Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 15:08     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Sidwell students are incredibly unathletic. If your child is an athlete, admission chances are very good.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 12:26     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
What's un-Quaker about recognizing that applicants from wealthier families are more likely to help keep the school's operation financially sustainable?
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 11:33     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:Schools with a religious component can't be expensive? Sounds like a non-sequitur to me.


The problem is their inner God shines brighter in the wealthier candidates, so that's not very Quaker.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 09:50     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Schools with a religious component can't be expensive? Sounds like a non-sequitur to me.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 09:22     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?


Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.


At 45k/yr, Sidwell is not a Quaker school.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 09:01     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Numbers game. You could cure AIDS and still be rejected.


For 9th grade at Sidwell, it's not actually a "numbers game." Don't make it sound like a lottery; it's not


What exactly is it then?


It’s stack the deck game. Get all the top students in the DMV who have strong academics plus a super power (sport, EC, arts). Parent college legacy a plus too.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 08:51     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.



LGBQT don’t get preference.


A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.


Not all religions are anti-LGBTQ. The Presbyterian Church, the Episcopal Church, and the Quakers all welcome LGBT people so that's most of the non-Catholic religious schools that get discussed on this board.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 01:33     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.



LGBQT don’t get preference.


A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.


Quaker and Catholic Schools could not be more different
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 22:19     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.



LGBQT don’t get preference.


A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.


Quaker’s believe in finding the God in Everything and Everyone.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:29     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.



LGBQT don’t get preference.


A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 19:47     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Numbers game. You could cure AIDS and still be rejected.


For 9th grade at Sidwell, it's not actually a "numbers game." Don't make it sound like a lottery; it's not


What exactly is it then?
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 19:04     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?


Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 18:12     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
Anonymous wrote:Numbers game. You could cure AIDS and still be rejected.


For 9th grade at Sidwell, it's not actually a "numbers game." Don't make it sound like a lottery; it's not
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 14:11     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
The legacy families we know at big 3 have the parent grads and grandparents donating for decades, consistently. Their kids come in at PK or K, or later on in lower school.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 14:01     Subject: Odds of getting into Sidwell
No Guarantee but it does help. Maybe it helps get off the WL unless the child is already very qualified.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Crapshoot odds for each kid who applies unless a legacy family donating for years.



Nope, this is not a guarantee.