Edmund Burke Acceptance Rates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got in at Burke for 6th but zero word on aid. My son is so excited and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can make this work for him. I sent an email this morning, so if there's any good info I will post!

I'll be checking here to see if you update. We are in the same situation and were really hoping for financial aid, although we knew that this might be an unusually tough year. Still, no definitive statement that we were denied aid (or that we're on a waitlist for it) has us hoping for a miracle, even though we know that's unlikely. We did receive an offer for a good amount of financial aid from another, less expensive school, but they used a non-Clarity system. If we got a similar offer from Burke, we'd accept right away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got in at Burke for 6th but zero word on aid. My son is so excited and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can make this work for him. I sent an email this morning, so if there's any good info I will post!

I'll be checking here to see if you update. We are in the same situation and were really hoping for financial aid, although we knew that this might be an unusually tough year. Still, no definitive statement that we were denied aid (or that we're on a waitlist for it) has us hoping for a miracle, even though we know that's unlikely. We did receive an offer for a good amount of financial aid from another, less expensive school, but they used a non-Clarity system. If we got a similar offer from Burke, we'd accept right away.

Have you called them and asked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got in at Burke for 6th but zero word on aid. My son is so excited and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can make this work for him. I sent an email this morning, so if there's any good info I will post!

I'll be checking here to see if you update. We are in the same situation and were really hoping for financial aid, although we knew that this might be an unusually tough year. Still, no definitive statement that we were denied aid (or that we're on a waitlist for it) has us hoping for a miracle, even though we know that's unlikely. We did receive an offer for a good amount of financial aid from another, less expensive school, but they used a non-Clarity system. If we got a similar offer from Burke, we'd accept right away.

I'm the poster you replied to - we've been waitlisted for aid. I would email the admissions office. Sounds like a tech glitch resulted in a few people getting incomplete info. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I'm the poster you replied to - we've been waitlisted for aid. I would email the admissions office. Sounds like a tech glitch resulted in a few people getting incomplete info. Good luck!

Yep, turns out we're in the same boat. Crossing our fingers!

[Anonymous]

We were initially on the financial aid waitlist. Burke sent a new updated contract with an offer of aid today. That’s what we needed to go ahead and send our deposit!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were initially on the financial aid waitlist. Burke sent a new updated contract with an offer of aid today. That’s what we needed to go ahead and send our deposit!

So jealous! That's awesome and congrats!

[Anonymous]

Can anyone here be more transparent about aid at Burke? How much is your HHI? Do they look at other assets? What is typical aid in terms of $ or tuition %?

[Anonymous]

We didn't get FA, our HHI is $450k. One needs to apply for aid using Ravenna which looks at the entire picture (HHI, assets, # of kids, and much more).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone here be more transparent about aid at Burke? How much is your HHI? Do they look at other assets? What is typical aid in terms of $ or tuition %?

They look at everything you have. There is no "typical aid" from what I understand, though they seem to have a reputation of giving a little to many.

IME, the vast majority of families seem to be very well off but it is a private school, so that fits the expectation. Some families are of more modest income, but that's "DC modest" not typically American-family modest so still high earners.

These are the stats they offer on the site:
35% of Burke families (approximately) receive financial aid annually
$250,000 and less annually is when households are typically eligible for some level of financial assistance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn't get FA, our HHI is $450k. One needs to apply for aid using Ravenna which looks at the entire picture (HHI, assets, # of kids, and much more).

I would hope HHI $450k doesn’t get aid. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We didn't get FA, our HHI is $450k. One needs to apply for aid using Ravenna which looks at the entire picture (HHI, assets, # of kids, and much more).

$450k and you asked? Is FA from the annual galas of those already paying tuition?

[Anonymous]

What do you mean about kids without red flags? What is considered a red flag?

[Anonymous]

PP can you reference the post you’re replying to. Are you asking about red flags for acceptance or FA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If throughout the process you demonstrated a sincere interest and your child has no red flags, I’d say the odds are really in your favor. We applied years ago and DS got in. He was very enthusiastic. He lit up during the open house, his shadow visit and interview. It was his first choice. Sadly we weren’t able to pull off the tuition even cobbling money together from multiple sources. There just wasn’t a lot of FA. We’ve always regretted we couldn’t make it happen because it’s a fantastic place. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

The quote above about red flag