2025 Admission Results

[Anonymous]

Daughter in at Holton!

Donated as well…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4th grade
Sidwell - waitlisted
Maret - waitlisted
Potomac School - waitlisted
We did not get in anywhere. I am so incredibly disappointed. Do we have any hope to get off waitlists..

Reach out to Potomac and tell them they are your first choice and if extended an offer, you will accept. It’s highest probability of the 3 schools.

Actually Maret would be the highest probability now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter rejected Hilton for 3 rd grade. Disappointed. She had best scores in her school. Good recommendation. Well and talented kid. Don’t know why we didn’t get in.

Where else did you apply?

Now where. Just holton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter rejected Hilton for 3 rd grade. Disappointed. She had best scores in her school. Good recommendation. Well and talented kid. Don’t know why we didn’t get in.

Where else did you apply?

Now where. Just holton

These schools have voluminous quantities of highly qualified applicants (at all ages). Just like in the college process, your kid can be immensely talented with great grades and a big personality but that's really just table stakes. It's a bit of a crapshoot. I know this doesn't help now, but if you want your kid in private school, apply to 4-5, including some that are marginally less competitive. Putting your eggs in one basket is rarely a great strategy. Sorry to say that and I hope that the current school situation is at least tenable enough to get you to the next application cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter rejected Hilton for 3 rd grade. Disappointed. She had best scores in her school. Good recommendation. Well and talented kid. Don’t know why we didn’t get in.

Where else did you apply?

Now where. Just holton

These schools have voluminous quantities of highly qualified applicants (at all ages). Just like in the college process, your kid can be immensely talented with great grades and a big personality but that's really just table stakes. It's a bit of a crapshoot. I know this doesn't help now, but if you want your kid in private school, apply to 4-5, including some that are marginally less competitive. Putting your eggs in one basket is rarely a great strategy. Sorry to say that and I hope that the current school situation is at least tenable enough to get you to the next application cycle.

Thankyou.
Maybe in middle school. lol.
Feel sad though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daughter in at Holton!

Donated as well…..

Congrats! Hope your family will join. We love it there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two siblings, 4th grade and 6th grade
GDS accepted
NCS accepted
Maret wait-listed
Sidwell rejected

I think GDS is a better fit for one and NCS is a better fit for the other, so we need to decide if we want to split them up

We also have kids applying to 4th/6th grades. They were waitlisted at the seven schools we applied to (applied broadly to try and avoid this).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two siblings, 4th grade and 6th grade
GDS accepted
NCS accepted
Maret wait-listed
Sidwell rejected

I think GDS is a better fit for one and NCS is a better fit for the other, so we need to decide if we want to split them up

We also have kids applying to 4th/6th grades. They were waitlisted at the seven schools we applied to (applied broadly to try and avoid this).

Sorry to hear it. Sounds like you did everything right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter rejected Hilton for 3 rd grade. Disappointed. She had best scores in her school. Good recommendation. Well and talented kid. Don’t know why we didn’t get in.

Probably because you did not donated to the Admissions Fund…. Everyone who donated, got accepted.

What is the admissions fund?

[Anonymous]

Accepted at Holton for 4th grade. Side question: Has anyone ever declined acceptance in elementary and then applied in a higher grade like middle school and accepted again?

[Anonymous]

DC in at Field! Trying to find out when the start and end times are for the school day. Can a current parent let me know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Accepted at Holton for 4th grade. Side question: Has anyone ever declined acceptance in elementary and then applied in a higher grade like middle school and accepted again?

I heard you should never do that.

[Anonymous]

Is the admission fund a joke?

[Anonymous]

It helps to donate at the $5,000 "Preferred Candidate" level or the $10,000 "Admissions Trailblazer" level. Of course, if you have $25K and can join the "Admitted Students Circle," you have historically been in good shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Accepted at Holton for 4th grade. Side question: Has anyone ever declined acceptance in elementary and then applied in a higher grade like middle school and accepted again?

I’m sure there are some anecdotal stories of that happening, but it’s not likely. Why should a school take a chance on a kid a second time when they were turned down the first time, given how many excellent applicants all the schools have? If you really want to be there, take the spot now.