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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t want to call out any family friends but people do leave these schools in order to succeed academically and athletically elsewhere, and have a less crazy life and equal success.

At least in banking or something you’re learning in the job and have tons of exit opps in 3 years at better jobs and balance. For 9-12 why go through hell for the same exit opps as a more sane top public or balance private.  [/quote]

You assume incorrectly that the happy moderate chill schools have "the same exit opps" as Sidwell.  They do not.

They might be a perfectly excellent choice for 9-12, however. [/quote]

An intelligent, travel sport, hard working, charismatic [b]top 5-10% student [/b]absolutely has the same college “exit opps” if s/he went to sidwell or SWW or Bullis or BCC.

Now if they were all that and also at TJ or Blair magnet hoovering up all the stem school admits I’d be really impressed. [/quote]

Just quoting you -- if a kid needs to "leave these schools [like Sidwell] in order to succeed academically," they're not generally a top 5% kind of kid Unless the school they flee to is pretty bad.

You also moved the goal post by fleshing out the profile of said student, who is now additionally a top athlete and charismatic and hard working (and top of her class).  Yes, I agree that this magical and unusual prospect might end up at Tufts although they transferred from Sidwell to Bullis after 8th grade.

The run of the mill, counseled out 8th grader would've had better EXIT OPPs by staying at Sidwell.  The middle and bottom of the class there punches above its weight, year after year in a way that the middle of BCC or SAES does not.  (full pay, unhooked).  [/quote]

My child's friend who after 8th due to academic reasons is now in a top medical school so I don't think you can argue that that isn't a great outcome. There are lots of other stories like this and the child had a much happier HS experience.[/quote]

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