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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to add to the poster above.  Many of Sidwell's recent admits to HYPS have parents whose accomplishments and achievements you can easily Google.  Your daughter's class might have been an exception.  It should come as no surprise that accomplished parents often raise ambitious, intelligent children.  In the classes I know well, the better known, more famous parents always had their children admitted to the top colleges.[/quote]

I suppose the real question is whether the school support your ordinary, no-connections kid, as strongly as it does for the connected kids, for college placement among the HYPS? Are the non-connected kids disadvantaged in college placement?[/quote]

Yes, good question. 
As an a HYP alum interviewer in bethesda, I get a mix of MCPS magnet students and half privates. I'm frequently surprised who makes the cut and who does not. My 2nd impression is how many kids openly tell me that half their high school career and where they are applying is due to their parents making them do so. [/quote]

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