Anonymous wrote:The two kids I knew that went to Sidwell got into Boston College and Denison.

I always laugh about how much money their families wasted getting them into sub par schools.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Sidwell ‘22 parent here. I agree that results last year were generally quite good but it was not obvious that was the case until RD results came out in late March. 23 Ivy matriculations (including at least one at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn) plus over 10 to Chicago. Many kids in at top 30 schools by RD. Last year’s early results were dominated by legacies and athletes and VIPs. RD results at the most competitive colleges were largely the domain of the completely unhooked strongest students, which was a bit of a surprise that it occurred that way. It will play out the same way this year I think.

I agree - this year seems to be going the same way. Non-hooked are not getting in ED but I remain confident they will land somewhere great by the time RD results are in.

Just took a look at the Sidwell 22 admits Instagram and I am amazed that some of you are complaining!

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Sidwell ‘22 parent here. I agree that results last year were generally quite good but it was not obvious that was the case until RD results came out in late March. 23 Ivy matriculations (including at least one at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn) plus over 10 to Chicago. Many kids in at top 30 schools by RD. Last year’s early results were dominated by legacies and athletes and VIPs. RD results at the most competitive colleges were largely the domain of the completely unhooked strongest students, which was a bit of a surprise that it occurred that way. It will play out the same way this year I think.

I agree - this year seems to be going the same way. Non-hooked are not getting in ED but I remain confident they will land somewhere great by the time RD results are in.

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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

The clear majority of the kids in your class are using such a consultant. You are well behind the times.

I think this is probably a troll but I will respond anyway. I know 7 kids who have graduated from Deerfield in the last 4 years and all got into excellent schools, think top 20, all ED. All rich white kids, not athletes and none to their parent’s alma mater. It is definitely advantageous to be applying to college from Deerfield.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Sidwell ‘22 parent here. I agree that results last year were generally quite good but it was not obvious that was the case until RD results came out in late March. 23 Ivy matriculations (including at least one at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn) plus over 10 to Chicago. Many kids in at top 30 schools by RD. Last year’s early results were dominated by legacies and athletes and VIPs. RD results at the most competitive colleges were largely the domain of the completely unhooked strongest students, which was a bit of a surprise that it occurred that way. It will play out the same way this year I think.

I agree - this year seems to be going the same way. Non-hooked are not getting in ED but I remain confident they will land somewhere great by the time RD results are in.

Anonymous wrote:NP. Sidwell ‘22 parent here. I agree that results last year were generally quite good but it was not obvious that was the case until RD results came out in late March. 23 Ivy matriculations (including at least one at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn) plus over 10 to Chicago. Many kids in at top 30 schools by RD. Last year’s early results were dominated by legacies and athletes and VIPs. RD results at the most competitive colleges were largely the domain of the completely unhooked strongest students, which was a bit of a surprise that it occurred that way. It will play out the same way this year I think.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Sidwell ‘22 parent here. I agree that results last year were generally quite good but it was not obvious that was the case until RD results came out in late March. 23 Ivy matriculations (including at least one at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn) plus over 10 to Chicago. Many kids in at top 30 schools by RD. Last year’s early results were dominated by legacies and athletes and VIPs. RD results at the most competitive colleges were largely the domain of the completely unhooked strongest students, which was a bit of a surprise that it occurred that way. It will play out the same way this year I think.

Don’t forget the Stanford matriculation.

Anonymous wrote:NP. Sidwell ‘22 parent here. I agree that results last year were generally quite good but it was not obvious that was the case until RD results came out in late March. 23 Ivy matriculations (including at least one at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn) plus over 10 to Chicago. Many kids in at top 30 schools by RD. Last year’s early results were dominated by legacies and athletes and VIPs. RD results at the most competitive colleges were largely the domain of the completely unhooked strongest students, which was a bit of a surprise that it occurred that way. It will play out the same way this year I think.

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

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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

You mean the Whitman that had zero acceptances to Harvard? One to each of Stanford and MIT? Two to Princeton and three to Penn? Maybe Deerfield isn’t great but I don’t think Whitman is the answer
You should’ve sent your child to Walt Whitman instead

I assume PP is a troll, but if not - maybe your kid just isn’t that impressive and wouldn’t get into a top school no matter how much money you throw at the process. Regardless, so glad you aren’t at Whitman.

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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 mean the Whitman that had zero acceptances to Harvard? One to each of Stanford and MIT? Two to Princeton and three to Penn? Maybe Deerfield isn’t great but I don’t think Whitman is the answer
You should’ve sent your child to Walt Whitman instead

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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 mean the Whitman that had zero acceptances to Harvard? One to each of Stanford and MIT? Two to Princeton and three to Penn? Maybe Deerfield isn’t great but I don’t think Whitman is the answer
You should’ve sent your child to Walt Whitman instead