private school decision day: Feb 27

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And that’s when you have to put down a deposit? I thought deposit was May 1

I thought May 1 is full tuition? Or June 1st?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if you will receive a decision in the mail first or on the portal for SJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are people feeling? What is your plan if your kid doesn't get in anywhere or doesn't get into an appealing or top choice? We only applied to 3 and our plan is the local public. I don't feel stressed about it bc I don't think public would be all that bad - though obviously a top private would be a more rigorous, well-resourced experience for my kid.

I think there is no bad news. You either get in with $60K and a slightly better education, or save more money for a lesser-good one and apply again next year. The only pain is swallowing your pride and going through this tiring process again next year or at the next juncture.

By the way, if we are again rejected by some Big 3 and apply again, do we still have to show up with all the tours next year to pretend that we are super excited about their art room or the gym?

Somebody got to do a comic strip for all of these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And that’s when you have to put down a deposit? I thought deposit was May 1

There is a date by which you must accept or decline, and if you accept, that’s when the deposit is due. On May 1 (a change from June 1 in previous years as noted numerous times on various threads here), you are on the hook for the full tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are people feeling? What is your plan if your kid doesn't get in anywhere or doesn't get into an appealing or top choice? We only applied to 3 and our plan is the local public. I don't feel stressed about it bc I don't think public would be all that bad - though obviously a top private would be a more rigorous, well-resourced experience for my kid.

We applied to four, and we really want out of DCPS - I don't think saving $60k is worth staying in that system a year longer. I'm SO nervous/excited about Friday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How are people feeling? What is your plan if your kid doesn't get in anywhere or doesn't get into an appealing or top choice? We only applied to 3 and our plan is the local public. I don't feel stressed about it bc I don't think public would be all that bad - though obviously a top private would be a more rigorous, well-resourced experience for my kid.

We applied to four, and we really want out of DCPS - I don't think saving $60k is worth staying in that system a year longer. I'm SO nervous/excited about Friday.

Good luck. Four is a good number to get in at least in one. I heard overall enrollments in DMV private schools are not great, but for schools outside the Big5.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

We did get this call. Might depend on which division you applied to because they have different admissions personnel - we applied to LS (Josie).

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

We did get this call. Might depend on which division you applied to because they have different admissions personnel - we applied to LS (Josie).

The LS applicant did get a call.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

We did get this call. Might depend on which division you applied to because they have different admissions personnel - we applied to LS (Josie).

The LS applicant did get a call.

Yikes, we applied to LS and did not receive a call.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

We did get this call. Might depend on which division you applied to because they have different admissions personnel - we applied to LS (Josie).

The LS applicant did get a call.

Yikes, we applied to LS and did not receive a call.

I doubt it means anything. Someone else made the point a few pages back that this call could have been to on-the-fence applicants and they wanted to gauge our continued level of interest/enthusiasm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

We did get this call. Might depend on which division you applied to because they have different admissions personnel - we applied to LS (Josie).

The LS applicant did get a call.

Yikes, we applied to LS and did not receive a call.

I doubt it means anything. Someone else made the point a few pages back that this call could have been to on-the-fence applicants and they wanted to gauge our continued level of interest/enthusiasm.

Thank you for talking me off the ledge! We have made it very clear to admissions this is our number one choice. Friday cannot come soon enough.

[Anonymous]

What happens if you get in and your kid ends up hating the school? What’s the back up plan?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Do they call all applicants to tell them this?

Yes. It’s f’d up when they keep giving you all those reminders and you get rejected

Did others get this call from Holton? We applied and did not get this phone call.

We did get this call. Might depend on which division you applied to because they have different admissions personnel - we applied to LS (Josie).

The LS applicant did get a call.

Yikes, we applied to LS and did not receive a call.

I think it might not be very meaningful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happens if you get in and your kid ends up hating the school? What’s the back up plan?

Do they like it now during the tours? Maybe take a breath and let them adjust for a while before making any decisions. Second, you can always apply in 1-2 years.

In most situations, each division, LS, MS, and HS, is a different school. Only this elite K-12 model makes it sound like a kid should stick with one school forever.