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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP here.  We had a very positive experience with Sidwell CCO.  Our DC is at a T10 school now.  The common feature of Sidwell parents who complain about the CCO is 1. They (mistakenly) think their kid is in the top 10% of the class and because Sidwell doesn’t explicitly rank they operate with an erroneous belief. The kids in the grade know who the top students are but the parents are completely delusional. 2. They (the parents) typically don’t understand top rigor either. The kid is not in top math or science tracks. 3. The teacher recs are “puts in strong effort” and “has affinity for the subject area” types and decidedly not “one of the best students I have ever taught” and “has a genuine love of learning and inspires his classmates” types, which a few of his peers applying to the same college are getting. Big differentor. The parents’ flawed understanding of their kid’s relative strength as an applicant is the issue and not the Sidwell CCO. [/quote]

We are not in any of your categories. Glad you had a great experience. Not everyone does - and it's not "just the parents".

That said - I fully agree with all of the categories you list....and the presence of those parents/kids.  But that doesn't explain away the valid feedback by others who had bad experiences.   [/quote]

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