A student that attended Sidwell Friends School, an elite private school known for educating the children of Washington's liberal elites, applied to 13 colleges and was rejected from all of them.
Her parents sued the high school and lost in lower courts. However, they filed an appeal with the Supreme court and argued that Sidwell Friends engaged in illegal discrimination that harmed their daughter. She also claims that guidance counselors at her school didn't fill out the reccomendation form, the way that she saw herself.
I believe that the guidance counselors should have communicated with her and her parents that she needed to apply to other schools and not just "reach" schools. It is their job to make sure students are applying to the right schools, especially when they have the most experience and are writing their reccomendations. They could have been more careful about her application process, but in the end it is her life.
On the other hand, I believe that her and her parents are being very extreme. Her high school is elite, but it doens't mean that all of their student are genius' that go to ivy league schools. She chose to send her applications, knowing that all of her schools had low acceptance rates and were very competitive. Also, her parents should have reviewed her applications and seen that she was not applying to any "safety" schools. There could have been a lot of things to prevent this case, however they believe that the school is at fault and won't accept that they had already lost in previous courts.
Colleges are becoming more and more competitive each year, which is why we have to make sure we have "safety" schools and "reach" schools and talk to experienced adults about the college process.
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/06/17/parents-sue-elite-private-school-after-daughter-rejected-top-colleges
what was the supreme courts decision? I think the high school is not at all at fault. It is the students choice to apply to whichever schools they want to. The girls future is not over there are many ways she can still get an education and there is no way the school could guarantee that she would get into a school even if it had a high acceptance rate. If the counselor had not done the form at all it would have been different...but she did fill it out and likely the girl had to sign over her right to see what was written on that form.
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