Maret is up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted.

Is anyone not waitlisted? Do they reject as well? Wondering if our WL is what everyone gets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s really the only school that does not do the pressure cooker model.

Also
Field
St Andrews
Burke
And probably more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s really the only school that does not do the pressure cooker model.

Also
Field
St Andrews
Burke
And probably more

Maret is far ahead of these schools.

[Anonymous]

yes we all know you "won the lottery" when your child got into Maret - give it a rest in insulting other schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes we all know you "won the lottery" when your child got into Maret - give it a rest in insulting other schools

Getting into any school mentioned in this forum is almost like the lottery nowadays. Private school admissions has gotten crazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s really the only school that does not do the pressure cooker model.

Also
Field
St Andrews
Burke
And probably more

Maret is far ahead of these schools.

It’s perceived as being far ahead because it absolutely is a pressure cooker. Do more research before your kid gets hammered

[Anonymous]

Mine’s at Maret upper school and is thriving….and I wouldn’t say that it’s a pressure cooker at all. They have work, for sure, but definitely not loads of it nor is there particular pressure or even hyper competitiveness among the students. Seems like a pretty good balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine’s at Maret upper school and is thriving….and I wouldn’t say that it’s a pressure cooker at all. They have work, for sure, but definitely not loads of it nor is there particular pressure or even hyper competitiveness among the students. Seems like a pretty good balance.

+1 except 10th grade. And to the PPs knocking the other schools, they are all good schools. My kid would have particularly been just as happy at SAES as they are at Maret. I don’t understand the hyper competitiveness that happens on DCUM land.

[Anonymous]

Anyone get in for 7th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted.

Is anyone not waitlisted? Do they reject as well? Wondering if our WL is what everyone gets

Rejected for 9th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted.

Is anyone not waitlisted? Do they reject as well? Wondering if our WL is what everyone gets

Rejected for 9th.

Oh I’m sorry to hear that but appreciate your response.

[Anonymous]

ACCEPTED!!!!!

[Anonymous]

In for 9th. Super happy at our family as we know there are very few slots there.

[Anonymous]

Umm the pressure cooker… I disagree. It isn’t Sidwell, but I can tell you that the kids (many of them) really love to work. In contrast to my DD’s school, which seems to have a range of kids in terms of where they fall academically, we have found less of a range in my kid’s class at Maret. The majority of the kids are high achievers and all want to be high achievers. If you don’t want to keep up with the Jones’s, it may be hard to keep up. Example: the current 8th grade: there is one non honors math. All other classes are honors or accelerated. That’s unusual.

If you are applying for 9th at Maret, we have heard that there is very little attrition this year and that it would be tight for 9th. If you are going into 9th, the current 8th grade is pretty nice albeit some might say quirky. I know the kids love to have new kids come to the school. It’s time for new faces. And if you do end up going, we always are looking for a carpool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umm the pressure cooker… I disagree. It isn’t Sidwell, but I can tell you that the kids (many of them) really love to work. In contrast to my DD’s school, which seems to have a range of kids in terms of where they fall academically, we have found less of a range in my kid’s class at Maret. The majority of the kids are high achievers and all want to be high achievers. If you don’t want to keep up with the Jones’s, it may be hard to keep up. Example: the current 8th grade: there is one non honors math. All other classes are honors or accelerated. That’s unusual.

If you are applying for 9th at Maret, we have heard that there is very little attrition this year and that it would be tight for 9th. If you are going into 9th, the current 8th grade is pretty nice albeit some might say quirky. I know the kids love to have new kids come to the school. It’s time for new faces. And if you do end up going, we always are looking for a carpool.

Our child will be applying next year for 9th. Thoughts on the current 7th grade in terms of size and personality?