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[quote=Anonymous]Many students like my DC love Sidwell Upper School. She transferred in 9th grade and it has been wonderful. It is a pressure cooker, but the kids really support one another, so their isn't the feeling of cut throat competition. And the friendships are really solid and reach across racial and economic lines. The teachers are very giving. And the scheduling permits participation in lots of extra-curricular activities. My DC has really benefitted from all the travel.These aren't just site-seeing trips, but intense overseas academic experiences that compliment class room activity. It would be almost impossible to recreate this on your own, even if you had lots of money, which we do not. So there are pressure cookers that just focus on grades, and harm a child's sense of well being. But Sidwell turns out confident, engaged learners. My DC believes all the long hours studying are worth it, and she will do great in college wherever she goes.[/quote]
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