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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College admissions have been unpredictable and sometimes shocking. But Sidwell students have been well prepared to succeed wherever they go. College isn't the end goal. It's just another step. They will all be fine.

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This may all be true, but it’s also a distraction in the context of this discussion. This is the kind of nonsense that Mamadou and the school trots out, consistent with its arrogant and dismissive tone towards parents. It is a very convenient way to deflect any scrutiny of the school.

“Shocking” results are not OK just because the kids are well prepared. Saying that they will all be fine in this context suggests that college placement doesn’t matter.[/quote]

It matters but not to the extent of the drama on dcum.  Shocking, bloodbath, carnage....come on.  That is overly dramatic nonsense.  There are way too many applicants for way too few spots.  The math is the math regardless if you learned the math at a fancy private school or anywhere else.[/quote]

Agreed. We've had multiple kids in the US recently. The process now sucks for most applicants from Big 3 high schools. The truth is the selective colleges don't want these kids anymore and there's nothing we can do about it.[b] I think it's their loss. I'm not a Sidwell kool aid drinker, but based on what i've seen from my older kids and their friends, these students are so well prepared to be engaged, curious, thoughtful and productive members of society.[/b] I'm proud of the people they're becoming. I understand the pain of working so hard and now having to go to what feels like a second tier school, but there's only so much you can control. [/quote]

I think they're great kids, but the students that many colleges are now prioritizing are ALSO great kids, and we all benefit from institutions of higher learning that bring together a broad range of experiences, identities, and perspectives and support social mobility (where the US doesn't even rank in the top 25 worldwide). Not to mention that first-generation college students, to take one example, still represent a small minority at most schools. The majority of the slots continue to go to traditionally preferred applicants. In Yale's class of 2025, nearly 1/3 of students who attended high school in the US attended an independent day or boarding school. (6% attended a religious school.) Secular private schools educate only 2-3% of students nationwide.

Is this causing me a lot of private angst as a private school parent? Yes. Do I think colleges are doing the right thing? Yes. (Now if only they would get rid of those athlete slots... :) )[/quote]

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