am i going to be at a disadvantage if i wait to until kindgergarten to apply to beauvior, nps, etc??

[Anonymous]

hello. just wondering if i am at a disadvantage if we wait to apply for kindergarten rather than preschool for the nw dc private schools ie: npa, st patricks, sidwell, beauvior, etc..

[Anonymous]

Probably yes. Most schools have more spots in preK than K (often on the order of twice as many), and although you might think that all the siblings get absorbed in preK, that is often not the case.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely! The school my daughter attends has very few K spots, but plenty at the PreK level. We started at PreK and had many friends who only had one option when they applied for K compared to a few choices for PreK. That said, if your child is somewhere that sends a bunch of kids on to private schools, check and see what the main entry point is for those kids and how many were successful at getting in at K.