How many kids with very high WPPSI scores WERE accepted at B/G/S/(M) last year?

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, we're nothing special and my DC comes off as an abrasive ass sometimes.

What are you referring to?

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Did you get in, or not get in?

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folks with IQ's about average can make it through Sidwell.

I'm really not sure about this. I was a 99 percentile kid and Sidwell was tough for me. I didn't find my (top-notch) university nearly as challenging. This was obviously some time ago, but I imagine it's only gotten more rigorous.

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Anonymous wrote:

folks with IQ's about average can make it through Sidwell.

I'm really not sure about this. I was a 99 percentile kid and Sidwell was tough for me. I didn't find my (top-notch) university nearly as challenging. This was obviously some time ago, but I imagine it's only gotten more rigorous.

Average kids can get through, but in what shape, well that is something else. I have very average in intellect, and I completed a bachelors in math at a very prestigious NY Univ. My cousin who is also very average finished in the top 10% of law grads at G'town. If you make up your mind, it can be done.

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Georgetown Law is one of the biggest law schools in the country. Top 10% is about 60-70 people.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Law is one of the biggest law schools in the country. Top 10% is about 60-70 people.

and?

Statistics, anyone? Top 10% of an elite and large law school is not to shabby. If I went to Suffolk law and was in the top 10% sharing that with, say 10 people, wow! Now THAT'S impressive.

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My DC scored at the 99% across the board for the WPPSI. I think my child is smart, but not overly gifted. My child is outgoing, athletic and personable. However, we did not get into Beauvoir or Sidwell for Pre K. We are trying for Sidwell again this year, though chances are very slim. One person asked for hindsight, I honestly don't have any. I think we handled everything well, playdates went well, we did secure a letter or two from a current family, our recs were good. I think it was just numbers. I am not going to obsess over it and I think that our child will do well wherever.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Law is one of the biggest law schools in the country. Top 10% is about 60-70 people.

This is the type of parent that the schools would prefer to see less.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Law is one of the biggest law schools in the country. Top 10% is about 60-70 people.

This is the type of parent that the schools would prefer to see less.

Actually, you are the type they'd prefer less of (and I'm not even PP that you're referring to). Why the unnecessary snarkiness?

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Anonymous wrote:My DC scored at the 99% across the board for the WPPSI. I think my child is smart, but not overly gifted. My child is outgoing, athletic and personable. However, we did not get into Beauvoir or Sidwell for Pre K. We are trying for Sidwell again this year, though chances are very slim. One person asked for hindsight, I honestly don't have any. I think we handled everything well, playdates went well, we did secure a letter or two from a current family, our recs were good. I think it was just numbers. I am not going to obsess over it and I think that our child will do well wherever.

From what I understand of last years Sidwell Pre-K, there was about a 1-10 chance of acceptance, so it is really a numbers game.

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A numbers game, yes. But the numbers/odds appear to be different for different pools of applicants, not sure I want to hijack the discussion into which pools on yet another thread, but you probably already know what I mean.

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How about this:

Forget your child's numbers. They schools are looking to admit families, not individual children. I saw who from my dd's top tier preschool got admitted to the "big 3" (we didn't apply to any, so I can't say whether my 99% dd would have been admitted or not), and I can state with certainty that the ones who did get admitted were the ones whose parents had been most active in the preschool: the ones who raised money, who were class parents, who volunteered for every committee.

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I agree that parental involvement in preschool/ elementary school is a huge factor in who gets into the best elementary/middle schools. That's certainly what I saw in our private elementary.

As a working mom it made me pretty bitter, because a lot of the committees met during the day. And even if you could attend daytime meetings once every few weeks, can anybody really run the auction, or take on other leadership positions, while holding down a full-time job? As a researcher, at one point I was dying to do a survey of private school acceptances to find out how kids with working moms fared.

I do think numbers are important for families too, we're talking family characteristics here.

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and I can state with certainty that the ones who did get admitted were the ones whose parents had been most active in the preschool: the ones who raised money, who were class parents, who volunteered for every committee.

OMG (what's the 40 yr old's equivalent to omg?), I know of a mom in dc's preschool who specifically and forthrightly volunteers for all the high visibility jobs so that their applicant children will stand out. the jobs where you get name recognition and lots of face time with the director herself, as opposed to constantly driving to field trips and replenishing the cheese stick supply.

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I agree, chaperoning the field trips is a huge waste of time from the point of view of getting face time with the director. You're much better off running the auction or the PTO.

On the other hand, the field trips are great for bonding with your kids, so some of us do it for that reason