Do safety schools exist anymore?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

Why are you so defensive? I have two daughters so I certainly don’t have an ax to grind with Prep. The rising 9th grader I know who was recently admitted to Prep seems to be on the autism spectrum (the high-functioning side). My question is sincere. Does Prep have a program like SJC’s Benilde program for students with learning differences?

Just stop. It's so obvious your posts are not sincere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Same. From our k-8 it was the safety for sure.

Okay, then what were the non-safety schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

This is fake news. They offer more ap classes then either GP or SA. The IB program is world renowned. It is objectively a much much better school the GP and competitive to St. Alban's.

Public schools have more APs and IB classes than STA and Prep, this does not make them better academically. To your point, I would say Good Counsel is far more similar to a public school. Yes, that is a much more accurate comparison, thanks for helping to make that comparison.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GP is a safety school.

Give me a break. Please!

Was for us. Would have only gone there is st. Alban's or Good Counsel Scholars didn't work out. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.

Good Counsel is the safety 100%. Different level of student attends. STA and Prep have a far more similar student body. Good Counsel isn’t even usually discussed or considered in the same sentence. Very different populations that draw from different areas and schools.

For what it's worth, in my very limited experience of my Bethesda neighborhood, GC is where the truly brilliant are sending their kids because of the AP/IB. I'm not talking about your average attorney account smart. I'm talking about the Hopkins Trauma and neuro-surgeon, high risk anesthesiologist, highly specialized engineer, highest certification actuary, etc.

Not a crowd that's going to mess around with academics. FWIW l. 2 turned down Prep. 1 turned down SR. One kid known as "the smart kid" was waitlist at prep but accepted to 5 other schools....chose GC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does Basis have a waitlist or is it just yes or no over there?

I would assume it does. There is no way any school is certain they would have a 100 percent yield. (Except maybe Sidwell.)

They only need a waitlist if they don’t have any available spots. If they have spots, but the candidate isn’t right, they can just deny. They don’t need a 100% yield to waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

Why are you so defensive? I have two daughters so I certainly don’t have an ax to grind with Prep. The rising 9th grader I know who was recently admitted to Prep seems to be on the autism spectrum (the high-functioning side). My question is sincere. Does Prep have a program like SJC’s Benilde program for students with learning differences?

Just stop. It's so obvious your posts are not sincere.

My question triggers you for some reason…please move along.

Can some else respond? Does Prep admit students with documented learning differences? Is there a special program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Basis have a waitlist or is it just yes or no over there?

I would assume it does. There is no way any school is certain they would have a 100 percent yield. (Except maybe Sidwell.)

They only need a waitlist if they don’t have any available spots. If they have spots, but the candidate isn’t right, they can just deny. They don’t need a 100% yield to waitlist.

Can you cliff-note explain this a bit please. Thx in adv.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

Why are you so defensive? I have two daughters so I certainly don’t have an ax to grind with Prep. The rising 9th grader I know who was recently admitted to Prep seems to be on the autism spectrum (the high-functioning side). My question is sincere. Does Prep have a program like SJC’s Benilde program for students with learning differences?

Just stop. It's so obvious your posts are not sincere.

My question triggers you for some reason…please move along.

Can some else respond? Does Prep admit students with documented learning differences? Is there a special program?

Check out /research the Georgetown Prep Special Needs Program for Children per the Georgetown Prep School Act of 1774.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

Why are you so defensive? I have two daughters so I certainly don’t have an ax to grind with Prep. The rising 9th grader I know who was recently admitted to Prep seems to be on the autism spectrum (the high-functioning side). My question is sincere. Does Prep have a program like SJC’s Benilde program for students with learning differences?

Just stop. It's so obvious your posts are not sincere.

My question triggers you for some reason…please move along.

Can some else respond? Does Prep admit students with documented learning differences? Is there a special program?

NP. I agree with PP—your question is not sincere and is rather ignorant. A high functioning autistic kid will likely be among the smartest in the class and would not necessarily need accommodations. To use your own words they are “high functioning” after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Georgetown Prep is not a safety. I know kids who chose it over STA and I know kids who got into STA but were rejected from Prep. Prep is a highly desirable school with an acceptance rate below 20%. Nice try though, the haters are always going to hate. It’s so predictable. 🙄

NP. Based on the handful of Prep students I know, I thought it was a safety school as well. Does Prep offer a Special Ed. program? One kid I know appears to be on the spectrum.

Oh Boy! It’s clear someone’s son got rejected and they are taking out their anger on this forum and making up lies about Prep. A better use of your time might be therapy because ignorant comments such as the above just make you look like a fool.

Why are you so defensive? I have two daughters so I certainly don’t have an ax to grind with Prep. The rising 9th grader I know who was recently admitted to Prep seems to be on the autism spectrum (the high-functioning side). My question is sincere. Does Prep have a program like SJC’s Benilde program for students with learning differences?

Just stop. It's so obvious your posts are not sincere.

My question triggers you for some reason…please move along.

Can some else respond? Does Prep admit students with documented learning differences? Is there a special program?

NP. I agree with PP—your question is not sincere and is rather ignorant. A high functioning autistic kid will likely be among the smartest in the class and would not necessarily need accommodations. To use your own words they are “high functioning” after all.

Funny you mention it. The kid I know that got in who is not autistic, but very emotionally disregulated. He cries and tantrums all the time. B on a math test, yells at peers and complains to teacher all day, loosing a soccer game, tears through the second half. Not picked 1st in something, must be rigged and completely obnoxious for hours.

Now I get it. Prep is for these kids. I had no idea. Seriously, this makes so much sense. Thank you. And truthfully, I am super glad that they have a safe place among like minded kids. I've heard that Prep looks for a profile. Now I see what it is. Brilliant. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Not SAES.

SAES is definitely a safety school unless you child is a poor student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Not SAES.

SAES is definitely a safety school unless you child is a poor student.

Kids with b and c grades can definitely get in. Safety, don't know....they are looking for a specific person. Academics are not necessarily what they are looking for so it's hard to get it unless you fit the need.

[Anonymous]

Definitely not for elementary schools. I was told Primary Day and NPS were safety schools and got WL at both. *smh*

WES it is for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Not SAES.

SAES is definitely a safety school unless you child is a poor student.

SAES was the top choice for a lot of smart, talented kids at my kid's K-8, many of whom chose it over other schools to which they were accepted that this board would consider more "prestigious." Calling it a safety school, and essentially writing it off as a place one goes only if one is rejected everywhere else, diminishes the accomplishment. Not everyone believes that the world is so black and white that if you're not Big 3, you're a doomed moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Prep
Holy Cross
SJC
Sandy Spring
Oneness
SAES
To name a few.

Not SAES.

SAES is definitely a safety school unless you child is a poor student.

SAES was the top choice for a lot of smart, talented kids at my kid's K-8, many of whom chose it over other schools to which they were accepted that this board would consider more "prestigious." Calling it a safety school, and essentially writing it off as a place one goes only if one is rejected everywhere else, diminishes the accomplishment. Not everyone believes that the world is so black and white that if you're not Big 3, you're a doomed moron.

Every student at my DC's K - 8 who applied to St. Andrew's was accepted.