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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents aren't given matriculation lists by year. They are shown a list of "colleges our graduates have attended in the last few years" which is completely unhelpful.

If you spend any time on this site you can see how obsessed parents are with certain colleges. We all know the ones who spend years telling DC that s/he must go to school X. My point is that those pressures and expectations often lead to an unhappy college experience and may be an explanation for several transfers among Sidwell grads. I'd be curious how many grads from the other high powered schools end up transferring. I certainly don't think SFS students are any less well adjusted or prepared than other area students. 
And no, I'm not in the SFS admin. And yes, I use apostrophes when I feel like it.[/quote]

Yes, of course, there are some parents at every school in the DC area -- public and private -- who have ridiculous expectations, but the vast majority of parents at Sidwell and at every other school in this area do not.  They are simply looking for guidance from the counselors.  This is not too much to expect at a school where there are 2.5 counselor positions for 125 students.

With respect to the students transferring: the ones with whom I'm familiar were not pressured by their parents to go to schools that were not a good fit.  These students were not ill-prepared for college (obviously they did quite well if they were able to gain admission as transfer students), nor would I characterize them as not "well adjusted" (sic).  (I trust that you also know how to use hyphens when you feel like it.)  [/quote]

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