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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's about fit and your child's needs, not about outcomes. [b]If you're interested in Sidwell because of college admissions, you're not choosing a school for the right reasons.[/b][/quote]

Why is this such a bad thing? Don't we all want our kids to go to the best colleges?

We all know the name on your degree matters to getting into the most elite professions.

It is what it is, why can't we just acknowledge that?[/quote]

I am the PP. For the record I attended an top private in the area and I’m sure it helped me in admissions. But that’s not WHY I went there or why I would send my own child to a specific school. I went to the school I attended for single sex, faith based, whole child education and because I was gifted. My outcomes however have primarily been because of the single sex and while child education pieces. I think most UMC children will engage with content just fine in most environments but the warm and fuzzy stuff is where the rubber meets the road for many children.

My own child is in FCPS because on their current academic level THEY can get both the academics they need with IEP accommodations and whole  child education. Every couple of years I reevaluate and look at everything from the schools for “quirky” kids like mine to the elite privates. And every time I opt to leave them where they are.[/quote]

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