What are your top choices heading into private K decision day?

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Anonymous wrote:DC got waitlisted at HM. Is it generally a soft No?

Try to find out where they are on the waitlist. In past years they do give almost all waitlist but their waitlist also sometimes moves.

Thanks! Is it the case that these schools all just give waitlist instead of rejections?

Any tips about finding out where DC is on the list? HM asked not to call them in the decision letter. We didn’t get any feedback from preschool director about HM either so very little information

The hill schools seem to like to do this, the others tend to have real WLs but im not 100% sure.

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For HM parent- can your preschool call them or is that not appreciated

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Anonymous wrote:For HM parent- can your preschool call them or is that not appreciated

Tough call. I know a family who got off the HM waitlist last year, but that family was from public school so they didn’t have PSD. Maybe ask your PSD?

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Have heard that HM will indicate “high priority waitlist” on some of their waitlist letters.

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Anonymous wrote:DC got accepted at collegiate

Congrats!! This is one of my top choices for DS next year. Would you mind sharing anything that you think helped or set him/your family apart?

Curious about this too. Anything you could share much appreciated.

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Anyone has experience if feedback is reliable?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone has experience if feedback is reliable?

Same question here. We’ve heard positive feedback from our PSD and it was interpreted as a yes. Wondering if people had been surprised in the past

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone has experience if feedback is reliable?

Same question here. We’ve heard positive feedback from our PSD and it was interpreted as a yes. Wondering if people had been surprised in the past

I did have a friend who got screwed by Brearley (positive feedback to PSD but didn’t get accepted). But most of the times, it is congruent (you will get in).

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone has experience if feedback is reliable?

Same question here. We’ve heard positive feedback from our PSD and it was interpreted as a yes. Wondering if people had been surprised in the past

I did have a friend who got screwed by Brearley (positive feedback to PSD but didn’t get accepted). But most of the times, it is congruent (you will get in).

Did they FC it?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone has experience if feedback is reliable?

Same question here. We’ve heard positive feedback from our PSD and it was interpreted as a yes. Wondering if people had been surprised in the past

I did have a friend who got screwed by Brearley (positive feedback to PSD but didn’t get accepted). But most of the times, it is congruent (you will get in).

And in that case couldn’t they work the WL?

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I also have a friend who got great feedback from one of the girls’ school and she FCed it. The feedback was that her DD will be one of the accepted students - at least that was how she presented to me and others. She got WL and also could not work the WL. Everyone was wondering what happened?

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Anonymous wrote:I also have a friend who got great feedback from one of the girls’ school and she FCed it. The feedback was that her DD will be one of the accepted students - at least that was how she presented to me and others. She got WL and also could not work the WL. Everyone was wondering what happened?

Is that a different school from above?

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Anonymous wrote:I also have a friend who got great feedback from one of the girls’ school and she FCed it. The feedback was that her DD will be one of the accepted students - at least that was how she presented to me and others. She got WL and also could not work the WL. Everyone was wondering what happened?

Is that a different school from above?

Yes, a different school.

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Anonymous wrote:I also have a friend who got great feedback from one of the girls’ school and she FCed it. The feedback was that her DD will be one of the accepted students - at least that was how she presented to me and others. She got WL and also could not work the WL. Everyone was wondering what happened?

Is that a different school from above?

Yes, a different school.

Are they at a connected preschool where psd is very experienced?

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Anonymous wrote:DC got accepted at collegiate

Congrats!! This is one of my top choices for DS next year. Would you mind sharing anything that you think helped or set him/your family apart?

Curious about this too. Anything you could share much appreciated.

Parent statement is 5000 characters so you can actually write a thoughtful statement. Some schools wanted less than half that in length which made it more challenging.

They allow you to submit a child's work sample too which also allowed for some additional flavorful storytelling.

In the end -- there's no surefire way if you're not sibling/legacy (which generally fills up 50%+ of these classes at most schools is my understanding). I'm sure these schools have way more interested families than they can accept so part of it is down to having your child have a good playdate (bright, curious, etc.) and coming across as interested and devoted parents who will be good partners along the way (no administration wants drama and misaligned expectations). The admissions team no doubt tries to assemble a class with varied characteristics so that adds a lot of unknowns as well.

But this can all be applied towards almost any of the private schools that continue to see lots of enrollment interest post-pandemic. I encourage you to visit and decide it's actually the right choice for you -- the school (like any other) wants to see genuine enthusiasm in the parents who choose to enroll their kids there as it's ideally a 13-year journey partnering with a school.