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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Financial aid, maybe. They don't give academic scholarships. -- parent of 99th SSAT percentile (overall) kid who got waitlisted at Sidwell.[/quote] Once your kid gets past the 95th percentile, I don't think additional percentages matter. They do look at the whole child, and in one case we've seen, at the (wealthy) parents too, in order to reach down into the 70th percentiles for SSATs. We know the wealthy family in question.[/quote] Perhaps you know better, but the kid might have brought something to the table besides rich parents. I know of one kid who got into Sidwell with very scattered SSATs, and professional parents with no prospects for large donations. But the kid had excellent grades, a slew of interests, and was very talented artistically. It's not all about money (or connections).[/quote]
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