Beauvoir acceptance rate

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Anonymous wrote:My son is at Beauvoir. He has been there for 2 years and loves it. We applied from a very well knows preeschool in the area. While 99% of those kids applied to private schools, only about 10 applied to BVR. I think a Sidwell and Maret are more selective also because of the very small class size and siblings (for MareT). I would say that maybe of the 20 or so kids in the preeschool class, 50% of kids applied to BVR, Sidwell and Maret. The other 50% applied to less competitive schools (or at least had those less competitive schools on their list). Of the 50% that applied to the more competitive schools, most got in at BVR (not all) and 4 or 5 kids got in a Sidwell and 2 I believe at Maret. We had not applied to Maret because I did not like the school as much, but we did apply to Sidwell and Beauvoir and were waitlisted at Sidwell and got in at Beauvoir. We indicated that Beauvoir was our first choice and we got in. People that did not do that, were waitlisted. I am unaware of anyone that applied to beauvoir from our preschool and was denied, but plenty were waitlisted

Do you think they don't reject anyone and just waitlist those they do not accept?

Few schools outright reject. I don’t know about Bvr. The trick with most schools is figuring out whether you’re on the “real waitlist.” There’s always a real waitlist. Don’t listen to folks who say things like “omg school x never goes to waitlist.” Bunk. But often only one or so will move.

How do you know if you’re on the real waitlist? And if you are, what should you do to enhance your chances?

I'm sure everyone has different stories, but for our friends who got wait-listed at three schools, their calls to one admissions director were much more warmly received than others. It was kind of a vibe and an encouragement....

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Anonymous wrote:My son is at Beauvoir. He has been there for 2 years and loves it. We applied from a very well knows preeschool in the area. While 99% of those kids applied to private schools, only about 10 applied to BVR. I think a Sidwell and Maret are more selective also because of the very small class size and siblings (for MareT). I would say that maybe of the 20 or so kids in the preeschool class, 50% of kids applied to BVR, Sidwell and Maret. The other 50% applied to less competitive schools (or at least had those less competitive schools on their list). Of the 50% that applied to the more competitive schools, most got in at BVR (not all) and 4 or 5 kids got in a Sidwell and 2 I believe at Maret. We had not applied to Maret because I did not like the school as much, but we did apply to Sidwell and Beauvoir and were waitlisted at Sidwell and got in at Beauvoir. We indicated that Beauvoir was our first choice and we got in. People that did not do that, were waitlisted. I am unaware of anyone that applied to beauvoir from our preschool and was denied, but plenty were waitlisted

Do you think they don't reject anyone and just waitlist those they do not accept?

Few schools outright reject. I don’t know about Bvr. The trick with most schools is figuring out whether you’re on the “real waitlist.” There’s always a real waitlist. Don’t listen to folks who say things like “omg school x never goes to waitlist.” Bunk. But often only one or so will move.

How do you know if you’re on the real waitlist? And if you are, what should you do to enhance your chances?

I'm sure everyone has different stories, but for our friends who got wait-listed at three schools, their calls to one admissions director were much more warmly received than others. It was kind of a vibe and an encouragement....

I think Sidwell waitlist is real because they reject plenty of people as well… that’s about it. All other schools waitlist everyone.

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Got into BVR, SFS, Maret for K. It's still okay to write thank you notes with what you liked about the school and how you could see your child there. And of course be legacy, faculty, or racially diverse with high scores.....but I disagree with those saying full pay. I don't fully get the preschools that cost more than college, as we did a part time church based one and have been fine, but also didn't have an independent school placement advisor included.

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Anonymous wrote:Got into BVR, SFS, Maret for K. It's still okay to write thank you notes with what you liked about the school and how you could see your child there. And of course be legacy, faculty, or racially diverse with high scores.....but I disagree with those saying full pay. I don't fully get the preschools that cost more than college, as we did a part time church based one and have been fine, but also didn't have an independent school placement advisor included.

It's not a far leap from paying to play for k at Sidwell, Maret, etc. to a costly preschool. Don't act so high and mighty about your having waited until your kid was all of 5 to shell out the big bucks.