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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell is a scam. The kids getting into top 15 schools from Sidwell are mostly legacy, URM and recruited athletes. They could have done this from literally any other school in the area. Sidwell admissions admits the parents and the situation to assure good outcomes down the road. Period. [/quote]

counterpoint - not everyone, and I would venture *most* do not send their kids to any of these schools for the college outcomes...if that is the goal, the living in North dakota or alabama is a much better opportunity if the goal is HYP[/quote]

Sidwell parent here. I disagree. Of course, most parents don't expect a specific college outcome. However, pretty much everyone I know expects or at least hopes that graduating from a top school with very rigorous standards should help students in the admissions process. Clearly, this is proving to be increasingly unfounded as college admissions have shifted further away from purely academic merit to include a range of other criteria in their decision making. The problem is made worse by "within-school" comparisons across students that college ADs are engaging in.[/quote]

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