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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The results are very similar to the local magnet schools and top publics. I would imagine these are strong academic cohorts across the board, which Sidwell is known to select for. [/quote]

The facts say otherwise: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/09/17/where-do-moco-students-attend-college/

Please let me know which MoCo “magnet schools and top publics” have results that are similar to Sidwell’s. Make sure you control for size (Sidwell only has 125/grade in the U.S.). [/quote]

Bethesda Magazine data has already been debunked. Keep up.[/quote]

By whom? You and your hurt feelings.

For those of you who are interested in facts, here’s one example: According to the data, out of 353 MoCo students (10 different high schools) that applied to Harvard, 4 were admitted. Sidwell sent 4 to Harvard last year, and they’re sending 3 this year. I don’t know how many students applied last year, but Sidwell only has 125 students/class and all of them did not apply to Harvard. 
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Talk about cherry-picking. Okay, just based on commitment posts RMIB and Blair are each sending 3+ students to Yale and 3+ students to MIT this year. Plus students to HPS, many to Duke and Penn etc. Same sized cohort.

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Cherry picking? No, Sidwell has the whole cherry tree. Are you shocked that a free STEM magnet school is sending 3 students to MIT? Sidwell is not a STEM school and it’s sending 2 students to MIT this year. In addition, 2 Sidwell students are going to Yale, 3 are going to Princeton, and 2 are going to Stanford. Next…[/quote]

Most of the Sidwell T10 admits are legacy, athletic recruits, or otherwise hooked.

Not so for RMIB or Blair.  And those kids didn’t pay $240k just to attend high school.

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That's not why their parents pay $240k.

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