GDS, Maret, Sidwell waitlist

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Anonymous wrote:Bus pick ups for the kids on a daily basis is great. It doesn't account for off hours and parent trips, which happen with a modicum of frequency.

If you wanted the most convenient option, you'd be going to your neighborhood public school. Once you are choosing private school, you are accepting a certain amount of logistical inconvenience. So, echoing the pp's point, you need to make peace with the fact that you are unlikely to get in off the waiting list and find the good in the school that is an actual option -- whether that's a private school that is more difficult to get to (but possible, clearly, or you wouldn't have applied) or your neighborhood public school.

[Anonymous]

So many compassionate, wise posts on this thread. It reinforces for me the value of modeling for our children the celebration of what we have and avoiding the obsession of always wishing for something we don’t...let go of the WL and celebrate what’s possible!

[Anonymous]

My DC is on all three waitlists. A surprise to us, to be quite honest. We've pretty much let it go by now.

[Anonymous]

I know a girl who will give up a GDS 9th grade spot if the Walls waitlist moves. I'm sure she's not alone. Walls contracts are due in early May. So maybe there is hope!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a girl who will give up a GDS 9th grade spot if the Walls waitlist moves. I'm sure she's not alone. Walls contracts are due in early May. So maybe there is hope!

Does Walls have contracts? I know enrollment is due May 1. I'm guessing the WL will move quite a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a girl who will give up a GDS 9th grade spot if the Walls waitlist moves. I'm sure she's not alone. Walls contracts are due in early May. So maybe there is hope!

I know a girl who gave up her spot at Walls and will go to GDS. Walls waitlist moves a lot. Last year it went to the 80s.

[Anonymous]

There's hope, folks, but the point is to move on with the options you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's hope, folks, but the point is to move on with the options you have.

+1

There is more hope if you are on the Walls waitlist because it’s actually a numbered list, not a mystery pool. If you are in a private waitlist(pool), let it go.

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Anonymous wrote:Bus pick ups for the kids on a daily basis is great. It doesn't account for off hours and parent trips, which happen with a modicum of frequency.

If you wanted the most convenient option, you'd be going to your neighborhood public school. Once you are choosing private school, you are accepting a certain amount of logistical inconvenience. So, echoing the pp's point, you need to make peace with the fact that you are unlikely to get in off the waiting list and find the good in the school that is an actual option -- whether that's a private school that is more difficult to get to (but possible, clearly, or you wouldn't have applied) or your neighborhood public school.

Not necessarily. Sidwell is walking distance for us while our public school, Wilson, is not.

[Anonymous]

That is only remotely possible if you live in Glover Park or Adams Morgan.

[Anonymous]

If you live in Cleveland Park, Sidwell is much closer, although Wilson is technically walkable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is on all three waitlists. A surprise to us, to be quite honest. We've pretty much let it go by now.

Ours was the same experience last year. DC chose to apply to the 4 most competitive schools and one less so. They were waitlisted at the elites and is attending the backup and is now thriving - so much so their younger sibling will join them next year.. One factor worth noting is DC had friends with similar and even less competitive profiles who got in to multiple elites. The difference? We applied for FA and the other families did not. Fortunately the school we ultimately enrolled in not only accepted DC but provided a very generous package. Lesson learned on how the Elites filter around FA. I don’t blame them - they have a product that is in demand and don’t need to use FA to secure matriculation and can instead use it to promote economic and other diversity. Our family doesn’t buy into the elitist model so we weren’t too bothered by how it all worked out but I would caution anyone who feels their child needs admissions at an elite in order to succeed, remember to avoid applying for FA!

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Anonymous wrote:That is only remotely possible if you live in Glover Park or Adams Morgan.

You clearly don't know Whashington DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bus pick ups for the kids on a daily basis is great. It doesn't account for off hours and parent trips, which happen with a modicum of frequency.

If you wanted the most convenient option, you'd be going to your neighborhood public school. Once you are choosing private school, you are accepting a certain amount of logistical inconvenience. So, echoing the pp's point, you need to make peace with the fact that you are unlikely to get in off the waiting list and find the good in the school that is an actual option -- whether that's a private school that is more difficult to get to (but possible, clearly, or you wouldn't have applied) or your neighborhood public school.

Not necessarily. Sidwell is walking distance for us while our public school, Wilson, is not.

Luckily for you, your high schooler is fully capable of taking the public bus down Wisconsin Ave to Wilson. I'm sorry he'll have to mingle with the unwashed masses!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is only remotely possible if you live in Glover Park or Adams Morgan.

You clearly don't know Whashington DC.

I think the point is, Wilson is 5 blocks from Sidwell. If you can walk to one, you can walk to the other. It just takes another 10 minutes depending on where you are coming from.