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12/19/2025 11:03 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

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Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

Walls so far has a Harvard, 2 Princetons, 2 Dartmouths, a Johns Hopkins, etc. A public school with 150 kids, real racial and economic diversity and an average SAT scores below 1300. VERY impressive. I'd take that over a Sidwell any day of the week.

Out of 125 students, Sidwell has a Harvard, a Yale, 3 Columbia, 3 Cornell, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Penn, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke. I’d take that (and Sidwell’s superior education and campus) over Walls any day. Actually, my children had that choice and did just that.

Did your children have the same options?

I'm a NP but your superior attitude and rudeness, typical of prestige-obsessed and classless private school parents, and likely their children, are exactly the reasons both my kids picked Walls over Sidwell. And yes they were admitted to Sidwell.

This attitude pervades the top 10 schools too. Not a lot to like at the Ivies and similar.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 10:50 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

Walls so far has a Harvard, 2 Princetons, 2 Dartmouths, a Johns Hopkins, etc. A public school with 150 kids, real racial and economic diversity and an average SAT scores below 1300. VERY impressive. I'd take that over a Sidwell any day of the week.

Out of 125 students, Sidwell has a Harvard, a Yale, 3 Columbia, 3 Cornell, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Penn, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke. I’d take that (and Sidwell’s superior education and campus) over Walls any day. Actually, my children had that choice and did just that.

Did your children have the same options?

I'm a NP but your superior attitude and rudeness, typical of prestige-obsessed and classless private school parents, and likely their children, are exactly the reasons both my kids picked Walls over Sidwell. And yes they were admitted to Sidwell.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 10:38 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

Walls so far has a Harvard, 2 Princetons, 2 Dartmouths, a Johns Hopkins, etc. A public school with 150 kids, real racial and economic diversity and an average SAT scores below 1300. VERY impressive. I'd take that over a Sidwell any day of the week.

Out of 125 students, Sidwell has a Harvard, a Yale, 3 Columbia, 3 Cornell, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Penn, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke. I’d take that (and Sidwell’s superior education and campus) over Walls any day. Actually, my children had that choice and did just that.

Did your children have the same options?

One Harvard, two Princetons, two Dartmouths. Same as Walls. Meh.

Walls is free.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 10:35 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

Walls so far has a Harvard, 2 Princetons, 2 Dartmouths, a Johns Hopkins, etc. A public school with 150 kids, real racial and economic diversity and an average SAT scores below 1300. VERY impressive. I'd take that over a Sidwell any day of the week.

Out of 125 students, Sidwell has a Harvard, a Yale, 3 Columbia, 3 Cornell, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Penn, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke. I’d take that (and Sidwell’s superior education and campus) over Walls any day. Actually, my children had that choice and did just that.

Did your children have the same options?

Anonymous

12/19/2025 10:28 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:People posting how well Sidwell did in this ED round. BCC has done even better! Unless your child needs permanent hand-holding, there is no value in private schools.

BCC only wishes. Y’all are going to be very irritated when you see the next batch of Sidwell postings. Stay mad and stay tuned. 😊

Anonymous

12/19/2025 10:24 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

UChicago is a top 5 university, whether you like it or not. Cope harder.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 10:10 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:People posting how well Sidwell did in this ED round. BCC has done even better! Unless your child needs permanent hand-holding, there is no value in private schools.

My BCC grad is now at a top 10, but if I could do it over again, I would have sent her to private. And if she had been at a private, she likely wouldn't be at a top 10 school right now. MCPS grade inflation is what got her in to her current school, which is great but I would have preferred her to get a better education.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 09:46 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

Walls so far has a Harvard, 2 Princetons, 2 Dartmouths, a Johns Hopkins, etc. A public school with 150 kids, real racial and economic diversity and an average SAT scores below 1300. VERY impressive. I'd take that over a Sidwell any day of the week.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 09:39 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:People posting how well Sidwell did in this ED round. BCC has done even better! Unless your child needs permanent hand-holding, there is no value in private schools.

There are at least 16-20 students at my kids' public HS that were admitted to top universities. It's impossible to know which school/s have done "better".

Anonymous

12/19/2025 09:33 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

People posting how well Sidwell did in this ED round. BCC has done even better! Unless your child needs permanent hand-holding, there is no value in private schools.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 08:45 Subject: Re:🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

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It is missing Duke Ellington School for the Arts (DESA)

Anonymous

12/19/2025 08:26 Subject: Re:🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:I think if your goal is college admissions, private school is a poor investment. If your goal is the best possible education, then you have to factor in which public, which private, and your kid. I also think, public or private, the top kids are the top kids anywhere, plus in both settings, the top kids with hooks are by and large the ones getting in to these schools ED. The regular round is more competitive numbers-wise, but unhooked kids have a better shot in the spring. I did hear that if your student is deferred from an Ivy or equivalent, they're unlikely to get admitted to that particular Ivy, but they very well may get into a different top school.

This post is spot on. As a parent of kids at a private school who thinks it’s been a good investment… if I were sending them there for college admissions purposes, that would have been an extremely poor way to spend our hard earned money.

If private schools were transparent about this, I feel like there would be a good deal less frustration from parents, especially those who enroll in high school. It is not a competitive advantage in our area for college admissions purposes to go to a private school, the data these past few years bear that out. There are other great reasons to send your child to one - and it is very child and situation specific. But if you’re shelling out $$ looking for assurances that your child will end up at an Ivy League school, please go in eyes wide open. That is not how it goes anymore.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 08:15 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way to go Sidwell!

So far, 3 Columbia, 3 UChicago, 2 Princeton, 2 Dartmouth, and 2 Duke (one hasn’t posted yet).

I expect several more T10/15 postings once the rest of the Ivy+ release early decisions later this week.

Sounds like Walls. Except it’s not free.

University of Chicago - I believe they are ED0.
Not to diminish their talents - but it is not the same.

Anonymous

12/19/2025 07:58 Subject: Re:🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous

12/19/2025 07:57 Subject: 🎓🎓2026 DC area college decisions

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm telling you what. It's pretty clear from looking at what these kids have been posting on the IG pages that an earlier poster attached to this thread that many of the public schools around here are doing just as well as the privates, even the top ones, in getting their students into excellent colleges.

No way in hell would I pay for private around here!

And this is why I went public.

It depends on the kid you have. A top kid is a top kid anywhere. No need to go private. But the average big 5 kid has better chances of attending a top 20.

A BCC or Whitman or Langley or McLean kid probably belongs to the same demographics as a big 5 kid. Able to pay and get the Same level of support and tutoring.