Waitlist data August update

[Anonymous]

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/aaron2446/viz/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData_draft/MSDCPublicDisplay

Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Interesting, still zero movement on Ludlow-Taylor waitlists. Is this related to delays on the annex construction or increased retention of current families or both? Either way, curious if there will be any movement at all in the next month. If Ludlow goes the way of Maury and Brent, that bodes well for IB buy in at Payne and JO Wilson, because there will be fewer places to bail to.

[Anonymous]

Basis made a lot more offers than at this point last year. The Latins will be impossible.

[Anonymous]

Hardy 6th grade lots of offers

[Anonymous]

DCI French made a lot of offers.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand parts of this table. Can someone please explain?
Waitlist Length on Results Day: Does this number indicate the number of days students can anticipate being on the waitlist?
Waitlist Offers Made by June/August: Some of these numbers are higher than the actual number of lottery seats? How does that even work?

Sorry if this seems stupid, but I'm new to the lottery and confused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand parts of this table. Can someone please explain?
Waitlist Length on Results Day: Does this number indicate the number of days students can anticipate being on the waitlist?
Waitlist Offers Made by June/August: Some of these numbers are higher than the actual number of lottery seats? How does that even work?

Sorry if this seems stupid, but I'm new to the lottery and confused.

NM I somehow just now saw the key. Facepalm. Been a long week.

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Anonymous wrote:Basis made a lot more offers than at this point last year. The Latins will be impossible.

Nearly 1,000 kids on the waitlist for fifth grade at Latin. They've made 18 waitlist offers (not including equitable access).

[Anonymous]

Garrison has moved from a great “safety” kindergarten option to a tough get!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basis made a lot more offers than at this point last year. The Latins will be impossible.

Nearly 1,000 kids on the waitlist for fifth grade at Latin. They've made 18 waitlist offers (not including equitable access).

Where are you getting 1,000 kids? There were 501 on 2nd St waitlist on results day, 436 on Cooper waitlist on results day. And likely a lot of overlap in the two waitlists.

It's bad, but it's not THAT bad.

[Anonymous]

Just a quick note that waitlist results are cumulative in the chart.

So if there is 1 waitlist offer made by June and 5 offers made by August, that means there were 5 offers total, not 6. The June numbers are included in the August numbers.

I have had two conversation today with other parents who mixed this up, so just posting here as a PSA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basis made a lot more offers than at this point last year. The Latins will be impossible.

Nearly 1,000 kids on the waitlist for fifth grade at Latin. They've made 18 waitlist offers (not including equitable access).

Where are you getting 1,000 kids? There were 501 on 2nd St waitlist on results day, 436 on Cooper waitlist on results day. And likely a lot of overlap in the two waitlists.

It's bad, but it's not THAT bad.

Good point about overlap in the waitlists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting, still zero movement on Ludlow-Taylor waitlists. Is this related to delays on the annex construction or increased retention of current families or both? Either way, curious if there will be any movement at all in the next month. If Ludlow goes the way of Maury and Brent, that bodes well for IB buy in at Payne and JO Wilson, because there will be fewer places to bail to.

A parent said LT had a late IB boom heading into 2024-2025 that they weren't expecting and to avoid overcrowding for 2025-2026 they planned to hold off on waitlist movement until much later this summer.

[Anonymous]

Schools undergoing renovation are a great opportunity for those willing to deal with the hassle--look how many more offers Brent and JO Wilson made than Van Ness and Ludlow-Taylor, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting, still zero movement on Ludlow-Taylor waitlists. Is this related to delays on the annex construction or increased retention of current families or both? Either way, curious if there will be any movement at all in the next month. If Ludlow goes the way of Maury and Brent, that bodes well for IB buy in at Payne and JO Wilson, because there will be fewer places to bail to.

A parent said LT had a late IB boom heading into 2024-2025 that they weren't expecting and to avoid overcrowding for 2025-2026 they planned to hold off on waitlist movement until much later this summer.

Interesting. The IB boom is a good sign, IMO. Also likely bodes well for Stuart-Hobson if they are seeing more retention of IB families in 4th and 5th. That used to be when you saw the most attrition and when it was easiest to get a spot at the school.

But I guess the idea is we should wait and see if the lists move later in August or September. Last year they made 16 offers for 2nd grade. I doubt we'll see anything like that this year. Unless you are number 1-5 on any waitlist, I would not count on that one (and even then).