These waitlist threads are depressing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is depressing! I am in my second year of lotterying, and it is difficult to hear people rave about their charters and know that you have almost no chance of getting in. Not to say that there aren't other routes to go and other good programs, but it is a real bummer how competitive things are.

I hate when people from MV and YY come on and rave about "come visit our great school" as if anything but luck matters when getting into the school. Sure, I'll visit - if you can tell me that it's really more than a lottery ticket or the birth of another child that would get my kid into one of your 10 slots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is depressing! I am in my second year of lotterying, and it is difficult to hear people rave about their charters and know that you have almost no chance of getting in. Not to say that there aren't other routes to go and other good programs, but it is a real bummer how competitive things are.

I hate when people from MV and YY come on and rave about "come visit our great school" as if anything but luck matters when getting into the school. Sure, I'll visit - if you can tell me that it's really more than a lottery ticket or the birth of another child that would get my kid into one of your 10 slots.

+1

For real.

[Anonymous]

Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

Call me when my daughter is a 5th grader. Oh wait, I'll be killing people to get into BASIS at that point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

Call me when my daughter is a 5th grader. Oh wait, I'll be killing people to get into BASIS at that point.

You wouldn't happent o be the same parent willing to give both tits for LAMB, are you? I am noting the deepening of your enrollment strategies... giving body parts first, then killing others by middle school. Almost afraid to ask, but what do you think you'll be doing to get into the best high school?



Joking aside, I do see the PPs point about recruiting for older grades. We all hope our DC will be happily settled in some awesome school that feeds into more awesome schools by 2nd grade, but just in case one is not happy, it's good to remember that there are other years when schools have movement, and a lot less people applying by then.

But I'm like everyone else, I want the perfect school for my kid NOW!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

Call me when my daughter is a 5th grader. Oh wait, I'll be killing people to get into BASIS at that point.

You wouldn't happent o be the same parent willing to give both tits for LAMB, are you? I am noting the deepening of your enrollment strategies... giving body parts first, then killing others by middle school. Almost afraid to ask, but what do you think you'll be doing to get into the best high school?



Joking aside, I do see the PPs point about recruiting for older grades. We all hope our DC will be happily settled in some awesome school that feeds into more awesome schools by 2nd grade, but just in case one is not happy, it's good to remember that there are other years when schools have movement, and a lot less people applying by then.

But I'm like everyone else, I want the perfect school for my kid NOW!

HA! No, but I like her style. If she's willing to give 2 tits, I hope mine are bigger

[Anonymous]

This thread is somewhat encouraging as I have a 2nd and 3rd grader next year and am afraid we won't have a spot anywhere. I know Cap City didn't take any new students in those grades, we are in the 30's and 70's on the wait list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

Call me when my daughter is a 5th grader. Oh wait, I'll be killing people to get into BASIS at that point.

You wouldn't happent o be the same parent willing to give both tits for LAMB, are you? I am noting the deepening of your enrollment strategies... giving body parts first, then killing others by middle school. Almost afraid to ask, but what do you think you'll be doing to get into the best high school?



Joking aside, I do see the PPs point about recruiting for older grades. We all hope our DC will be happily settled in some awesome school that feeds into more awesome schools by 2nd grade, but just in case one is not happy, it's good to remember that there are other years when schools have movement, and a lot less people applying by then.

But I'm like everyone else, I want the perfect school for my kid NOW!

HA! No, but I like her style. If she's willing to give 2 tits, I hope mine are bigger

I'm a B cup, so here is yet another school admission factor that I'm not winning on...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is depressing! I am in my second year of lotterying, and it is difficult to hear people rave about their charters and know that you have almost no chance of getting in. Not to say that there aren't other routes to go and other good programs, but it is a real bummer how competitive things are.

I hate when people from MV and YY come on and rave about "come visit our great school" as if anything but luck matters when getting into the school. Sure, I'll visit - if you can tell me that it's really more than a lottery ticket or the birth of another child that would get my kid into one of your 10 slots.

I'm an IT parent, DD is PS3, I've posted in other threads that I used the internet/DCUM and other parent boards to research and decide which schools I would apply to; I did not get my hopes up for any school until I got my lottery numbers, and only visited IT after we got in off of the waitlist. I usually advise that parents with kids applying for PS3-K follow a similar course, the lottery process is just heartwrenching, and it wastes too much energy otherwise.

FWIW, I applied to 6 DCPS and 5 charters; I got calls for 2 of the DCPS schools before the school year ended, but chose IT and we are very happy. I was also willing to bite the bullet and keep DD at her previous daycare/school if we hadn't gotten into a school I was happy with. Best of luck to everyone this year, I remember the experience all too well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

Call me when my daughter is a 5th grader. Oh wait, I'll be killing people to get into BASIS at that point.

You wouldn't happent o be the same parent willing to give both tits for LAMB, are you? I am noting the deepening of your enrollment strategies... giving body parts first, then killing others by middle school. Almost afraid to ask, but what do you think you'll be doing to get into the best high school?



Joking aside, I do see the PPs point about recruiting for older grades. We all hope our DC will be happily settled in some awesome school that feeds into more awesome schools by 2nd grade, but just in case one is not happy, it's good to remember that there are other years when schools have movement, and a lot less people applying by then.

But I'm like everyone else, I want the perfect school for my kid NOW!

HA! No, but I like her style. If she's willing to give 2 tits, I hope mine are bigger

I'm a B cup, so here is yet another school admission factor that I'm not winning on...

DD here! I may be in 400s on the waitlist, but I think I just bumped my kid to the front of the line with breastsize! Woo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not NV parent, but IT parent with similar statistics in PS-K. However, I do actively recruit families of older kids (2nd-5th) as those are always grade levels that can always use more applications.

Call me when my daughter is a 5th grader. Oh wait, I'll be killing people to get into BASIS at that point.

You wouldn't happent o be the same parent willing to give both tits for LAMB, are you? I am noting the deepening of your enrollment strategies... giving body parts first, then killing others by middle school. Almost afraid to ask, but what do you think you'll be doing to get into the best high school?



Joking aside, I do see the PPs point about recruiting for older grades. We all hope our DC will be happily settled in some awesome school that feeds into more awesome schools by 2nd grade, but just in case one is not happy, it's good to remember that there are other years when schools have movement, and a lot less people applying by then.

But I'm like everyone else, I want the perfect school for my kid NOW!

HA! No, but I like her style. If she's willing to give 2 tits, I hope mine are bigger

I'm a B cup, so here is yet another school admission factor that I'm not winning on...

DD here! I may be in 400s on the waitlist, but I think I just bumped my kid to the front of the line with breastsize! Woo!

If we were in a certain other forum, the automatic response to this would be: "That statement is meaningless without photos". But since this is not THAT forum, I'll just say "Whoo hooo, best of luck with admission big-breastisied poster!"

Yes, I know we've devolved... but screw it, it's the stressful Mon after lotteries. We could be tearing each other's throats out, so it's better to just be silly.

[Anonymous]

09:31, that 56% IB stat for Murch on the DPCS website is almost certainly a typo. The true figure is more like 86%. As of two years ago, it was 77% in bounds. There was a whole thread about that number recently.

Here's the thread:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/282248.page

[Anonymous]

One has to wonder what the charters will do with all these breasts. I guess it's a good thing most of them have kitchens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC education has become the quintessential example of "relative deprivation". DC - public and charter - have many good to excellent options for PS3 and PK4 (and not only that!), not to mention that this is one of the very few states in the entire US that even offer publicly funded early childhood education. Sure, you can move to the suburbs, but you'll wait another two years (K) until there are even any spots to be had. Sound better? And when you do, you'll have about 1 (one) choice. Seriously, get your act together, stop with the whining, and get involved if this still doesn't cut it!

This completely misses the point. The competition for PS3 and PK4 slots in the best DCPS and DCPCS programs isn't primarly about access to free childcare (for many people, at least). It's driven by the fact that those PS3 and PK4 slots are the best, and often the only way to get into the elementary program. When applying to schools, I crossed many good to excellent programs off the list because K-5 at those schools was NOT good to excellent. People are looking for options for more than the next 2 years, and telling them that the terrible DCPS down the street has a good early education program doesn't help at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC education has become the quintessential example of "relative deprivation". DC - public and charter - have many good to excellent options for PS3 and PK4 (and not only that!), not to mention that this is one of the very few states in the entire US that even offer publicly funded early childhood education. Sure, you can move to the suburbs, but you'll wait another two years (K) until there are even any spots to be had. Sound better? And when you do, you'll have about 1 (one) choice. Seriously, get your act together, stop with the whining, and get involved if this still doesn't cut it!

This completely misses the point. The competition for PS3 and PK4 slots in the best DCPS and DCPCS programs isn't primarly about access to free childcare (for many people, at least). It's driven by the fact that those PS3 and PK4 slots are the best, and often the only way to get into the elementary program. When applying to schools, I crossed many good to excellent programs off the list because K-5 at those schools was NOT good to excellent. People are looking for options for more than the next 2 years, and telling them that the terrible DCPS down the street has a good early education program doesn't help at all.

I agree with PP. I did not want to put DS in a full time, five day a week program when he was three, but I felt that it was the only way we were going to get into a good school. Luckily we got into one of the new charters and we don't have to play the lottery again, at least until middle school.