I agree that SFS school is not perfect, but my kid loves the US and I am grateful he/she is so happy and learning so much! Congrats to all the students who got into Yale and other schools ED. They worked very, very hard. Sometimes folks who post here make it sound like students ( at SFS and other schools) are admitted because of innate abilities or connections. These may help. But what is rarely stressed is how hard they work, and how they love to learn. SFS can't create this type of student by itself. The drive and love of learning has to come from within. But the school offers an environment which rewards independent thinkers and committed scholars.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Would you elaborate on what you found challenging?

The cost...

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Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Would you elaborate on what you found challenging?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Loooove the euphemism!

No, I meant what I said. Your experience might have been different. I can appreciate that. On the global scale of problems, the difficulties we faced with Sidwell were only minor challenges and the benefits measurable.

Ah yes, but on the global scale, this entire thread and most of what's on DCUM -- which are the Big 3 schools? how many kids from this school or that went to Ivies? how about Top Ivies?, etc. -- is pretty myopically inconsequential, n'est pas?

Just let my comments stand without your nuanced and frequently incorrect interpretations. I meant nothing more than Sidwell, on balance, was a positive experience. Enough said on the subject.

I shall note that the poster misspelled the French phrase. Should be "n'est-ce pas."

Yes, Fido. Drop the bone.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Loooove the euphemism!

No, I meant what I said. Your experience might have been different. I can appreciate that. On the global scale of problems, the difficulties we faced with Sidwell were only minor challenges and the benefits measurable.

Ah yes, but on the global scale, this entire thread and most of what's on DCUM -- which are the Big 3 schools? how many kids from this school or that went to Ivies? how about Top Ivies?, etc. -- is pretty myopically inconsequential, n'est pas?

Just let my comments stand without your nuanced and frequently incorrect interpretations. I meant nothing more than Sidwell, on balance, was a positive experience. Enough said on the subject.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Loooove the euphemism!

No, I meant what I said. Your experience might have been different. I can appreciate that. On the global scale of problems, the difficulties we faced with Sidwell were only minor challenges and the benefits measurable.

Ah yes, but on the global scale, this entire thread and most of what's on DCUM -- which are the Big 3 schools? how many kids from this school or that went to Ivies? how about Top Ivies?, etc. -- is pretty myopically inconsequential, n'est pas?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Loooove the euphemism!

No, I meant what I said. Your experience might have been different. I can appreciate that. On the global scale of problems, the difficulties we faced with Sidwell were only minor challenges and the benefits measurable.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Loooove the euphemism!

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

Like everything else in this world, there are a few challenging qualities along side some very good ones. I trust that you will form your own opinion. For my family, it has been a terrific experience, independent of college placement.

Anonymous wrote:I would be lying if I didn't say I am really hoping my DD gets into SFS now for 7th grade!

Oh, honey -- take it from somebody who's been there and done that, even when your kids get into fancy colleges, SFS is not nirvana.

lol

I went to an Ivy where my mom & one uncle had a grad degree & one uncle had an undergrad degree. I get that some people think it's a put down when someone asks the follow up if you had a legacy hook that may have (probably) factored into a college acceptance, but I never really took it as a put down or cared... (or taken as jealousy of unfairness of having a hook). Everyone from this area (and everywhere else) uses all the cards they can play as part of the process. Different people have different advantages in the real world - it may not be fair, but all hooks are inherent parts of the game.