2009 Private School Admission Results - Share them as you get them!

[Anonymous]

OP about legacy here,
Hard to imagine how they decide a right fit for a child at age 4, but there's nothing weird about my kid. She's a normal DC type A parents brilliant 4 year old who plays well with others and doesn't eat paper or paste.
When I emailed my friends/family today about the rejection the most common response was...WTF?

[Anonymous]

my DC was w/l last year and rejected this year from Sidwell. I know I am not one of your friends but read your post and was like WTF??
Did you call, and if so, what did they say?
A friend of mine who has 3 DC's, not applying for private at all, read your post and was like WTF?
find it hard to believe anyone would have any other reaction to your post!!
Did you apply anywhere else, I doubt it, right?

[Anonymous]

My response to your post - and I know you or your dc not at all - was also WTF. A serious error in judgment on their part, imho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Positive feedback in our case directly correlated with acceptances, lack of feedback with rejections/WL.

Ditto.

Not here! Not at all. In fact, the playdate at which I viewed the teachers' as being super-duper enthusiastic about DD at the end of the playdate -- unsolicitedly -- was the only one where she is WL. The other places, where there was no feedback, she was accepted.

Our experience in playdates was totally random: no feedback at one Big 3 and admitted; identical situation at another and rejected. Effusive feedback at three other schools: admitted at two and waitlisted at one.

[Anonymous]

OP about legacy here
Sidwell was our only choice
We love it and wanted to/expected to continue the line...
They have to invent a new word for what I am because shocked and devastated don't work.
Thanks for agreeing that WTF is the only appropriate response!

[Anonymous]

feel very badly for you, I am sure it is a situation you never expected, and I hope that you find a great place for your DC. You sound like a great person who just was handed a decision never expected, I cannot imagine how upsetting it is... sorry, feeling ;-( for you
Your DC is probably wonderful as the other members of your fam have proven so not understanding what happened? You should call them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP about legacy here
Sidwell was our only choice
We love it and wanted to/expected to continue the line...
They have to invent a new word for what I am because shocked and devastated don't work.
Thanks for agreeing that WTF is the only appropriate response!

Did you apply for FA? If so I think that Sidwell is one of those schools that seems to be rejecting those requesting Financial Aid. I think they would rather fill a spot with a full pay student over a qualified Financial aid applicant.

Are you going to save you $ and send you DC to your neighborhood school which is probably just as wonderful!!

[Anonymous]

No F/A requested
And we live in downtown DC so public school not an option
Yes, we were caught completely off guard
Still processing as we just got the rejection today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No F/A requested
And we live in downtown DC so public school not an option
Yes, we were caught completely off guard
Still processing as we just got the rejection today.

Were you w/l or rejected? At Sidwell there is a difference.

[Anonymous]

Do you donate? Volunteer?

[Anonymous]

w/l but it's meaningless
a diplomatic rejection

[Anonymous]

OP about legacy here
I am very involved in preschool here
ran the annual silent auction
serve on a non-profit, very liberal board

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:w/l but it's meaningless
a diplomatic rejection

I think you have a good chance to work this w/l. Have you husband call the school and let him know how much he and the other DC enjoyed the school as students and he is very interested in his DC having their own wonderful experiences there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:w/l but it's meaningless
a diplomatic rejection

I think you have a good chance to work this w/l. Have you husband call the school and let him know how much he and the other DC enjoyed the school as students and he is very interested in his DC having their own wonderful experiences there.

There must be much more to this than meets the eye. Sorry, don't mean to offend. Either you're just oblivious, or in denial, or your husband isn't filling you in completely.

[Anonymous]

Aren't they trying to create a certain class structure such that we need a caucasian girl to reject her acceptance in order for us to have a chance at the admission? Seems unlikely that anyone would reject an acceptance at Sidwell.