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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell kids can only apply to nine schools -- usually a range of reach to safety like everywhere else.  There have been kids who did not get in to one of their nine choices.  Of course the admissions office called around to other schools later and eventually got them in somewhere, but a true safety is a school that takes 100% not everyone defines safety that way.[/quote]

The kids don't need to apply to more than 9 schools (and, BTW, the school doesn't enforce that strictly), nor do they need to apply to a school that accepts 100% of the applicants (e.g., a community college), but they do need more guidance than the college counselors have generally provided in coming up with a list.  They also need more support on writing essays.  Finally, they don't need the "manana" approach that the college counselors have generally espoused.  This isn't brain surgery -- other schools do a better job.  Survey their programs and institute best practices.       [/quote]

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