Do safety schools exist anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

[Anonymous]

There really are none. It's about supply and demand. Obviously schools in the city limits are getting the most applicants so suburban schools have more flexibility. However, post covid do not count on anything.

Apply to AT LEAST five schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Not SAES.

Yes. SAES accepts b students. Guess how I know
?

Just stop. This isn't helpful for those who did not get into these schools.

I have an all A’s URM who is a very talented athlete in a sport valued over there and takes mostly honors courses, that was waitlisted for 9th. We were fortunate to have offers from schools we likely would have chosen over SAES regardless though.
I assumed admissions was very competitive there. Maybe they met their quota of this particular URM or we could have needed too much aid I guess.
I did like the school though and admissions were very friendly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

Is not necessarily about "level of student" as she is talking bout the scholars program (competitive), but because Olney's population density is nothing like NW dC or the very close in suburbs, there are fewer applicants. This is not so however with the scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Does Basis have a waitlist or is it just yes or no over there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Not SAES.

Yes. SAES accepts b students. Guess how I know
?

Just stop. This isn't helpful for those who did not get into these schools.

I have an all A’s URM who is a very talented athlete in a sport valued over there and takes mostly honors courses, that was waitlisted for 9th. We were fortunate to have offers from schools we likely would have chosen over SAES regardless though.
I assumed admissions was very competitive there. Maybe they met their quota of this particular URM or we could have needed too much aid I guess.
I did like the school though and admissions were very friendly.

Exactly. You ar not alone. This happens to almost everyone. There are no true "safety schools" in the DC Area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Basis have a waitlist or is it just yes or no over there?

I would assume it does. There is no way any school is certain they would have a 100 percent yield. (Except maybe Sidwell.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

This is fake news. They offer more ap classes then either GP or SA. The IB program is world renowned. It is objectively a much much better school the GP and competitive to St. Alban's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

This is fake news. They offer more ap classes then either GP or SA. The IB program is world renowned. It is objectively a much much better school the GP and competitive to St. Alban's.

🤣🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Same. From our k-8 it was the safety for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

This is fake news. They offer more ap classes then either GP or SA. The IB program is world renowned. It is objectively a much much better school the GP and competitive to St. Alban's.

🤣🤣🤣

Don't take my word for it. Talk to independent College counselors or admissions tesms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

No. It isn’t. My neighbor’s DD did not get into GC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

Why are you so defensive? I have two daughters so I certainly don’t have an ax to grind with Prep. The rising 9th grader I know who was recently admitted to Prep seems to be on the autism spectrum (the high-functioning side). My question is sincere. Does Prep have a program like SJC’s Benilde program for students with learning differences?