Lottery (and Waitlist) Swami 2019

[Anonymous]

IB for Hardy
1. BASIS
2. Latin

Fingers crossed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, Swami. I admit that we are greedy. We’re IB for Deal, but our kid is in 5th at BASIS and despite doing well doesn’t love it. We want the kid to stay through 8th...just playing for the kid. What say you? Thanks in Advance!

1. Latin
2. DCI Chinese
3. DCI Spanish

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. All signs point to BASIS and a fretful summer of thinking maybe Deal after all.

-Swami

[Anonymous]

PK4:
Currently at Shining Stars.

Mundo P st
Stokes Spanish
Stokes French
Two Rivers 4th
ITS
Seaton
JO Wilson
Langley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1st grade. Currently at a charter where the admin makes us uneasy about staying long term. Not sure if we should wait it out till our younger lotteries for PK3 next year or switch to our so-so immersion IB now and just have both kids there for the long haul.

ITS
Lee Montessori
Yu Ying
Mundo Verde
DC Bilingual
Oyster Adams
Janney
Murch
Hearst

Although tomorrow, your numbers will look mostly bleak, Swami says you will benefit from the Kindergarten and 1st grade shuffle that happens EOTP and will come out ahead with an ITS offer... but in September when they finally decide to move their waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IB for Hardy
1. BASIS
2. Latin

Fingers crossed!

Swami says you will get a top 50 waitlist number at BASIS and squeak in under the wire. You will enroll in that STEM camp you were considering just in case.

-Swami

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK4:
Currently at Shining Stars.

Mundo P st
Stokes Spanish
Stokes French
Two Rivers 4th
ITS
Seaton
JO Wilson
Langley

Swami thinks you will get in to Langley, then Seaton by Memorial Day, and then add Mundo 8th Street in a post-lottery application after the waitlist starts to move aggressively in July after confirming that at least the air-conditioning works there.

-Swami

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swami, will we get into SWS this year? 5th year lotterying. 3 kids in the lottery for SWS.

What years?

[Anonymous]

PK3, no sibling preference:

School-Within-School
Inspired Teaching
Yu Ying
Two Rivers 4th St
Mundo Verde
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Lee Montessori
Mundo Verde 8th St
Two Rivers Young
Miner
Wheatley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling preference:

School-Within-School
Inspired Teaching
Yu Ying
Two Rivers 4th St
Mundo Verde
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Lee Montessori
Mundo Verde 8th St
Two Rivers Young
Miner
Wheatley

Swami regrets to report you will be the one that gets simply terrible unbelievable numbers in the 300s, but get into your guaranteed IB (assuming it is Wheatley). You will add AT:Oklahoma and Lee East End in the post-application period, and get into Lee East by the 4th of July.

[Anonymous]

Off topic, but Swami, I think Tom gaslights Kaite. She's terrible, but man he sucks too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Off topic, but Swami, I think Tom gaslights Kaite. She's terrible, but man he sucks too.

Don't even get me started on Siesta Key.

-Swami

[Anonymous]

Hi Swami!

Here's our list for PK3 (no sibling preference):

Capital City
EL Haynes
Breakthrough Montessori
Lee Montessori
Inspired Teaching
DC Bilingual
MV 8th St
Stokes Spanish
Stokes French
Creative Minds
Takoma (Proximity approved)
Whittier (IB approved)

[Anonymous]

Please look into your crystal ball:

PK3

Thomson
Seaton
Langley

[Anonymous]

Shine some light, please, Swami!

PK4, no sibling, currently at our IB in Columbia Heights.

Two Rivers 4th
Inspired Teaching
Two Rivers Young
Stokes Spanish
Stokes French
Mundo Verde P st
Mundo Verde East End
Seaton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please look into your crystal ball:

PK3

Thomson
Seaton
Langley

Swami says if you don't have preference at any of these schools, you'll have a top 40 WL number at Langley and get in by July 15th. You'll go to the playdates until then with the confidence of my Swamiing behind you.

-Swami