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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really truly in our experience there is not much of a clear "bottom half" at Sidwell by high school.  There is a group of maybe 20% academic superstars who are also very involved in ECs, these kids have a good chance of getting into HYPS or another top school even without clear hooks, and often do, then there is another 80% that are very strong academically in at least some area (humanities or math/science even if not both) work hard and take their studies seriously and these kids get into really excellent schools as well, even some into the HYPS or Ivy categories particularly if they also have a hook (athletics, alumni, URM). That leaves maybe 10% who end up at schools that perhaps are not thought of as tops academically, these kids perhaps struggled academically sometimes because lifers and decided to stay at the school despite struggles because they were happy there and getting a strong education, or having health or emotional problems or who knows, but really a pretty small group.  Sidwell doesn't recruit athletes or have different admissions criteria for athletes, and the proportion of lifers in the class by graduation is only about 20% I think (people move away from DC, kids decide to leave who are academically struggling etc) so the vast majority of kids who are at Sidwell already showed they could test really well on SSATs and do great in academics to get in, so why would it be a surprise that SAT medians are 2100 and that the vast majority of kids end up at selective colleges.

Anyway the original PPs point/question was do you need to worry about your kid if they go to Sidwell and don't end up in the top 10-20% of the class, and the answer is no.  Colleges seem to understand the grading is tough, the class is full of top students and that kids from Sidwell and similar independent schools will do well most likely in college even if not straight A students in high school at places like Sidwell.
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20% + 80% + 10% = 110%  [/quote]

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