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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is at NCS. 
From what I can tell: 
20% Ivies 
10% U of Chicago
10% other top 20 universities
10% top 10 liberal arts colleges
Etc.
That is 50% of the class into TOP20 colleges/universities. Minimum.

Even with the deflated GPAs (well under 4.0), almost no APs, etc.

STA is similar. 
Sidwell has pretty much gotten the entire class in top50 schools.  
GDS is a bit uneven.

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I know that people on DCUM love to hate Sidwell, but I think that their 2023 grads had the best overall college placement among DC Metro privates.  Over 80% of the class has posted on Instagram, and the vast majority are heading to top 50 universities and SLACs or better.

I’m not a Sidwell parent or alum but credit should be given where credit is deserved (to the students and their parents).[/quote]

Not sure how your statement squares with the original post.  I counted 35 kids out of 102 on the Sidwell page attending a school outside the Top 50 National (or Top 20 SLACs)...34%.

If you went back 10 years, I bet nearly 100% were attending a top 50 school. [/quote]

No.

There are nearly 4,000 accredited 4-year colleges in the United States. I said “…the vast majority are heading to top 50 universities and SLACs or better.” That means the top 50 universities AND the top 50 SLACs.  According to my definition, 79/102 students are heading to top 50 universities and SLACs.  Seventy-seven percent (77%) of student posts is objectively “the vast majority.”

Stop trying to manipulate my words to suit your agenda. Don’t try to debate me on the parameters I use to measure colleges. 
I said top 50 and I mean top 50.
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Whose top 50?

You all are funny getting so twisted up on this. No wonder your kids are in therapy.

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