Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:51     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:I sent my kid to board Deerfield thinking it would give him better chance. They had multiple admits to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn. More than half were athletes.

Seeing the stats gives me pause, b/c if my child goal was just to get into the lower tier top25 we could’ve just stayed local. Unfortunately my child has no hooks.

I’m seriously considering a private consultancy service to gain advantage in this hyper competitive arms race. It’s already 80k a year for tuition, not to mention time spent for child away us parents. At this point, what’s another 30-50k?

Sigh





You should’ve sent your child to Walt Whitman instead
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:50     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I sent my kid to board Deerfield thinking it would give him better chance. They had multiple admits to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn. More than half were athletes.

Seeing the stats gives me pause, b/c if my child goal was just to get into the lower tier top25 we could’ve just stayed local. Unfortunately my child has no hooks.

I’m seriously considering a private consultancy service to gain advantage in this hyper competitive arms race. It’s already 80k a year for tuition, not to mention time spent for child away us parents. At this point, what’s another 30-50k?

Sigh





Actually, it looks like the smart thing to do if your goal is to get your child into a top school would be send your child to Whitman!! And, gasp, you don’t have to pay for it! I’d be interested to see Churchill’s list, too.

Sending a kid to a high school or boarding school does not give any better chance. At all.

You have to think about it this way...the stats get you a ticket to the arena. However, the arena is full with 25,000 others who have the same or similar records and only a few will get back stage passes. So from the entry to the arena, it is a lottery to get back stage. There is really not much anyone can do to game that last lottery.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:37     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:I sent my kid to board Deerfield thinking it would give him better chance. They had multiple admits to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn. More than half were athletes.

Seeing the stats gives me pause, b/c if my child goal was just to get into the lower tier top25 we could’ve just stayed local. Unfortunately my child has no hooks.

I’m seriously considering a private consultancy service to gain advantage in this hyper competitive arms race. It’s already 80k a year for tuition, not to mention time spent for child away us parents. At this point, what’s another 30-50k?

Sigh





Sending a kid to a high school or boarding school does not give any better chance. At all.

You have to think about it this way...the stats get you a ticket to the arena. However, the arena is full with 25,000 others who have the same or similar records and only a few will get back stage passes. So from the entry to the arena, it is a lottery to get back stage. There is really not much anyone can do to game that last lottery.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:35     Subject: Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:How good is that girl that’s going to Illinois for comp sci? Is she a rockstar?


Varsity D1 athlete as well as rock star student.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:04     Subject: Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:Truly bizarre post. Imagine being a parent who is counting up college acceptances like this. Sad.


A lot of parents are really into gaming these systems and feel proud of it. Just look at how TJ admissions before the recent change.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:04     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
I’m pretty sure Brown’s early decision is out. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with that particular school.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 09:01     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does BCC have this type of instagram page?

@bccdecisions23

Is Vandy super popular among different schools this year especially?

What is QO’s page?



Vanderbilts early decisions I’ve already been released so from this particular moment, I Snapchat is going to look like it’s a heavy Vanderbilt year. Maybe it will be. It’s an excellent school.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 07:49     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year


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.


My 17 yo Senior opened a FB account about 6 weeks ago to join admissions groups for colleges. I think there is an admitted students group for her ED acceptance. All of her friends also have accounts.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 06:13     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
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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.


Kids generally know where their classmates are going. You think seeing it posted on social media impact them even if they already know?

Nah, you're right. I think it's preposterous to think what kids post on social media impacts other kids.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 06:13     Subject: Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:How come no U Chicago ED outcomes this year? Have they not announced yet?


U Chicago ED and EA results come out on the 21st.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 06:12     Subject: Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:How come no U Chicago ED outcomes this year? Have they not announced yet?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 05:10     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:Does BCC have this type of instagram page?

@bccdecisions23

Is Vandy super popular among different schools this year especially?

What is QO’s page?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 04:13     Subject: Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
How come no U Chicago ED outcomes this year? Have they not announced yet?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 00:48     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
Anonymous wrote:
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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.




You are a moron. The public schools all have them too.

Whitman: https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations.2023/
Blair: https://www.instagram.com/blair2023decisions/
Mclean: https://www.instagram.com/mcleancommits2023/
Langley: https://www.instagram.com/langleycommits2023/



Wow!! Montgomery county schools, Whitman in particular, are truly fantastic!

Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 00:42     Subject: Re:Sidwell Friends ED results amazing this year
I sent my kid to board Deerfield thinking it would give him better chance. They had multiple admits to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, UPenn. More than half were athletes.

Seeing the stats gives me pause, b/c if my child goal was just to get into the lower tier top25 we could’ve just stayed local. Unfortunately my child has no hooks.

I’m seriously considering a private consultancy service to gain advantage in this hyper competitive arms race. It’s already 80k a year for tuition, not to mention time spent for child away us parents. At this point, what’s another 30-50k?

Sigh