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Anonymous

06/04/2026 14:51 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

It's not just IG. It's also on the sidwell site.

Are yuou sure you're not just relying on some homebrewed list like polarislist?

Anonymous

06/04/2026 12:56 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

I guess Sidwell is lying too? You will have to deal. 😃

https://www.sidwell.edu/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation

Anonymous

06/04/2026 12:53 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

Yes, of course. Here you go:
https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2025/p/DH4jB7SR8Tt/

Two c/o 2025 Sidwell alums attending MIT. The haters are mad! 😂

Anonymous

06/04/2026 12:52 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

Read it and weep, loser! 🤣

https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2025/p/DH4jB7SR8Tt/

Anonymous

06/04/2026 11:22 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

This is DCUM. People are not fantasizing some imaginary public school. They’re not thinking of Whitman or TJ. They’re thinking of JR, a public school where every year, a bunch of smart kids do in fact just stroll in and zoom to the top of the class with a modicum of blood, sweat, and tears. (It works because the kinds of people who make schools like Whitman and TJ into unbearable pressure cookers would never consider any school in DCPS.)

Anonymous

06/04/2026 11:19 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

DP

https://www.sidwell.edu/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculation

Anonymous

06/04/2026 11:13 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

Wealthy public schools are extremely competitive. You're not just going to stroll in there and zoom to the top of the class without plenty of blood, sweat and tears. Sorry to disrupt your little fantasy.

Anonymous

06/04/2026 11:08 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

I will forever never understand why people opt for private school over public if the goal is to get into Ivy. Logically, if you have any brains, being number 1 in your class will count more than being number 100. It follows then, if your kid is way smart and committed, put them in public where they have the best chance of being number 1 and they can look awesome.

I put my kids in private not for college but because I believe for 4 or whatever years, their quality of life will be more enjoyable, they will be less distracted from learning effectively, they will thrive in the environment offered by the school we chose. This is all about MS and HS being a long 7 years and during these 7 years, they aren't going hate their life! In the process, they will have also learned and they will thrive.

If I was hell bent on them only getting through these years in order to end up at Harvard, there is something wrong with me as a parent and person. Life continues after Harvard. Life continues long after college and the 7 years that they have isn't going to make or break their life but it will in these key years, shape them.

That's all private school is - another environment besides public to choose from. How well your kid does academically is up to them but in public, they def have an opportunity to shine brighter than in pvt where the "competition" is higher because everyone is seeking to shine brightest

Anonymous

06/04/2026 08:29 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

Can you please post it here?
DP

Anonymous

06/04/2026 08:27 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

You're the stupid one for believing IG posts.
0 MIT matriculation in the last 4 years.
Idiot.

Anonymous

06/04/2026 01:03 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

If OP's private school kid EDs to UChicago, odds are the private school kid will end up at a better school than the public school kid.

Anonymous

06/03/2026 23:40 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

You sound extremely stupid. You know those two students didn’t falsely post that they’re attending MIT. The idea that they would lie about where they’re attending college, in a public post, to their family, friends, and classmates is ludicrous.

Sidwell envy should be studied. You’re exhibit A.

Anonymous

06/03/2026 20:36 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

There is a handful of JR students whose families hire college counselors as early as in 8th grade. These coaches ensure that the student gets into their classes of choice at Jackson Reed. These coaches also work with the school personnel to solve any issues. Back in 2017, I was told that retaining a private academic counselor was about $15.000 for 5 years. Obviously many parents would never admit to doing this.

Anonymous

06/03/2026 20:29 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

How many of them are going to MIT, JHU, CalTech, CMU, Berkeley?

Anonymous

06/03/2026 20:25 Subject: Public School Kid Has MUCH Better Ivy Chances Than Private School Kid

Taking IG posts as gospel and fact, now that's ignorant