Any chance of getting in after being waitlisted?
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Anonymous
| DC applied for two schools: Sidwel and STA. Waitlisted for both schools. Any chance? |
Anonymous
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what grade?
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Anonymous
Ouch. I am sorry. What grade and what’s your backup plan? |
Anonymous
| not really. I heard the myth so and so did... but in reality, very rarely. |
Anonymous
| Very unlikely. Waitlist is just polite reject. |
Anonymous
| if they are like GDS, yes. we were waitlisted then on monday got an email from admissions--we thought it was yet another email about details or thanking us for applying but it was telling us child was being offered a spot. so pay attention to your emails this upcoming week, don't assume there wont be action on the waitlist till after the decline date..... |
Anonymous
| Waitlisted everywhere. This is som bs |
Anonymous
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STA never really moves.
Sidwell does. |
Anonymous
| My child was also waitlisted everywhere, which in our case was Sidwell, GDS, and Potomac. Is everyone who is not admitted just waitlisted? |
Anonymous
Wondering this too, especially for Sidwell. |
Anonymous
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Those schools rarely move. I’m sorry OP
been there |
Anonymous
| Two of my kids were waitlisted everywhere. One full on rejection. One accepted (I have a lot of kids). |
Anonymous
wait a week and then write a first choice letter to one of the two. I'd imagine STA is unlikely to move on WL, but a friend's kid did get offer of admission off of the Sidwell WL in late June/ early July |
Anonymous
OP: 9th grade and 7th grade. Two boys applied to both schools. 
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Anonymous
| Is there ever any movement on Maret or GDS's waitlists? The letter from GDS says that they accept 6-10 kids from the waitlist but that seems like a lot. |