Reply to Sidwell College Admissions This Year

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Sidwell College Admissions This Year"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To PP, glad to hear your experience with Sidwell CCO was so positive.  I suspect your experience is no longer relevant given the &gt; 50% surge in applications at top 30 schools, average number of apps per kid in 15 - 20 range, insidious yield protection algorithms being sold to most colleges, test optional lowering the threshold for those applying and massive grade inflation at many high schools (not Sidwell frankly). It is absolutely brutal for top kids at a school like Sidwell who get yield protected at safeties and sometimes matches and top 10 reaches become even more lottery like given 50,000 plus apps in RD. I sympathize with the complexity of the CCO’s job, but it is insane to be a kid in the midst of this.  I seriously wonder whether my kid’s application was even read at a big public university who “postponed” them.  I think they run the algorithm on who is likely to attend and who might get a better offer and kick the can down the road.  ED appeared to be legacies, athletes and VIPs/connected types - not bitter just realistic about the situation.

We need a new approach to this new world of college admissions.  Not Sidwell’s fault, but school needs to adapt.[/quote]

Do you have thoughts on what a new approach would be?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics