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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell Class of 2013 National Merit Semi-Finalist Destinations:
Harvard
UC-Berkley
Brown
Harvard
University of Chicago
Brown
Harvard
Middlebury
Tufts
Columbia
Cornell
University of Edinburgh
Georgetown
Princeton
Stanford
Yale
William and Mary

Sidwell Class of 2014 National Merit Semi-Finalists results SO FAR:
Yale
Yale
Penn
Dartmouth
Columbia
Brown
Harvard

This supports the point that college counseling at Sidwell does well to support its top students. It really can do nothing for students who aren't academically motivated.[/quote]

What makes you think college counseling had anything to do with the success these kids experienced? And, BTW, I don't know many kids at Sidwell who aren't motivated.      [/quote]

"The fault, my dear friends, lies not in the stars but ourselves."  Or something like that.  Kids with great grades and great scores get into excellent schools, wherever they come from -- students make their own college destinies by and large (although it helps if they've arranged to be born a legacy).  I would actually say that where the private school experience  makes the most difference is for the kid in the "middle" or below.  Having good recommendation letters from a teacher who knows the student; having college counselors look at and critique essays (I'm not a college counselor but have seen some first drafts of essays and ye gods they were hideous, even from good students); having a college counselor who has taken some time to learn about your child identify schools that a creative non-test taker might thrive in.  [/quote]

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