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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the Sidwell CCO actually does a very good job.  The brutal reality is they have the absolutely daunting task of telling the PARENTS of the bottom 85 percent of the class that there is no way in hell their kid is getting into the Ivy League.  I believe they deliver that message but parents don’t “hear” it.  Sadly, I think parents don’t accept the reality that their kid just isn’t a top student in a Sidwell context no matter how otherwise fabulous the kid might be.  I am with you when it comes to undistinguished legacies who defy this reality.  My observation is that top students with the most rigorous coursework (top 10 percent of class — top 13 students) got into top schools.  This year.  The next 40 percent got into top 50 schools.  Sound and fury signifying nothing.  Every single kid in the grade has a bright future.  Sidwell parent of senior.  [/quote]

Sidwell's top 10% aren't getting into super selective colleges without a hook, just like any school in this area. [/quote]

This is what puzzles me the most. If a top student has the best credentials, why is a hook necessary? Don't CCOs support candidates who have good chances to get into super selective colleges even without hooks?[/quote]

Because in the year 2022 [b]no-one[/b] is getting into the ivies on grades and courses alone.  Not from Sidwell, STA, Thomas Jefferson, Blair Magnet, Dalton, Andover, etc.
Any CCO on the planet is not going to move this needle.

Gone are the days when you can just get in by being a kid with excellent grades in top courses at a rigorous school. 
Kids need a hook, in most cases two PLUS the good grades for admission to an Ivy:

Hooks to be added to a baseline of good grades from a rigorous school: (pick any two): URM, legacy, VIP (parent or child), athlete, super advanced coursework, rare and/or ground-breaking extracurricular(s), etc [/quote]

A hook is something you were born into - big donor family, first gen - or athletic recruit bc you go through a whole different process to sign for athletics.  Super rigorous coursework or ground breaking extra curriculars are activities in which kids engage.  Not hooks.

I know of at least one kid with an Ivy admit from my kid’s private who got in on resume.  And other kids into top 15 schools who have similar profiles.  Guessing there are more out there but time will tell.

You do have to be more special than you used to when the admit rates are less than 5%.  But that is not a hook.  And as one poster mentioned, private school kids still way-out punt their coverage for selective schools.  Way more of kids at highly sections than number of privates in general population.[/quote]

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