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Anonymous
| How easy (or difficult) is it for siblings to get accepted at Maret, GDS and Sidwell? Thanks! |
Anonymous
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RE GDS. Most families I know in the LS have all of their kids there. The exceptions are cases where the sib that doesn't attend would not do well at the school (e.g. learning disability, different learning style). As the kids get older, I see more families split up, but often that's not about admissions -- it's about one kid thriving and the other not or one kid eager to pursue some opportunity better pursued elsewhere (e.g. football).
Bottom line seems to be that if one kid gets in and the sibs can handle the work, then eventually they'll probably get in too. But when can be an issue, because it depends on available spaces and some grades are just not entry years. There's a lot of anxiety about sibs getting in, but in practice it doesn't seem to be a big problem -- although it's definitely the case that some sibs don't get in the PreK year and have to wait until K. |
Anonymous
| Because Maret is so small they may accept fewer sibs. When we toured this year, the AD told us that about 60% of sibs were accepted. |
Anonymous
| So, are you in at all three and choosing among them based on sibling preference for a future applicant? |
Anonymous
| In July? Well, nothing's impossible, but it seems pretty unlikely... |
Anonymous
| OP here. No, we haven't been accepted at all 3. We are at a PK-8 school and our older DC's advisor recommended that we look at those three schools for high school (DC #1 will be in 8th grade next year). Our younger DC will be in 5th grade next year. So my question is slightly different: which of these schools accepts siblings at the high school level more readily? |
Anonymous
| My friend's child is in 7th grade at Sidwell and doing fine and her younger sibling didn't get in. |
Anonymous
OMG. And they don't pull the 7th grader in a huff? |
Anonymous
| No; she's very happy there. The sibling will be going to another private school. But my friend was pretty upset. |
Anonymous
I hope they explained it well to the "rejected" sibling. |