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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of high schooler here whose kids graduated from one of the following k-8s in the last few years: Norwood, St. Pat's or Sheridan.   Every single  kid we've known personally -- so maybe 35? 40?  -- said their #1 top choice for HS was Sidwell, Maret, GDS, or NCS.  Maybe one said Potomac.

But only a handful of those 35+ kids would actually be a good fit for those specific schools (save Maret.) The workload and crushing high academic expectations would've been a terrible, terrible match for a lot of kids who swore they were Sidwell-or-bust.

A lot of these families were bitterly disappointed that they weren't admitted to certain target high schools and they'd tell you "it's a lottery" or they blame the outplacement individuals at the K-8. But it's not a lottery, and outplacement advisors can't make an 8th grader into something s/he's not just because their 'top choice' is a Cathedral HS.

In almost all cases, the most competitive-entry high schools selected the correct students from our K-8.  That not every Sidwell applicant didn't get an offer doesn't reflect poorly on our school.

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