Waitlist movement post-6/1

[Anonymous]

Seems odd to be thinking about WL movement when we don’t even know whether we are on the WL at the schools we applied to, but anyway, here’s the question:

We’ve gotten our re-enrollment paperwork from our current school, asking us to commit to tuition by 6/1 and pay a $1k deposit now to hold our seat. This seems very common and standard among DC privates.

If we get in somewhere else, that seems straightforward: we tell our current school we’re leaving, pay tuition at the new school, and lose the $1k deposit. Understood.

If we get WLed and there’s no WL movement for us before 6/1, what’s the likelihood of any movement after 6/1? I had forgotten that we are committing NOW to our current school HOW we are paying tuition— ie, all up front, payment plan, etc. And also the tuition insurance plan. Should we sign up for that so we’re covered if our kid gets in off the waitlist after 6/1 so we could request reimbursement of tuition?

[Anonymous]

The insurance requires you to attend the old school for a week before you get your 60% refund…. It’s not a good option, so you need to have a firm plan before 6/1.

Wait list movement in general is rare, rarer still after 6/1. For the most part, the people able to take advantage of it are families moving from public to private who aren’t committed to tuition elsewhere. Or those wealthy enough not to mind paying two tuitions for a year.

[Anonymous]

If you are waitlisted, I would just focus on the schools you were actually accepted to. I know that’s hard, but it’s a liberating
.

[Anonymous]

OP - hopefully you can choose among the schools your child is accepted to in March and move forward. We do know multiple families who came off WL for HS but it was always before 6/1 (range includes from march to right before 6/1).

Anyway, the point being, that hopefully you don't need to worry about your current school (just consider the $1k a donation) contract after 6/1.

[Anonymous]

Families I know who got off the waitlist all were offered a spot shortly after the school’s deadline for deposits. I’m sure it sometimes happens later, but it seems really unlikely to happen after 6/1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems odd to be thinking about WL movement when we don’t even know whether we are on the WL at the schools we applied to, but anyway, here’s the question:

We’ve gotten our re-enrollment paperwork from our current school, asking us to commit to tuition by 6/1 and pay a $1k deposit now to hold our seat. This seems very common and standard among DC privates.

If we get in somewhere else, that seems straightforward: we tell our current school we’re leaving, pay tuition at the new school, and lose the $1k deposit. Understood.

If we get WLed and there’s no WL movement for us before 6/1, what’s the likelihood of any movement after 6/1? I had forgotten that we are committing NOW to our current school HOW we are paying tuition— ie, all up front, payment plan, etc. And also the tuition insurance plan. Should we sign up for that so we’re covered if our kid gets in off the waitlist after 6/1 so we could request reimbursement of tuition?

Very little wait movement after 6/1. Insurance only covers certain things I think or everyone else would be doing it.