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Anonymous wrote:I heard the opposite. Strong early results for Sidwell. Difference is they don’t seem to talk it up much as there is an unspoken attempt to downplay things a bit until more of the class has heard back from RD applications. I actually think that is quite a nice thing to do and wish my DS’ school was similar where kids already wearing Yale and Penn tee-shirts which I personally find obnoxious.

Unfortunately, early results are not very strong for this year's seniors at SFS. Parents have lost confidence in the college counseling office. At least half the senior class has hired private college counselors, and junior parents are already lining up the same for next year. A basic revamp/restructuring of the college function is needed urgently.

Well if SFS is top dog in the area and the Ivies already know it, and if SFS offers the darnedest best courses towering over even the top Ivy Freshman/Sophomore courses, the students are near geniuses if not already are and have stellar ECs that only money can buy (e.g. service only in far away overseas places or private coaching by top dog professional sports coaches), and if external, private college coaches that demand sea of green before offer their expert concierge service to the gates to the top echelon of Ivies to said students, it is mind boggling to think the EA/ED results will be anything but Holiday Celebratory. How could you say the results aren't very strong for this year's seniors at SFS? Could you be more specific by stating the results you know of (may be you don't know only a small fraction of the results!).

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Anonymous wrote:I heard the opposite. Strong early results for Sidwell. Difference is they don’t seem to talk it up much as there is an unspoken attempt to downplay things a bit until more of the class has heard back from RD applications. I actually think that is quite a nice thing to do and wish my DS’ school was similar where kids already wearing Yale and Penn tee-shirts which I personally find obnoxious.

Unfortunately, early results are not very strong for this year's seniors at SFS. Parents have lost confidence in the college counseling office. At least half the senior class has hired private college counselors, and junior parents are already lining up the same for next year. A basic revamp/restructuring of the college function is needed urgently.

Anonymous wrote:I heard the opposite. Strong early results for Sidwell. Difference is they don’t seem to talk it up much as there is an unspoken attempt to downplay things a bit until more of the class has heard back from RD applications. I actually think that is quite a nice thing to do and wish my DS’ school was similar where kids already wearing Yale and Penn tee-shirts which I personally find obnoxious.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all this fuss about legacy figures at 30% when no one is mentioning what the parents of those 30% give in order to get their kids in. It's well known that almost all legacy applicants have the grades, test scores, connections and ECs to get in. What they need is a parent or grandparent who has given a 7 figure donation. Then they get in. Those are your 30%. And I speak from experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all this fuss about legacy figures at 30% when no one is mentioning what the parents of those 30% give in order to get their kids in. It's well known that almost all legacy applicants have the grades, test scores, connections and ECs to get in. What they need is a parent or grandparent who has given a 7 figure donation. Then they get in. Those are your 30%. And I speak from experience.

This is ridiculous. Do you really think that every year 30% of the class has parents or grandparents who gave 7 figures? This is a logical fallacy. Legacies who give 7 figures probably do get in but that does not mean that all legacies who get in have donated 7 figures.

What experience could you possibly have had to validate this? Even if you have 7 figures, you cannot possibly extrapolate that to another 600 people.

I’m a legacy at a HYP and have two kids attending my alma mater. I have donated zero dollars since graduating.

So am I. Those parents who gave six or seven figures got their kids in. I doubt you've donated zero dollars since graduating. Are you URM?

Anonymous wrote:What is Z list?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all this fuss about legacy figures at 30% when no one is mentioning what the parents of those 30% give in order to get their kids in. It's well known that almost all legacy applicants have the grades, test scores, connections and ECs to get in. What they need is a parent or grandparent who has given a 7 figure donation. Then they get in. Those are your 30%. And I speak from experience.

This is ridiculous. Do you really think that every year 30% of the class has parents or grandparents who gave 7 figures? This is a logical fallacy. Legacies who give 7 figures probably do get in but that does not mean that all legacies who get in have donated 7 figures.

What experience could you possibly have had to validate this? Even if you have 7 figures, you cannot possibly extrapolate that to another 600 people.

I’m a legacy at a HYP and have two kids attending my alma mater. I have donated zero dollars since graduating.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all this fuss about legacy figures at 30% when no one is mentioning what the parents of those 30% give in order to get their kids in. It's well known that almost all legacy applicants have the grades, test scores, connections and ECs to get in. What they need is a parent or grandparent who has given a 7 figure donation. Then they get in. Those are your 30%. And I speak from experience.