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Anonymous
| Godspeed |
Anonymous
| We were lucky to have our #1 choice! But, I ... already have a question. For our second choice it says "Not waitlisted". What does that mean? Are you only waitlisted for the others if you decline the first offer? |
Anonymous
Yes |
Anonymous
If you match with your first choice (2nd choice etc) everything below it is dropped. |
Anonymous
Not true. This is why you rank in preference order. If you have your number one choice that's the only offer available to you now and in the future. |
Anonymous
| If you get into your first choice, you're not waitlisted anywhere. You've won the lottery! Congrats! But that means you're enrolling in your first choice. |
Anonymous
And this is why you should rank in your true preference |
Anonymous
| We got in nowhere for 5th. We ranked a several charters and a bunch of better middle school feeder elementary schools |
Anonymous
Sorry PP. 
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Anonymous
| We got waitlisted at almost all the schools we ranked. Our last ranked we got a match. Not sure we’ll go for it though… |
Anonymous
A lot of schools start at 6th. And there are good middle schools out there. Better luck next year. |
Anonymous
How are your waitlist numbers for the DCPS schools? Especially as compared to previous years based on tableau data. 5th grade waitlists can move a lot -- schools may have a hard time knowing how many classes they'll have before knowing how many people will bail for Latin/BASIS/private. Rubber hits the road in 5th as families evaluate high school paths so you see more movement the summer before school starts than you do for other elementary school years. At least at DCPS. Don't expect the numbers at Latin or BASIS to ship that much. But there are DCPS schools with good or decent MS feeds that will go deep into their waitlists to fill classes, you just won't know for a bit. |
Anonymous
| Gave up a OOB offer last year for first grade, because we decided to stay at our IB despite having some concerns. Thought one more year of convenience being three blocks away would be better for our family. And have had a terrible year and many regrets. Now waitlisted #20 for the same school for second grade. Better numbers at other schools but they have way fewer seats so I don’t think many people even try. Ugh. |
Anonymous
Correct. If you have realized you actually prefer different schools (ones you ranked 2-12 in the lottery or ones you didn't choose) you can do a post-lottery application and get on the waitlist for those, but you'll be behind all the kids who got in and all those who were waitlisted in your preference category. You can do as many post-lottery applications as you want. |
Anonymous
This was us last year -- gave up a K spot but stuck with IB because we had such a great PK experience. K was awful. Lotteried again and came nowhere close getting in anywhere last year. BUT 1st grade was wonderful. Did the lottery again this year just to see what we might get and once again -- terrible numbers. But I don't feel awful like last year. My kid is having a truly good year. If this is where we wind up next year, it will be okay. |