Potomac Waitlist - Any Movement?

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Anonymous wrote:Worst school to be on the waitlist seems to be GDS this year due to the enrollment issues..

And every year.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst school to be on the waitlist seems to be GDS this year due to the enrollment issues..

And every year.

I doubt its worse than Potomac. It’s possible they are neck and neck, but GDS can’t be worse than Potomac.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst school to be on the waitlist seems to be GDS this year due to the enrollment issues..

And every year.

I doubt it’s worse than Potomac. It’s possible they are neck and neck, but GDS can’t be worse than Potomac.

Pure speculation, but if GDS was indeed extra concerned about reducing their class size, they may have been more conservative than usual in calculating their yield out of the number of people they offer acceptances to, which could actually make them more likely to be going to the waitlist than in previous years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to have someone with influence campaigning for you to get in Potomac.

No it is definitely the opposite of this. Have your school or if you are in a sport or passion activity advocate or maybe an educational consultant. I have heard the admissions team doesn’t want to hear from current parents.

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Anonymous wrote:You have to have someone with influence campaigning for you to get in Potomac.

No it is definitely the opposite of this. Have your school or if you are in a sport or passion activity advocate or maybe an educational consultant. I have heard the admissions team doesn’t want to hear from current parents.

Not necessarily parents, unless the parents have influence. A coach may have influence, but not sure about a consultant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there was a thread about rejection letters and it mentioned Potomac rejection letters?

We have kids at Potomac and yes, they absolutely reject. They accept, waitlist and reject.
We do have a few friends who in past years have gotten off the w/l at various points. One got off the w/l for a LS grade in August b/c a current family ended up moving away. I also know two families who have gotten in for 9th (in different years) over the summer, so don't give up hope!

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Anonymous wrote:Lower grades. Almost impossible at 9th.

K is easiest as it all new kids.

actually, the other way around. 9th probably easiest because its more or less new kids to the school. K is a lot of siblings, legacy, VIP, strong hooks.

You don't think it's the same in 9th? Many siblings, legacy, VIP every 9th grade year plus academic and sports super stars.

A lot more siblings coming into K than 9th. They're all pretty hard years, but K is near impossible now. 7th and 9th probably the two easiest for outsiders

4th is the easiest. Most people do not want to move kids in elementary school. A lot of Potomac parents wait until 7th and 9th. K lets in a lot of kids but at least 3/4 are not siblings so worth a try and then 4th and then 7th and of course 9th.

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This plus another good entry year is 6th grade. They add at least 8 kids, sometimes more. Lots of kids applying out of public school elementary schools but not yet the competition from k-8, so less applicants

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Anonymous wrote:That is not true. Stop it. I know that 9th grade moves. It may take awhile but I can think of several kids who were WL and got off lost. Might be tighter for younger years she. the added spots are so small but seems like every year hs list does move.

I don't know about this year. Very few kids are weighing multiple acceptances at the same level of school.

There is absolutely no way for you to know that this is true. Perhaps for the circle of kids you know, but certainly the applicant pool is much larger than people you know.

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Anonymous wrote:Lower grades. Almost impossible at 9th.

K is easiest as it all new kids.

actually, the other way around. 9th probably easiest because its more or less new kids to the school. K is a lot of siblings, legacy, VIP, strong hooks.

You don't think it's the same in 9th? Many siblings, legacy, VIP every 9th grade year plus academic and sports super stars.

A lot more siblings coming into K than 9th. They're all pretty hard years, but K is near impossible now. 7th and 9th probably the two easiest for outsiders

4th is the easiest. Most people do not want to move kids in elementary school. A lot of Potomac parents wait until 7th and 9th. K lets in a lot of kids but at least 3/4 are not siblings so worth a try and then 4th and then 7th and of course 9th.

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This plus another good entry year is 6th grade. They add at least 8 kids, sometimes more. Lots of kids applying out of public school elementary schools but not yet the competition from k-8, so less applicants

6th is rather difficult. They had near 100 applicants this year for 6 spots

[Anonymous]

There are probably >10,000 kids on the waitlist at Potomac

[Anonymous]

4th will be tough this year and unlikely to move - know at least four siblings on the WL. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:Lower grades. Almost impossible at 9th.

K is easiest as it all new kids.

actually, the other way around. 9th probably easiest because its more or less new kids to the school. K is a lot of siblings, legacy, VIP, strong hooks.

You don't think it's the same in 9th? Many siblings, legacy, VIP every 9th grade year plus academic and sports super stars.

A lot more siblings coming into K than 9th. They're all pretty hard years, but K is near impossible now. 7th and 9th probably the two easiest for outsiders

4th is the easiest. Most people do not want to move kids in elementary school. A lot of Potomac parents wait until 7th and 9th. K lets in a lot of kids but at least 3/4 are not siblings so worth a try and then 4th and then 7th and of course 9th.

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This plus another good entry year is 6th grade. They add at least 8 kids, sometimes more. Lots of kids applying out of public school elementary schools but not yet the competition from k-8, so less applicants

6th is rather difficult. They had near 100 applicants this year for 6 spots

I believe there were 8 spots? I am not sure how many 7th grade spots there actually were (unsure if anyone is not returning from current 6th grade), but there were over 150 applications for 7th this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Lower grades. Almost impossible at 9th.

K is easiest as it all new kids.

actually, the other way around. 9th probably easiest because its more or less new kids to the school. K is a lot of siblings, legacy, VIP, strong hooks.

You don't think it's the same in 9th? Many siblings, legacy, VIP every 9th grade year plus academic and sports super stars.

A lot more siblings coming into K than 9th. They're all pretty hard years, but K is near impossible now. 7th and 9th probably the two easiest for outsiders

4th is the easiest. Most people do not want to move kids in elementary school. A lot of Potomac parents wait until 7th and 9th. K lets in a lot of kids but at least 3/4 are not siblings so worth a try and then 4th and then 7th and of course 9th.

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This plus another good entry year is 6th grade. They add at least 8 kids, sometimes more. Lots of kids applying out of public school elementary schools but not yet the competition from k-8, so less applicants

6th is rather difficult. They had near 100 applicants this year for 6 spots

I believe there were 8 spots? I am not sure how many 7th grade spots there actually were (unsure if anyone is not returning from current 6th grade), but there were over 150 applications for 7th this year.

The spots available depend on several variables but this year they accepted 6 kids. We were waitlisted and got those numbers directly from admissions. They offered admission to just over 20 for 7th grade

[Anonymous]

DC is on the waiting list and just got accepted by TJ. We are surprised that we haven’t heard much movement after the tj admission decisions were out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is on the waiting list and just got accepted by TJ. We are surprised that we haven’t heard much movement after the tj admission decisions were out.

I think it was a rough year for TJ admissions, too.