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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
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What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.

Yes and the link doesn't show the "fact" that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools". In fact the link doesn't have anything to do with Sidwell, much less showing your so-called facts. You clearly don't understand facts.
You're clearly not too bright.

Sticks and stones, dear.

I see those poor public W school matriculation stats have upset you. I cannot relate—lol.

Of course you cannot relate. We have more matriculations than you, without having to pay $50,000+ a year.
Like I said, you're not too bright.

Oh, I see you don’t understand how percentages work. I knew you were a W(oeful) grad—lol.

Cheer up, your children are used to public school, so they will feel right at home at Maryland state universities. It’s a good thing you didn’t “waste” your money paying for your children’s education at a W school. Based on these W(oeful) admissions stats, you would be absolutely enraged.

Let’s use Whitman as an example.
#Applications/#Admitted:

1. Brown: 41/0
2. Columbia: 29/0
3. Cornell: 67/3
4. Dartmouth: 20/0
5. Harvard: 28/0
6. Princeton: 25/2
7. UPenn: 63/3
8. Yale: 33/3
Total = 306/11

Whitman seniors submitted 306 applications to the Ivies, but only 11 students were admitted. That’s a 3.5% admissions rate!

On the other hand, this is how they fared at Salisbury (27/22); UMBC (148/130); and UMD (386/243).

Like I said earlier, I can’t relate. Sidwell can’t relate either because they send at LEAST 15-25% of their students to Ivies EVERY year (not to mention the total number of admits). Good luck!

Anonymous wrote:I think you meant to say GDS, which does't have lunch?

HS only. We’ve never had to pay for lunch in Lower or Middle School, and our kids find the food quite enjoyable.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret now $51k for US. 10% increase.

A 10% increase?!? Are you sure?

Last year was $46k this year is $51k. It's actually a tad higher than 10%.

That’s a huge jump! Is that an all inclusive price (e.g., lunch, yearbook, fees (including technology/computer)?

It's tuition and lunch. There aren't any other fees other than textbooks for US. There is a one time new student fee of $1500 they've always had. They had a marginal increase last year when other schools went up pretty high. Even with a 10% jump, they appear to still be $5-7k lower than most DC independents.

Yes but Maret nickles and dimes throughout the year with additional fees that the other schools include in tuition.

What else do they charge additional fees for?

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.

Yes and the link doesn't show the "fact" that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools". In fact the link doesn't have anything to do with Sidwell, much less showing your so-called facts. You clearly don't understand facts.
You're clearly not too bright.

Sticks and stones, dear.

I see those poor public W school matriculation stats have upset you. I cannot relate—lol.

Of course you cannot relate. We have more matriculations than you, without having to pay $50,000+ a year.
Like I said, you're not too bright.

Affluent household with 3 kids in private here. At under $120K for 3 kids, we were buyers. Now looking at $165-$180K in the near future, we’re strategizing an exit.

Forget affordability. It’s the whole premise of shelling all this for kids to be stressed. Then there’s the nitpicking over stats that no one who’s actually living life to the fullest cares about.

Add tutoring, sports, music, summer camp, and now therapy, the cost of “rigor,” “health,” and “exposure” is reaching $200K and will only grow. That’s excluding the kids we hire to chauffer our kids around.

$500K pretax, $1m every-other-year into a system that brings out insecurity, competitiveness, instability

Half the parents at Sidwell and other privates left college wanting to make the world a better place. We’ve completely lost the plot.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret now $51k for US. 10% increase.

A 10% increase?!? Are you sure?

Last year was $46k this year is $51k. It's actually a tad higher than 10%.

That’s a huge jump! Is that an all inclusive price (e.g., lunch, yearbook, fees (including technology/computer)?

It's tuition and lunch. There aren't any other fees other than textbooks for US. There is a one time new student fee of $1500 they've always had. They had a marginal increase last year when other schools went up pretty high. Even with a 10% jump, they appear to still be $5-7k lower than most DC independents.

Yes but Maret nickles and dimes throughout the year with additional fees that the other schools include in tuition.

I think you meant to say GDS, which does't have lunch? Those are nickels and dimes (and dollars). Maret even has breakfast for the kids.

I remember when colleges first hit $50K a year and people were shocked. Now you pay that for elementary school.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret now $51k for US. 10% increase.

A 10% increase?!? Are you sure?

Last year was $46k this year is $51k. It's actually a tad higher than 10%.

That’s a huge jump! Is that an all inclusive price (e.g., lunch, yearbook, fees (including technology/computer)?

It's tuition and lunch. There aren't any other fees other than textbooks for US. There is a one time new student fee of $1500 they've always had. They had a marginal increase last year when other schools went up pretty high. Even with a 10% jump, they appear to still be $5-7k lower than most DC independents.

Yes but Maret nickles and dimes throughout the year with additional fees that the other schools include in tuition.

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Anonymous wrote:60% POC, 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 on financial aid. What more do you want?

When people on this board making $250k/yr are told they can get FA? Not diverse.

It’s what you want and pay for. Just own it. Why pretend?

Actually, STA publicly states this about financial aid on their website "In recent years, families with household incomes ranging from $25,000 to more than $350,000 have been eligible for financial aid". Tuition at STA this year was $55,468 for all grades (4th-12th). Next year it will likely be very close to $60K. I guess in order to afford that level of tuition year after year, families making $350K need financial aid as well. Crazy! Stop the Madness!

Anonymous wrote:Anybody paying 50k for preschool is a fool.

To these people it’s nothing. They pay it and still go on expensive vacations and live in nice houses.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.

Yes and the link doesn't show the "fact" that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools". In fact the link doesn't have anything to do with Sidwell, much less showing your so-called facts. You clearly don't understand facts.
You're clearly not too bright.

Sticks and stones, dear.

I see those poor public W school matriculation stats have upset you. I cannot relate—lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Yes, the overall educational experience is superior. Plus, Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

Because it’s a completely different pool of kids (public schools educate everyone whereas Sidwell is selecting the advantaged few). Selection bias at its finest. Doesn’t make it a better school.

Yes, it does. Selection bias, well-prepared, wealthier and better resourced students (among many other reasons) are why Sidwell is a better school. Selection bias eliminates a lot of problem students, and it elevates the experience for the privileged few who remain. I know it’s not pc to say these things, but you know it’s true.

Would love to see this statement on their website rather than all that garbage about a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community of learners. Such hypocrisy.

They don’t have to say it. Everyone knows it’s true.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Not at all.

Yes, it’s a much better educational experience.

It's an inferior academic product

That’s your baseless opinion. What’s important is that colleges agree with me. As posted upthread, “Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.”

https://moco360.media/202...o-college/

Facts are facts, and opinions are like
a-holes…

What facts did you just show with your link? Did it show that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"? Do you know what fact is, a-hole?
Idiot

You clearly struggle with reading comprehension. You must be a W school graduate. 😝

Again where in the link it shows that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools"?
Help me out

Did you click on the link? I’ll make it easy, just focus on Ivies. Select every W school, look at the number of applicants to each Ivy, and then look at the number of students admitted—simple math. Next, compare those numbers to Sidwell’s c/o ‘23 (about 80-85% of graduating seniors posted on Instagram). Sidwell’s posts only include matriculants to specific colleges. There are several Sidwell students who are admitted to more than one Ivy every year. Despite that fact, Sidwell sent/sends/will send a much larger percentage of students to Ivies than any of the W schools.

Yes and the link doesn't show the "fact" that "Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools". In fact the link doesn't have anything to do with Sidwell, much less showing your so-called facts. You clearly don't understand facts.
You're clearly not too bright.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Yes, the overall educational experience is superior. Plus, Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

Because it’s a completely different pool of kids (public schools educate everyone whereas Sidwell is selecting the advantaged few). Selection bias at its finest. Doesn’t make it a better school.

Yes, it does. Selection bias, well-prepared, wealthier and better resourced students (among many other reasons) are why Sidwell is a better school. Selection bias eliminates a lot of problem students, and it elevates the experience for the privileged few who remain. I know it’s not pc to say these things, but you know it’s true.

Would love to see this statement on their website rather than all that garbage about a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community of learners. Such hypocrisy.

It’s actually very diverse. Look it up

Sidwell bashers are disgruntled moms who would do the same in any school. You know the ones - incessantly bemoaning the learning gap, the principal etc. These threads are not serious or representative. There used to be a thread per week until everyone got sick of and run off the one constant complainer with a personal axe to grind.

Get a life, honestly

It is not possible for private school costing $60,000 per year to be diverse.

Yes, it is. They can curate gender, race and ethnicity and then provide significant FA (which Sidwell does) to attract the kids they want, even if they cannot come close to paying full freight.

The price means some students will never even apply. And they do not recruit in poor neighborhoods. So they don’t even see those students. They don’t teach kids with disabilities, first gen, ELL. Doubt there were any Dreamers at Sidwell. Middle class plumbers kids? Doubt it. Visible diversity and enough kids on FA to make people feel good about themselves.

It’s ok. The schools are only doing what their main customers want them to do. One PP upthread came very close to owning it but most just double down. The problem is they all claim diversity, equity and inclusion when their basic model is based on exclusion and perpetuates inequity.

Well said.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the education that much better than Whitman?

Yes, the overall educational experience is superior. Plus, Sidwell consistently sends a higher percentage of graduates to Ivy+ colleges than the W schools.

https://moco360.media/2023/09/13/where-montgomery-county-high-school-graduates-are-going-to-college/

Because it’s a completely different pool of kids (public schools educate everyone whereas Sidwell is selecting the advantaged few). Selection bias at its finest. Doesn’t make it a better school.

Yes, it does. Selection bias, well-prepared, wealthier and better resourced students (among many other reasons) are why Sidwell is a better school. Selection bias eliminates a lot of problem students, and it elevates the experience for the privileged few who remain. I know it’s not pc to say these things, but you know it’s true.

Would love to see this statement on their website rather than all that garbage about a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community of learners. Such hypocrisy.

It’s actually very diverse. Look it up

Sidwell bashers are disgruntled moms who would do the same in any school. You know the ones - incessantly bemoaning the learning gap, the principal etc. These threads are not serious or representative. There used to be a thread per week until everyone got sick of and run off the one constant complainer with a personal axe to grind.

Get a life, honestly

It is not possible for private school costing $60,000 per year to be diverse.

Yes, it is. They can curate gender, race and ethnicity and then provide significant FA (which Sidwell does) to attract the kids they want, even if they cannot come close to paying full freight.

The price means some students will never even apply. And they do not recruit in poor neighborhoods. So they don’t even see those students. They don’t teach kids with disabilities, first gen, ELL. Doubt there were any Dreamers at Sidwell. Middle class plumbers kids? Doubt it. Visible diversity and enough kids on FA to make people feel good about themselves.

It’s ok. The schools are only doing what their main customers want them to do. One PP upthread came very close to owning it but most just double down. The problem is they all claim diversity, equity and inclusion when their basic model is based on exclusion and perpetuates inequity.