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What I can tell you is that 25% of the students at Sidwell receive financial aid.  Beyond that, there are many families who don't qualify for aid, but who sacrifice to send their kids to school there.  Those folks would certainly be just as glad to get merit money for college as the familes in MoCo public schools.  In sum,  your argument that the lower rate of selective college acceptances at the MoCo schools we're discussing can be accounted for by family financial circumstances is based on a lot of assumptions that aren't based in fact.  [/quote]

To get Financial aid at Sidwell you need household income south of $100K (think parents working at not-for-profits, admins; parents with a college education but lower-paying jobs). To get subsidized lunches you need HHI south of $25K (think your/my house cleaners and lawn guys; parents don't have college educations).

This is a huge difference, and you cannot put these two groups on the same footing.  In fact, at our small  private there are no lawn guys' kids, and I'm guessing no kids from families with HHI below $25K. At area privates, FA is for families earning $80K who need a little extra help. Very little FA at area privates is providing full rides to the really poor kids. Instead, many of those 25% of  Sidwell kids are getting only $5-10K. I often feel that discussions about HHI and FARMS on DCUM, even the most well-intentioned conversations, occur in a bubble that doesn't understand how many people live.

Another interesting factoid I reason DCUM recently was that 7-8% of kids at Chevy Chase Ekementary, yes, that's in Chevy Chase, get subsidized lunches. You can verify this for yourself on MoCo website. I'm pretty sure Chevy Chase will av on of the lower rates impaired to, say, the Walter Johnson district.

The point still stands: these FARMS kids are not applying to ivies. Art if this is financial, part of it is parents' education. Maybe they'd get great FA packages from the more well-endowed ivies, but studies have shown they're not aware of this and don't apply.[/quote]

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