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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thats the tuition for most elite private colleges. Let me let you into a secret. Unless your child is first to go to college, URM, poor and/or recruited athlete - it will not matter that you went to Sidwell AT ALL.

Legacy would have gotten in from any school.

[b]Sidwell screens for the legacy admits - so they stack the admissions outcomes in their favor. Uncanny how many parents went to elite schools so they get the legacy tip. Confusing cause and effect - that Sidwell had a hand in admissions to an elite school. ITS A SCAM[/b].[/quote]

Could you explain this?  I am not following.  [/quote]

I think the poster is saying that Sidwell admits kids who have legacy connections because they know that these students will get into those schools and boost Sidwell’s admission stats. But the reality is that non legacy kids don’t have nearly the same chances. [/quote]

Spot on and true. Sidwell screens the parents. Top 20 school parents = top 20 admits. Sidwell has a smart game it is playing. Those same kids would have been admitted from public schools because of legacy. [/quote]

DP:  You say it like legacy is *the* reason these kids get in.  Legacy is a bit of a boost, but far from sufficient.  There are way more legacy applicants than legacy admits — probably more legacy applicants than total admits.[/quote]

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