Anonymous
10/06/2012 11:05
Subject: Suggestions for getting into sidwell
Just curious and really irrelevant but did your DS enter as a junior? If he got into Sidwell under that premise, then he must have been able to vote or close to it when he was admitted. Or was he just a verbally professed Republican frosh at the time? Not sure what happened why my post blended with yours.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous
And it goes without saying that you should be Democrats, and preferably ones who do the occasional fundraiser.
At Sidwell Friends, being Republican will get you diversity points.
DH and I are Dems (tho' not big donors) -- nor are we in high-profile jobs. We always wondered how our DS got into Sidwell -- now we know -- he's a Republican! (Yes, really he is registered to vote as a Republican, 'tho he is pretty horrified by Mitt, so I think he'll vote for Obama.)
I'm kidding -- like most of the PPs on this thread. Actually, he came in at 7th and was a Democrat then, but Sidwell turned him into a Republican -- this part I'm not kidding about.
For OP and anyone who is taking this thread seriously, I would say there are so many qualified and appealing kids who apply that it mostly comes down to luck -- that was certainly true with our son. If you're applying to schools it helps to keep that in mind -- and to remember as well that Sidwell isn't perfect -- it's a good school, but there are many other good schools - public and private -- in this area.
Anonymous
10/06/2012 09:25
Subject: Suggestions for getting into sidwell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Be a same sex multi racial.couple.
This one doesn't make any sense. These people usually face discrimination.
Not in DC. Unlike other parts of the US, the ultra-educated crowd couldn't: care a wit who someone loves or who they are sleeping with. It is a status symbol to have those types of friends in the NWDC crowd.
I totally know what you mean. But I live on a nice street in upper nw and no one is like that. Pretty much all of my neighbors are basic couples many with kids of all ages, a deal of diversity, AA, a few Asians, but mostly white lawyers and finance or business types. I always wonder where the fascinating people live. Closer to downtown? What do you think?
I think the point was, it's the relative scarcity of same-sex multi-racial couples, in combination with the fact that school admission staff see them as really desirable, that makes them such a shoe-in for admission.
Anonymous
10/06/2012 08:59
Subject: Suggestions for getting into sidwell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous
And it goes without saying that you should be Democrats, and preferably ones who do the occasional fundraiser.
At Sidwell Friends, being Republican will get you diversity points.
DH and I are Dems (tho' not big donors) -- nor are we in high-profile jobs. We always wondered how our DS got into Sidwell -- now we know -- he's a Republican! (Yes, really he is registered to vote as a Republican, 'tho he is pretty horrified by Mitt, so I think he'll vote for Obama.)
Anonymous
10/06/2012 08:57
Subject: Suggestions for getting into sidwell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous
And it goes without saying that you should be Democrats, and preferably ones who do the occasional fundraiser.
At Sidwell Friends, being Republican will get you diversity points.
DH and I are Dems (tho' not big donors) -- nor are we in high-profile jobs. We always wondered how our DS got into Sidwell -- now we know -- he's a Republican! (Yes, really he is registered to vote as a Republican, 'tho he is pretty horrified by Mitt, so I think he'll vote for Obama.)