Admission Acceptance Rates at Beauvoir, Norwood and WES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: STA Landon Maret Sidwell GP NCS HA
Students 565 679 600 1,100 447 578 655

Endowment 35 m 14 m 10 m 37 m 80 m 19 m 51 m

Endowment/student $61,947 $20,619 $16,667 $33,636 $178,971 $32,872 77K

Acceptance Rate 30% 30% 10% 19% 28% 30% 50%

Maret takes 10% and Sidwell takes 19%? This doesn't seem right. Or perhaps it's for a year like 6th grade, or maybe 7th grade, when some schools are taking lots of entrants and others just aren't?

These numbers shouldn't just be taken straight, either. For example, some schools will fill 30% of the class with siblings or legacies, meaning that the numbers for non-siblings are much higher.

If the numbers are taken from PrepReview.com, then they likely reflect admission for grades 9-12 only.

[Anonymous]

Seems like a lot of these statistics ought to be taken with some skepticism. For example, most other sites list Exeter's admission rates much higher: 21-25% (http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/16761 and http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/6 and http://privateschool.about.com/od/schoolsnh/p/exeter.htm and ).

[Anonymous]

So it sounds like a boy who gets into Beauvoir is pretty much a shoo-in for St. Alban's. Is that correct? I thought it was supposed to be almost impossible to get into that school.

[Anonymous]

Not automatic (particularly as of late), but shooin is affirmative (preferential treatment).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: STA Landon Maret Sidwell GP NCS HA
Students 565 679 600 1,100 447 578 655

Endowment 35 m 14 m 10 m 37 m 80 m 19 m 51 m

Endowment/student $61,947 $20,619 $16,667 $33,636 $178,971 $32,872 77K

Acceptance Rate 30% 30% 10% 19% 28% 30% 50%

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Exeter Andover St Paul's Groton

Students 1,030 1,095 530 350

Endowment $1,007 m $770 m $438 m $237 m

Endowment/student $977,670 $703,196 $826,415 $677.143

Acceptance 17% 19% 20% 15%



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m = million
Source: PrepReview.com

Thanks for putting us DC people into our place. Puts things in perspective.

[Anonymous]

Norwood gets about 125 applications for K. They accept about 25 sibs and 25 new students.

[Anonymous]

Based on those stats, it sounds like the acceptance rate at Norwood is about 40%. Does anyone have any info on the acceptance rate at Beauvoir?

[Anonymous]

We already know that many on this board are offended by historical context, facts and data. This data does not put anyone in their place but simply grounds potential circuitous hot air largely based on innuendo and anecdote. While statistics can mislead the information on private school endowment per pupil is telling even if some schools are either day, boarding and/or both.

For all the bombastic pride hurled around about "Big whatever" elite privates in the DC area where's the beef when it comes to endowment and support? Some of these fancy, rich local schools have been around for decades. Are you really getting your money's worth?

I have not found any published data yet on acceptance rates to area pre-K, K, 1, 3, 4 or 6th grades. These are highly skewed by whether one enters from designated feeder schools. For example, the acceptance rate for Beauvoir boys into STA (preferential treatment) may be significantly different than that of public school or other boys.

[Anonymous]

Norwood acceptance rate may be a teeny bit lower than 40%. The acceptance for sibs is very high. So you could say those spots are reserved. So you are looking at 100 applications for 25 spots.
That said OP, you need to look at something else. Many people who apply to any of the big 3 or 4 also apply to all of the big 3. So I bet about 1000 applications of the same kids are circulating for x number of spots. x is spots at SWF+GDS+B+M. That makes the chances of getting into any ONE of those schools much higher.
BTW, as choosy as Sidwell is, I know at least 6 families whose kids have been accepted who opted to go to public school. Mostly for financial or commute issues, some for social reasons (loss of old friends). These, of course, are all MC families. But my point is that it is not that big to everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it sounds like a boy who gets into Beauvoir is pretty much a shoo-in for St. Alban's. Is that correct? I thought it was supposed to be almost impossible to get into that school.

That's why it is so incredibly difficult to get into Beauvoir (and no my child is not at the school). The criteria and scores for most Beauvoir applicants are really high - most are super super bright and my friends whose children were admitted all had 95% or higher (obviously there are exceptions so don't feel the need to point them all out). Beauvoir boys must do well on the ERBs just like everyone else and believe me there are Beavuoir boys that don't get accepted at STA. STA is a really difficult school and they don't accept students that don't meet the criteria and standards because they don't want kids all flunking out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So it sounds like a boy who gets into Beauvoir is pretty much a shoo-in for St. Alban's. Is that correct? I thought it was supposed to be almost impossible to get into that school.

That's why it is so incredibly difficult to get into Beauvoir (and no my child is not at the school). The criteria and scores for most Beauvoir applicants are really high - most are super super bright and my friends whose children were admitted all had 95% or higher (obviously there are exceptions so don't feel the need to point them all out). Beauvoir boys must do well on the ERBs just like everyone else and believe me there are Beavuoir boys that don't get accepted at STA. STA is a really difficult school and they don't accept students that don't meet the criteria and standards because they don't want kids all flunking out.

So how come STA kids aren't doing a lot better on the SAT than Whitman kids. Is STA taking bright kids and ruining them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: STA Landon Maret Sidwell GP NCS HA
Students 565 679 600 1,100 447 578 655

Endowment 35 m 14 m 10 m 37 m 80 m 19 m 51 m

Endowment/student $61,947 $20,619 $16,667 $33,636 $178,971 $32,872 77K

Acceptance Rate 30% 30% 10% 19% 28% 30% 50%

Maret takes 10% and Sidwell takes 19%? This doesn't seem right. Or perhaps it's for a year like 6th grade, or maybe 7th grade, when some schools are taking lots of entrants and others just aren't?

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Based on experience applying to 9th grade out of a k-8 school these stats don't surprise me. In DCs class only a few kids applied to Sidwell and 2 were accepted. Many kids applied to Maret and 2 were accepted (interestingly a different 2, neither of whom had applied to Sidwell). Based on this micro population the Sidwell rate was 50% and the Maret rate was about 12%. However there was far more self selection in the Sidwell applicants so it wasn't quite apples to apples.

[Anonymous]

I doubt the main criteria for entry into Beauvoir is about brains (particularly in early years) rather it's big bucks. Beauvoir does not have the luxury of endowment to go purely after brains (if you can define that in a 3, 4 or 5 year-old). These bucks feed and nourish the early entry years at STA and NCS. You will definetely need the brains and performance (art, debate, music, athletics) to matriculate at later entry points (e.g., 9 th Grade)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt the main criteria for entry into Beauvoir is about brains (particularly in early years) rather it's big bucks.

I think that's a load of horseshit.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if 14:52's DC was actually rejected by Beauvoir at some point. Otherwise, why waste time insulting people who have their DCs at the school by claiming that they lack brain power?