9th Grade Maret Waitlisted???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on the OP but in case future parents read this---my thought was also "no kid should be devastated. That means they thought they were getting in".

I've been through this rodeo three times. My last kid just applied for high school. We let him do his interviews and then told him. "I'm really proud of you for jumping through those hoops. You did an awesome job However, the odds are very, very long. You are probably not getting in--there are many hundreds of kids applying who are just like you. If you do get a spot we'll have to figure out if you want to take it. Now let's assume you're going to public high school". ---and then spent the last month casually being very, very positive about the public option.

+100 We went to a football game at our public high school this fall just to show DC what it was like there at the suggestion of our HOS at the k-8. It was a great suggestion. DC has always been at a very small k-8, so the thought of a HUGE public school was daunting. After the game, DC saw it as vibrant, exciting and fun. It made it seem like an actual option. DC ended up getting into their first choice, but we were prepared if they were WL everywhere.

[Anonymous]

I am so sorry for your DC that they were so invested in the school. I get it, Maret is a great school - but chances of acceptance for applicants into 9th are so low, and chances to come off a WL next to bill, that anyone who applies has to be guided about the unlikeliness of acceptance. It is just one of those schools that maxes out with siblings and elites. Hopefully your DC will come to realize they may be better off with their outcome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are children of teachers entering at 9th?

How much money do you think those teachers earn?

Most schools have tuition remission or discount for teachers and calculate FA without including teacher’s salary. If Maret doesn’t they should be ashamed.

FA is available but unless recently changed, no tuition remission. A couple of the teachers I knew who had kids there worked something into contract negotiations but there really weren’t a ton of faculty children there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are children of teachers entering at 9th?

How much money do you think those teachers earn?

Most schools have tuition remission or discount for teachers and calculate FA without including teacher’s salary. If Maret doesn’t they should be ashamed.

FA is available but unless recently changed, no tuition remission. A couple of the teachers I knew who had kids there worked something into contract negotiations but there really weren’t a ton of faculty children there.

There's 60% tuition remission at Maret for faculty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are children of teachers entering at 9th?

How much money do you think those teachers earn?

Most schools have tuition remission or discount for teachers and calculate FA without including teacher’s salary. If Maret doesn’t they should be ashamed.

FA is available but unless recently changed, no tuition remission. A couple of the teachers I knew who had kids there worked something into contract negotiations but there really weren’t a ton of faculty children there.

There's 60% tuition remission at Maret for faculty.

And many schools will not include the teacher salary in FA decisions, so teachers may get FA for the 40% they have to pay. Obviously, depends on the income of the teacher’s partner (if there is one).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are children of teachers entering at 9th?

How much money do you think those teachers earn?

Most schools have tuition remission or discount for teachers and calculate FA without including teacher’s salary. If Maret doesn’t they should be ashamed.

FA is available but unless recently changed, no tuition remission. A couple of the teachers I knew who had kids there worked something into contract negotiations but there really weren’t a ton of faculty children there.

There's 60% tuition remission at Maret for faculty.

And a ton of faculty kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So sorry, we’re waitlisted as well.

“WL” is code at Maret for “rejected.”
The list won”t move. Best to move on.

[Anonymous]

12 spots for faculty kids in 9th grade sounds wrong. Faculty kids trickle in at Maret. Some come in K, some in lower school, many in middle school. My kid's class had zero faculty kids come in 9th. That figure just doesn't sound right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on the OP but in case future parents read this---my thought was also "no kid should be devastated. That means they thought they were getting in".

I've been through this rodeo three times. My last kid just applied for high school. We let him do his interviews and then told him. "I'm really proud of you for jumping through those hoops. You did an awesome job However, the odds are very, very long. You are probably not getting in--there are many hundreds of kids applying who are just like you. If you do get a spot we'll have to figure out if you want to take it. Now let's assume you're going to public high school". ---and then spent the last month casually being very, very positive about the public option.

+100 We went to a football game at our public high school this fall just to show DC what it was like there at the suggestion of our HOS at the k-8. It was a great suggestion. DC has always been at a very small k-8, so the thought of a HUGE public school was daunting. After the game, DC saw it as vibrant, exciting and fun. It made it seem like an actual option. DC ended up getting into their first choice, but we were prepared if they were WL everywhere.

That is such a great idea! Which k-8 suggested that? Was it Lowell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12 spots for faculty kids in 9th grade sounds wrong. Faculty kids trickle in at Maret. Some come in K, some in lower school, many in middle school. My kid's class had zero faculty kids come in 9th. That figure just doesn't sound right.

That poster said 12 spots for faculty or siblings, which seems much more plausible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12 spots for faculty kids in 9th grade sounds wrong. Faculty kids trickle in at Maret. Some come in K, some in lower school, many in middle school. My kid's class had zero faculty kids come in 9th. That figure just doesn't sound right.

That poster said 12 spots for faculty or siblings, which seems much more plausible.

That makes more sense, although 12 is still high

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on the OP but in case future parents read this---my thought was also "no kid should be devastated. That means they thought they were getting in".

I've been through this rodeo three times. My last kid just applied for high school. We let him do his interviews and then told him. "I'm really proud of you for jumping through those hoops. You did an awesome job However, the odds are very, very long. You are probably not getting in--there are many hundreds of kids applying who are just like you. If you do get a spot we'll have to figure out if you want to take it. Now let's assume you're going to public high school". ---and then spent the last month casually being very, very positive about the public option.

+100 We went to a football game at our public high school this fall just to show DC what it was like there at the suggestion of our HOS at the k-8. It was a great suggestion. DC has always been at a very small k-8, so the thought of a HUGE public school was daunting. After the game, DC saw it as vibrant, exciting and fun. It made it seem like an actual option. DC ended up getting into their first choice, but we were prepared if they were WL everywhere.

That is such a great idea! Which k-8 suggested that? Was it Lowell?

Burgundy Farm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are children of teachers entering at 9th?

So that they don’t have to pay for private K through 8th

[Anonymous]

Waitlisted at Maret and GDS = rejected. Move on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are children of teachers entering at 9th?

So that they don’t have to pay for private K through 8th

Or faculty are recent hires etc. Same for alum kids, back in town after living elsewhere.