Just saw Instagram accounts and maybe because it’s early (ED), but very few admits listed to claim it’s a good year. Also, I had kids in high school classes of 2020 and 2022, and this looks pretty average compared to those class years. I checked the major privates back then as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

One more page with Harvard, etc:
Saint Andrews

SAES: https://instagram.com/saes2023decisions?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=

That kid going to Harvard is going to be really disappointed when he realizes they don’t have a business major.

He will be fine.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell is coming off terrible, terrible years. Good for them for getting back to what should be the mean.

??? if you look at the lists, the last few years have been fine? Why do you falsely claim they were terrible?

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

One more page with Harvard, etc:
Saint Andrews

SAES: https://instagram.com/saes2023decisions?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=

That kid going to Harvard is going to be really disappointed when he realizes they don’t have a business major.

You mean “buisness” major.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

One more page with Harvard, etc:
Saint Andrews

SAES: https://instagram.com/saes2023decisions?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=

That kid going to Harvard is going to be really disappointed when he realizes they don’t have a business major.

https://www.harvard.edu/programs/business-administration-and-management/

Do you even read what you post? Or maybe you just aren’t capable of understanding it.

It’s not part of the college. It’s an extension school program.

“The Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree is designed for industry professionals with years of work experience who wish to complete their degrees part time, both on campus and online, without disruption to their employment. Our typical student is over 30, has previously completed one or two years of college, and works full time.”

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

One more page with Harvard, etc:
Saint Andrews

SAES: https://instagram.com/saes2023decisions?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=

That kid going to Harvard is going to be really disappointed when he realizes they don’t have a business major.

https://www.harvard.edu/programs/business-administration-and-management/

Sidwell is coming off terrible, terrible years. Good for them for getting back to what should be the mean.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

Uhh. I find these social media postings creepy. Why would these schools do this? It's one thing to list the schools where your students got accepted, but it's another to post poofed up pictures of young men and women for the entire universe to gawk over. I expect children to do this stuff. Not grown adults.

It almost feels like some creepy modeling agency.

By the way, my kid's MCPS high school could post a bunch of Ivy and T20 ED accepted posts too, but they don't.

I'm affiliated with one of these schools, and I agree these are weird. They make me very uncomfortable.

Oh and my goodness, we can't have this mom being "very uncomfortable."

How sad for you, PP.

For clarification, these are not official accounts - they are run by seniors. And many of the public high schools have them too.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

One more page with Harvard, etc:
Saint Andrews

SAES: https://instagram.com/saes2023decisions?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=

That kid going to Harvard is going to be really disappointed when he realizes they don’t have a business major.

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Anonymous wrote:Good Lord people.
I have kids at another Big3 and they have had not had more things "handed to them" vs. their equally well-off friends from publics. We came from public in 8th (and graduated one kid from pubic) so i know of what I speak.

You live in a bubble. Not all publics are filled with kids who are equally well off.

No, I don't live in a bubble. Perhaps my phrasing was confusing. My private school kids are typical DCUM kids--children of two professional parents. I'm not comparing my kids to impoverished kids, etc.

Professional class DCUM kids in private are resourced the same as professional class DCUM kids in public. T Their school does not hand them any other opportunities or coddling.
That's what I'm saying. I was either confusing or you are choosing to be obtuse.

You don’t understand. Having to fight for a parking spot for their Land Rover in the morning prepares them for the real world.

My Sidwell senior drives a car older than he is. Yep, a 2004. And not a Land Rover. I am driving the “new” car - a 2005.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

Uhh. I find these social media postings creepy. Why would these schools do this? It's one thing to list the schools where your students got accepted, but it's another to post poofed up pictures of young men and women for the entire universe to gawk over. I expect children to do this stuff. Not grown adults.

It almost feels like some creepy modeling agency.

By the way, my kid's MCPS high school could post a bunch of Ivy and T20 ED accepted posts too, but they don't.

+1. This is such a poor taste I don't know where to begin. DC's MCPS school had a fair share of Ivy and T10 too last year. They don't do this. In fact one of the teachers gently reminds kids to take his peers' emotions into account.

Are you always such a stick in the mud, PP? I love the posts and am happy for the kids. Sorry that is so hard for you to see.

My kid got into an Ivy early and they would NEVER think of posting. Very braggy.

Oh please. It's a life milestone. Congratulations to your kid. I'm happy for him/ her, even if you like to feign humility. We're not all so fragile, PP, that we can't handle someone else's good news.

You know quite well it isn't the parents who those posts impact. A lot of kids have a rough ride ahead and I guess you're the type who would just walk over them to announce your success. Sickening.

First of all, show me one 17 YO high school senior who is on Facebook. Of course it's about the mamas who can't handle the disappointment.

And if your kid truly cannot handle seeing notice online of classmates' success, in the face of his/ her own bad news, then you, mom, have done a poor job in raising your child.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2023/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors23/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2023/?hl=en
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors23/?hl=en

Amazing?

One more page with Harvard, etc:
Saint Andrews

SAES: https://instagram.com/saes2023decisions?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY=

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell parents say they don’t send their kids there for college admissions purposes. But they are on the college admissions forum of DCUM more than any other high school and are bragging incessantly.

This is not a bragging forum; this is a discussion forum. We are discussing. If we had a forum to discuss this (and exchange information) within Sidwell, we would do so. If you are not a Sidwell parent, then go start your own thread to discuss your own school’s admission outcomes.

Ummmmm...did you read the title of the thread? If a student was asked to "give an example of bragging", that would be it.

I did not choose the title to this thread. I don’t think it can be changed once started.

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Anonymous wrote:How good is that girl that’s going to Illinois for comp sci? Is she a rockstar?

Curious why you are asking?

NP but obviously bc comp sci at IL is amazing, like GT or H Mudd

Anonymous wrote:How good is that girl that’s going to Illinois for comp sci? Is she a rockstar?

Curious why you are asking?