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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grief.  Don't listen to these posters.  the instagram shows about 10 colleges and they weakest are places like Dickenson (a soccer commit no less) and wake forest.  If those schools are the end of the world to some of you then i give up.  [/quote]

If there are 10 admits, and among them are Dickinson and Wake Forest, then yes Sidwell is in trouble. Especially if only one kid got into an Ivy. [/quote]

See I don't get this at all.  I have kids at sta/ncs who are strong students and I'd be fine with wake and Dickinson. Totally, completely happy.

Also, for all we knew the sidwell kids  (and others like them) got substantial aid at those schools.  I can completely see sending my kids to a 2nd/third tier liberal arts college if it offers a merit scholarship. We don't all have $80k a year saved for college and even if we do, it might very well be better off saved for graduate school.  At sidwell, something like 33% of kids are on aid and many more are just over the cut-off. I can imagine their college destinations are very dependent on finances.  [/quote]

You'll feel different when your kid is a senior. It's great that colleges are seeking more diversity. But it's the underqualified non URM kids who buy their way into Ivies or are otherwise connected that is so frustrating. [/quote]

I wrote something similar on another thread and was told that I was basically rude and nasty. [/quote]

Did you post your kid’s stats and something like “it’s a bloodbath out there unless you’re URM”?

The post you quoted refers to [b]non[/b] URM kids with money and connections. [/quote]

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