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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about non minority kid who needs financial aid.  Any chances...top scores and grades[/quote]

There's always a chance, but TBH your kid would have to have some powerful other hook - i.e. athletics or an exceptional talent in something (like has won Julliard musical competition) - in order to get FA. Not fair at all,[b] but Sidwell tends to reserve FA for kids URMs. [/b] [/quote]

This is not my experience. Citation?[/quote]

Observation across a number of years. Fewer white kids who need FA admitted than URMs who need FA. There are plenty of white kids with good grades and scores who can pay full tuition.  [/quote]

So you know the financial status of every family and who received FA and who doesn't?[/quote]

No, but I know a number of families of different races who have applied.  If you have a decent size social network, even friends of friends reach out for admissions tips when they know you have a child at Sidwell.

From my experience, FA candidates are more successful when they are URM.  That’s not to say there are never any white candidates who need FA who are admitted, but it usually takes something in their candidacy that is unusual or remarkable.  Sometimes, it’s a not-well-off but well-connected parent - in the media, for example.

Sidwell has limited financial aid like any private school.  It uses it selectively to diversify its student body.  Class diversity on its own is not a big priority, so middle class white kids are not a priority FA target.

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I don't know a lot of people there, but those I do know do not fit your theory.[/quote]

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