Friday March 3 2023 Admissions decisions reveal

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Anonymous wrote:Just policy and manners. We received 2 thanks for interest notes one from admissions and one from student of school this week. Very typical and is part of process. Hold tight OP you will hear when we all do tomorrow. I was curious anyone sends mail. Three schools have not sent even an email and it was nice to get snail mail. Makes me like school more. Good luck every one. Remember all the kids are awesome.

This is deflating. We applied to the "Big 5" and haven't received a single "thanks for interest" note. :/

Don't worry! We got into 3 of the 3 we applied to for preK (big-whatever schools) and never heard a word from the schools during the application process.

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I’m getting tired of these decision emails. It’s like they are teasing. I click hoping to get some news and they tell me to wait until tomorrow.

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Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

You are not alone. A big part of it is the numbers game. Plenty of well qualified kids are not admitted due to number of spots available. So there's no way of knowing if the news will be good or not. It’s a big part of the stress even when playdates and interviews go well.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

You are not alone. A big part of it is the numbers game. Plenty of well qualified kids are not admitted due to number of spots available. So there's no way of knowing if the news will be good or not. It’s a big part of the stress even when playdates and interviews go well.

+1 - we are feeling a great deal of uncertainty over here. Coming from a K-8 with a clear (and articulated) first choice. Wondering if that will help?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not nervous because I don’t expect my child to get in. Applying for 4th.

We got in at all of them! No hooks or whatever. Just a regular smart sweet kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

What schools?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

You are not alone. A big part of it is the numbers game. Plenty of well qualified kids are not admitted due to number of spots available. So there's no way of knowing if the news will be good or not. It’s a big part of the stress even when playdates and interviews go well.

+1 - we are feeling a great deal of uncertainty over here. Coming from a K-8 with a clear (and articulated) first choice. Wondering if that will help?

Articulating first choice is always a good move.

[Anonymous]

Anyone hear from Lowell?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone hear from Lowell?

Tomorrow @ 4 pm

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone hear from Lowell?

Hopefully their emails are much nicer than last year. Their rejection messages were downright mean.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

Your chances are almost 0 at the top schools unless you're a very wealthy, a famous person or have connections to the school.
Almost everyone is in the same boat especially for the youngest kids when you don't have grades and an academic and extracurricular track record.

It's not a good feeling because it's so random and the criteria are not clearly laid out.

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Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances?

No, but my child is 13. I don't think anything is guaranteed, but we have a fair idea of where he will likely get in vs. waitlisted or rejected. We know what his grades and extracurriculars are. We know what the acceptance rates at schools are. He didn't want to apply to any of the most competitive schools. That's not saying he is guaranteed to get in where he did apply, just that we have a ballpark idea of his chances.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else just have absolutely no clue what to think in terms of chances? We applied for PK and thought the interviews and playdates went well, but we do not have any hooks and understand the spots are very limited. It’s just kind of funny to me - normally when applying for something in my own life I’ve at least had a sense of whether I had a chance. With this I have absolutely no idea what to think. It’s a strange feeling.

Your chances are almost 0 at the top schools unless you're a very wealthy, a famous person or have connections to the school.
Almost everyone is in the same boat especially for the youngest kids when you don't have grades and an academic and extracurricular track record.

It's not a good feeling because it's so random and the criteria are not clearly laid out.

Chances are not almost 0. We have no wealth, fame or connections. Two kids got into 3 different schools at different times.

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We don't have a clue. I think my kid is a great student/person and thought he would get accepted somewhere at the start of this. But partner thinks we'll be waitlisted everywhere. He's probably right.