Getting accepted to Holton-Arms
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Anonymous
| I thoUght they had a few extra spots in fourth for the Concord Hill and Beauvoir applicants, and then added no more until 7th? |
Anonymous
| Our year they added eight new spots in 4th. I think every year is different, depending on what grades they want to build and where the applicants are they think would be a good fit for different grades. Call admissions and ask. |
Anonymous
| In lower school, there were maybe another eight slots in 5th grade and then 12-15 slots in 6th. |
Anonymous
| There are lots of entry points. They take 30 girls in 3rd, another class (15) in 4th and another 15 in 6th. Then they grow the class again at 7th and 9th. |
Anonymous
| How many applicants for those first 30 spots? |
Anonymous
| The great thing about Holton is that they have the financial resources to choose to take the kids they want, but not have to fill a class just for the sake of filling it if they aren't thrilled about applicants a particular year/grade. If they think your dd is a great fit, they have the flexibility to make it happen. |
Anonymous
| holton-arms grad...my year the aa girls went to duke, harvard, princeton, yale, and carnegie mellon. 3 on no financial aid. |
Anonymous
| 22:42- I was wondering about that, maybe you have some additional insight. They say FA and admissions operate separately, but your post makes it sound like the school is able to play with FA awards to make it possible for the right girl to attend. If that is true, how does this work? I was under the impression that the financial aid service comes up with an expected family contribution. The school offers up to that number if they have the funds, or if not they may offer a lesser amount or none at all. Are you saying FA could put a package together and admissions could then say "wait, do better, we really want this girl?" Sorry if that's a stupid question, I'm really confused about the "blind" part of this whole process. |
Anonymous
I'm 22:42. My reference to finances is that they can be flexible on class size because of a strong financial position. For instance, they can forgo totally filling a class just to get tuition if they don't find the x number of kids they have room for. They can also make the classes bigger than expected if there are an unusually high number of applicants they want. Both have happened in the last five years. I don't know how they FA process works though, sorry. I do know that when the economy went sour, they made the decision that was the time to invest substantially more in FA... something crazy like 30% more. So that's a good sign. |
Anonymous
| Got it 22:42. Thanks, that's really interesting info. I'm impressed that they diverted more money to financial aid during the rough economy. I assume that probably maintained some families at the school that wouldn't have been able to stay otherwise. It's nice (and I would think unusual) for a school to commit to their girls that way. |
Anonymous
What year was that? |
Anonymous
| to pp...it was while ago. sample is too small for me to say exactly. |
Anonymous
| What is the feeder school for third grade? |
Anonymous
| Some come from Primary Day but Holton really takes a lot from a variety of public and private in DC, MD and VA. |
Anonymous
| I honestly think 3rd grade was easy to get into. I don't remember my scores but I remember I wasn't really paying attention to the test. Now I am in 7th grade at Holton and it has been a fun journey |