm also married to another HYP grad. And yea, our genetics are why our kids are so smart but it's also largely that we don't tell them they can do anything they put their minds to even if they suck at it.  If your kid can't get a 4.0 at the top-ranked state school after having double-Ivy parents, they shouldn't be in college.  It's not for everyone.  Mine will be encouraged to pursue trade school if they don't work their asses off to pursue excellence given being born on third base because there's nothing wrong with learning a valuable trade that pays your bills and I don't coddle.  [/quote]

LOL. Do you realize how many double-HYP parents send their kids to Big3? That’s the title of this thread. I’m sure they will take your wisdom to heart and disenroll their kids immediately.[/quote]

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