Official Admissions Decisions Thread 2026

[Anonymous]

WL Sidwell and Potomac for 7 & 9

[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!

This sounds like someone at Landon doesn’t like you…

[Anonymous]

WL Sidwell & Potomac
rejected STA
9th grade

[Anonymous]

Accepted Sidwell, Potomac and St. Pat’s for Kindergarten

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Accepted Sidwell, Potomac and St. Pat’s for Kindergarten

Nice! What will you choose?

[Anonymous]

Accepted at GDS
Accepted at Maret
Kid wants to wait for Walls decision

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Accepted at GDS
Accepted at Maret
Kid wants to wait for Walls decision

In GDS, Holton, 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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!

This sounds like someone at Landon doesn’t like you…

Disagree. Landon saw a boy with credentials so good he was likely to go elsewhere. Happened to my son. He is at a better school and Landon was a safety. So they turned him down. They are protecting their yield like everyone else. It was a surprise to us but we literally did not care so their calculation was correct.

[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

Haters are ALWAYS going to hate! 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

This was for Kindergarten

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ACCEPTED
Beauvoir
NPS
St Patricks

WAITLISTED
Potomac
Maret

DECLINED
None

Ohhh which one are you gonna go with?

We are going to discuss with my rising Kindergartener as we want DC to weigh in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

Oh brother. The Cathedral schools (Beauvoir/NCS/STA) count as one unit of the big three. The other two are Sidwell and GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget to tell us if your kid is a URM athlete who plays an instrument and speaks 3 languages.

Wow, you described our kid exactly, except they speak 4 languages.

Both parents are Ivy League, the kid is athletic, URM, and speaks multiple languages.

“Both parents are Ivvvvvy…”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So who are the Big 3?

The two cathedral schools and Sidwell

Oh brother. The Cathedral schools (Beauvoir/NCS/STA) count as one unit of the big three. The other two are Sidwell and GDS.

Big 3
- Cathedrals
- Sidwell
- GDS

Fixed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m lurking as I had a kid entering 9th last year but it seems very slow today. I hope people got results they wanted but just seems so subdued.

Agree..