Official Admissions Decisions Thread 2026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:6th grade from MCPS:

- in STA
- WL GDS and Sidwell
- D Landon

Basically the opposite of what I expected. He loved STA though so we're excited!

Congratulations! It is interesting that Landon did not work. In this forum very few people name Landon among Big3, which include STA and SFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:anyone know if WL for STA (9th) is shorthand for D?

They took a few bots off the waitlist last year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone know if WL for STA (9th) is shorthand for D?

They took a few bots off the waitlist last year

Boys

[Anonymous]

In at SJC and Gonzaga.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted for GDS

We were waitlisted twice before. Finally got in. Don't give up.

Also WL for GDS (high school). Is this a real WL or does GDS waitlist everyone who wasn’t accepted?

After being waitlisted two years in a row, we got in this year at GDS. Don't give up.

[Anonymous]

So who are the Big 3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

Yea and they're not even that great. They don't compare to the best schools in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, etc

[Anonymous]

In at AHC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

Yea and they're not even that great. They don't compare to the best schools in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, etc

No, they're pretty great. My child graduated from one last year and is absolutely cruising at an Ivy. They feel as well prepared as anyone they know at school and vastly better prepared than most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

Yea and they're not even that great. They don't compare to the best schools in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, etc

No, they're pretty great. My child graduated from one last year and is absolutely cruising at an Ivy. They feel as well prepared as anyone they know at school and vastly better prepared than most.

Everybody at the Ivies gets As. Doesn't tell us much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:anyone know if WL for STA (9th) is shorthand for D?

They took a few bots off the waitlist last year

Yes those who flexed on connections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

Yea and they're not even that great. They don't compare to the best schools in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, etc

No, they're pretty great. My child graduated from one last year and is absolutely cruising at an Ivy. They feel as well prepared as anyone they know at school and vastly better prepared than most.

Everybody at the Ivies gets As. Doesn't tell us much.

Brown maybe. The others, not so much.

[Anonymous]

In at Visi and SJC De La Salle program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ACCEPTED
Beauvoir
NPS
St Patricks

WAITLISTED
Potomac
Maret

DECLINED
None

For what grade? What are the chances of getting off waitlist at Beauvoir for K?