waitlisted at Sidwell for Pre-K

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No place is going to have a 100% yield, not even Sidwell. In any given year, there are some applicants who will likely have admissions offers from multiple "Big 3" type schools.

It does seem like pre k would have a 100% yield. Has anyone ever been taking off the wait pool for prek.

Seems the other years have but haven't heard about pre k

I know of one family who was called off the waiting list for PK so it happens.

What year was it?

Last year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No place is going to have a 100% yield, not even Sidwell. In any given year, there are some applicants who will likely have admissions offers from multiple "Big 3" type schools.

It does seem like pre k would have a 100% yield. Has anyone ever been taking off the wait pool for prek.

Seems the other years have but haven't heard about pre k

I know of one family who was called off the waiting list for PK so it happens.

What year was it?

Last year

Was it a sibling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No place is going to have a 100% yield, not even Sidwell. In any given year, there are some applicants who will likely have admissions offers from multiple "Big 3" type schools.

It does seem like pre k would have a 100% yield. Has anyone ever been taking off the wait pool for prek.

Seems the other years have but haven't heard about pre k

I know of one family who was called off the waiting list for PK so it happens.

What year was it?

Last year

It was not. There are not a lot of siblings in the current PK class


Was it a sibling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No place is going to have a 100% yield, not even Sidwell. In any given year, there are some applicants who will likely have admissions offers from multiple "Big 3" type schools.

It does seem like pre k would have a 100% yield. Has anyone ever been taking off the wait pool for prek.

Seems the other years have but haven't heard about pre k

I know of one family who was called off the waiting list for PK so it happens.

What year was it?

Last year

It was not. There are not a lot of siblings in the current PK class


Was it a sibling?

Thank you for your honest reply.

[Anonymous]

Half the class of 22 in PK is for sibs, teachers, Quakers, etc. the other half is for completely new to the school. That means there are 6 girl slots and 6ish boy slots for completely. We to the school people. It’s very hard to get in to PK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Half the class of 22 in PK is for sibs, teachers, Quakers, etc. the other half is for completely new to the school. That means there are 6 girl slots and 6ish boy slots for completely. We to the school people. It’s very hard to get in to PK.

Isn't it 20 spots total? Or did they increase to 22?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:any advice on how to work the waitlist for pre-K at Sidwell? or just wait for the chips to fall?

Send them an email letting them know it is your first choice. If you don't hear anything in a week or two I would call and ask them specially but politely where your child is on the waitlist. They should be able to hint to you your chances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Half the class of 22 in PK is for sibs, teachers, Quakers, etc. the other half is for completely new to the school. That means there are 6 girl slots and 6ish boy slots for completely. We to the school people. It’s very hard to get in to PK.

Isn't it 20 spots total? Or did they increase to 22?

It's just 20. So that means...only 5 boys and 5 girls in the class would be new kids. The class increased from 1 class to 3 in K and they accept 28 new kids for K. So I think word on the street is that it is easier in K to get accepted. We applied for PK and got in, but if we hadn't...I planned to try again for K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:any advice on how to work the waitlist for pre-K at Sidwell? or just wait for the chips to fall?

Send them an email letting them know it is your first choice. If you don't hear anything in a week or two I would call and ask them specially but politely where your child is on the waitlist. They should be able to hint to you your chances.

thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate to burst your bubble but there is virtually no chance of getting in off the waitlist for PreK unless your kid has a sibling there or a parent attended. I know plenty of siblings that were waitlisted for PreK and had to apply again in K. If by chance a spot opened bc someone moved or declined, I guarantee it would go to a sibling first. They also work hard to ensure the class fits certain demographics so a spot might open up but it may be designated for a girl or a boy or a certain race or religion. Your kid on the waitlist would have to fit the demographic they need.

thank you

[Anonymous]

Correct 20 pk spots - 10 spots for sibs/legacies/staff kids, 10 for new kids. This year there were 21+ PK sibs alone competing for the 10 affiliated family PK spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Half the class of 22 in PK is for sibs, teachers, Quakers, etc. the other half is for completely new to the school. That means there are 6 girl slots and 6ish boy slots for completely. We to the school people. It’s very hard to get in to PK.

Isn't it 20 spots total? Or did they increase to 22?

It's just 20. So that means...only 5 boys and 5 girls in the class would be new kids. The class increased from 1 class to 3 in K and they accept 28 new kids for K. So I think word on the street is that it is easier in K to get accepted. We applied for PK and got in, but if we hadn't...I planned to try again for K.

Are there 3 classes for K ? How many students are on each class. I thought there were only 2 classes for K. Did that change this year?

[Anonymous]

K has been three classes of 16 since the pandemic. The smaller class size worked well so they kept the 3 smaller classes post pandemic. It remains 3 classes of 16 for K, 1st and 2nd.