Friday March 3 2023 Admissions decisions reveal

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS family here. Applied for 6th grade, got into NCS, Holton and WIS. Waitlist at Sidwell.

Congrats. The Sidwell waitlist is very real!

DS is on Sidwells waitlist too. I know he won’t get in. He will just accept to another top 10 local school.

Sidwell's waitlist is VERY real. Quite possible he'll get in.

It must be real. The year our kid applied to private schools, Sidwell kept asking us throughout the summer whether we still wanted our kid to remain on it despite several attempts to tell them that we no longer wanted our kid on the waitlist (or whatever you want to call it). They were very nice, but just weird.

What do you mean by "asking"? We got a lot of mass emails with no real information. I wouldn't equate that with an individual person reaching out to ask.

What’s this recent? How many years ago?
A direct email to us from the admissions person we (as parents) interviewed with asking whether we wanted our kid to remain on their list.

[Anonymous]

At our MCPS elementary there was one GDS/Sidwell admit (child had siblings attend both), one WES admit, several GDS/Sidwell waitlists, and one NCS waitlist, that I'm aware of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our MCPS elementary there was one GDS/Sidwell admit (child had siblings attend both), one WES admit, several GDS/Sidwell waitlists, and one NCS waitlist, that I'm aware of.

No Sidwell regrets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our MCPS elementary there was one GDS/Sidwell admit (child had siblings attend both), one WES admit, several GDS/Sidwell waitlists, and one NCS waitlist, that I'm aware of.

Any choosing to stay at pubic instead even with an offer?

[Anonymous]

For HS we personally know of at least one, possibly two, for magnets. I think every year you'll get a group of kids like this.

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Anonymous wrote:For HS we personally know of at least one, possibly two, for magnets. I think every year you'll get a group of kids like this.

Is the decision timing in alignment with the privates?

[Anonymous]

Is this now the week in which the schools admissions will start notifying parents on the waitlist of the available spots? I mean starting today?

[Anonymous]

Is your questions for a Catholic school with the notification and decision deadline of last week?

While the waitlists might move marginally for the very large Catholics (Gonzaga, SJC, OLGC), they rarely move for most of the independents. For most schools in Washington, waitlist can be equated to a polite “no” and your plans should assume that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your questions for a Catholic school with the notification and decision deadline of last week?

While the waitlists might move marginally for the very large Catholics (Gonzaga, SJC, OLGC), they rarely move for most of the independents. For most schools in Washington, waitlist can be equated to a polite “no” and your plans should assume that.

There are a few schools that actually send rejection letters. (For example Sidwell."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS family here. Applied for 6th grade, got into NCS, Holton and WIS. Waitlist at Sidwell.

Congrats. The Sidwell waitlist is very real!

DS is on Sidwells waitlist too. I know he won’t get in. He will just accept to another top 10 local school.

Have you heard anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS family here. Applied for 6th grade, got into NCS, Holton and WIS. Waitlist at Sidwell.

Congrats. The Sidwell waitlist is very real!

DS is on Sidwells waitlist too. I know he won’t get in. He will just accept to another top 10 local school.

Have you heard anything?

Nope. Not expecting to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS family here. Applied for 6th grade, got into NCS, Holton and WIS. Waitlist at Sidwell.

Congrats. The Sidwell waitlist is very real!

DS is on Sidwells waitlist too. I know he won’t get in. He will just accept to another top 10 local school.

Have you heard anything?

Nope. Not expecting to.

Have they been communicative in any way whatsoever since the decisions posted??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS family here. Applied for 6th grade, got into NCS, Holton and WIS. Waitlist at Sidwell.

Congrats. The Sidwell waitlist is very real!

DS is on Sidwells waitlist too. I know he won’t get in. He will just accept to another top 10 local school.

Have you heard anything?

Nope. Not expecting to.

Have they been communicative in any way whatsoever since the decisions posted??

No, no responses.

[Anonymous]

"Reveal." Sounds like a game show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Reveal." Sounds like a game show.

The decisions for these privates are "revealed" at about the same time in an app/webspace in the same portal. (All decisions - accepted, rejected/regrets, waitlist/wait-pools)