Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, St. Andrews?

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Anonymous wrote:This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows.

This must be the spiked Kool-Aid talking. From what I hear from seniors and their parents, this college admission season was pretty rough overall.

My son heard from his friends over spring break and they were thrilled with the results, so my information is up to date.

You realize many students received notices of acceptances and rejections over the past few days right? So whatever you heard 2 months ago no longer applies.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a rising 9th grader, I would be devastated if she doesn't get her first choice in the college admission process. She is smart enough to ALWAYS get her first choice so it won't be a stretch for her advisor. I am glad the school made the change now. They still have three years to make sure all the money we invested will send her on the way to her dreams.

^ You're being facetious, right? (Sometimes it's hard to tell on the internet ).

You know what's funny? As a Sidwell parent with one grad and one child still in the US, I can no longer tell if this is a troll or not. This actually sounds like conversations I've had with SFS parents.

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Anonymous wrote:This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows.

This must be the spiked Kool-Aid talking. From what I hear from seniors and their parents, this college admission season was pretty rough overall.

Anonymous wrote:This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a rising 9th grader, I would be devastated if she doesn't get her first choice in the college admission process. She is smart enough to ALWAYS get her first choice so it won't be a stretch for her advisor. I am glad the school made the change now. They still have three years to make sure all the money we invested will send her on the way to her dreams.

^ You're being facetious, right? (Sometimes it's hard to tell on the internet ).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows.

I have heard this as well. Congrats to all involved for the hard work and whatever the future holds.

Seems like Sidwell Admin is now in a damage control mode.

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Anonymous wrote:This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows.

I have heard this as well. Congrats to all involved for the hard work and whatever the future holds.

Anonymous wrote:How would you know that the junior counselor had grammatical errors in his recommendation letter?

Anonymous wrote:This year’s seniors just heard and got great news. Of course that is through my kid, and he is incredibly happy for his friends. He also said this was a particularly strong class to begin with. I can’t imagine crying over getting the counselor in question, though, by the way. That’s ridiculous. You sink or float on your own merits. A grammatical error isn’t going to negate all of a child’s hard work. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I was always fine with my kid going to a non-top college as long as it’s an accredited place where he can learn. Which by the way is practically every school in the country. I recognize that feeling that way comes from a fair amount of privilege—while we’re far from wealthy, we can help our son pay for his education, and he’s starting out with a great high school education. I also know he’s a good, hard-working kid and will do fine in life regardless of whether he attends a non-flagship state school or an Ivy League school. He met a bunch of kids while working in California last summer who had attended community college for 2 years but were all transferring to places like Duke and UCBerkeley, and that changed his mindset. Those kids could never have pay for four years of college without accruing tremendous debt, but they are smart and ambitious. He concluded that they were probably the smartest of all—they took the long view, to be sure. I am glad he realized that. He also has examples in his own family of people succeeding despite starting from nothing (immigrants/no education/no money/but s strong focus on education). But again, he won’t be a first-generation college kid. I understand why it’s more impactful to some students than others to get a name degree, at least that’s what the research shows.