Swami Returns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling preference:

E.W. Stokes – Brookland (Spanish)
Yu Ying
Mundo Verde
DC Bilingual
Inspired Teaching
Two Rivers at 4th Street
Lee Montessori
Shining Stars Montessori Academy
Burroughs
JO Wilson
Langley (IB Guarantee)

Good people get good things.. and you must have been nice this year. You will get into Lee on lottery draw day and be in the top 10-20 at your 1-6 choices. You will receive offers from at least three of those before September, and end up at MV, because even after receiving an offer, you aren't sure you can support the Mandarin. You will apply for a transfer to the new MV campus at Lighthouse after hating North Capitol traffic your child's PK3 year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3 no sibling, English dominant


1. Yu Ying
2. Mundo Verde
3. Hyde-Addison
4. Marie Reed (Dual Language)
5. Creative Minds
6. Tubman
7. AppleTree – Columbia Heights
8. Bancroft
9. Powell (Dual Language)
10. Raymond (IB)
11. Center City – Petworth
12. Bruce-Monroe

Thank you, Swami. Glad you are feeling better.

You are Raymond bound. You will stay enthusiastic about it. You will watch your WL numbers at HA and actually receive an offer from AT-CH but decide to go with your kid's birthday party friends who also ended up at Raymond

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling

1. Yu Ying
2. School-within-School
3. Capitol Hill Montessori
4. Mundo Verde
5. Inspired Teaching
6. Two Rivers at 4th
7. Two Rivers at Young
8. EL Haynes
9. Creative Minds
10. EW Stokes - Brookland (Spanish)
11. EW Stokes - Brookland (French)
12. Dorothy Height

Swami appreciates your shoot for the moon, but you will only get into Height, and you will decide to stay in daycare/preschool for another year. And you are ok because potty training isn't QUITE where you want it to be. You will move to Virginia by 2020 and cannot believe what you are paying for a small lot bungalow rehab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pre-k 3:

1. EL Haynes
2. Creative Minds
3. Powell (IB)
4. Lee
5. Stokes Spanish Brookland
6. Shining Stars
7. Shepherd
8.DC Bilingual
9. ITS
10. Sela
11. Apple Tree CH

Swami says you'll land at Sela on Lottery day, SSMA offer by June 15, and will end up at Powell before August playdates begin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3 and K

1. Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS
2. E.W. Stokes – Brookland (Spanish Language Program)
3. E.W. Stokes – Brookland (French Language Program)
4. Lee Montessori PCS
5. Creative Minds International PCS
6. Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS
7. Two Rivers PCS at Young
8. Two Rivers PCS at 4th Street
9. DC Bilingual PCS
10. Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS
11. Burroughs Elementary School
12. Langdon Montessori

Swami says your patients with the process pays off and one of your kids will get a good draw. You'll get into TRY, and in the first four weeks of enrollment get offers from everyone but Stokes. You'll go with ITS and even buy something at their auction before it closes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you in advance, Swami. Glad you are feeling better!

PK3, no sibling preference

1. DC Bilingual
2. Capital City
3. Shepherd
4. Creative Minds
5. Breakthrough
6. Takoma (IB guarantee)

Swami says you'll get into Breakthrough, and re-enter the lottery for Takoma IB because the location uncertainty freaks you out too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

PK3, no sibling

1. Stokes Spanish
2. Inspired Teaching
3. Stokes French
4. DC Bilingual
5. Sela
6. Two Rivers
7. Lee
8. SSMA
9. Bridges
10. Burroughs
11. Langley
12. Noyes (IB)

Thanks Swami!

(And to others, we know we probably have some wasted spots after our #5, but already had identified all the safeties we would consider based on school and commute.)

Swami appreciates that you appreciate Hebrew and Tier one schools, because Sela is where you will be... this year... until you aren't satisfied with their DCI spin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no siblings

1. Sws
2. MV
3. Stokes spanish
4. Inspired
5. 2R 4th
6. 2R young
7. Lee
8. SSMA
9. CHML
10. LT
11. Miner (IB)
12. Tyler

Swami thinks you relied too much on DCUM's definition of what a good school is to make your list. You will get into the top 40 for Lee, TRY and SSMA, but enroll at Miner. The only other school you'll get an offer from is SSMA and you will decide it isn't worth a commute through Dave Thomas Circle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pk3 no pref, English dominant

Mundo
Stokes Spanish Brookland
Stokes Spanish EE
Cleveland, spanish
Bruce Monroe, spanish
Powell, spanish
Tyler, spanish
Dc bilingual, spanish
Houston
SEE
Chms@Logan
JO Wilson (ib)

Swami says you will buck this list after terrible waitlist numbers (other than JOW) and a commitment to immersion and enroll at Bethune Brookland. You will move your child in mid-September when your kid receives an offer from Stokes Spanish EE JUST shy of the count day deadline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:6th grade:

DCI Chinese
DCI Spanish
DCI French (really don't see the point of French, and would rank it lower than Hardy)
Hardy
SWW Francis Stevens
CMI
ITS

Swami says you'll get into Hardy, get a top 10 number at DCIFrench, and stick with Hardy for the feed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IB for LaSalle Backus. PK3 no sibling preference.

1) DC Bilingual
2) Capital City
3) EL Haynes
4) Shepherd
5) Barnard
6) Truesdell
7) Whittier
8) Breakthrough Montessori
9) LaSalle Backus

Thank you Swami

Swami says you are going to be one of the lucky ones-- the universe is rewarding you for a balanced list. You won't get into DCB off the bat, but will by July. You will hate the traffic and congestion until Junior finally masters the escorted and DCUM-required helmeted scooter to school by November.

Thanks Swami. I don’t know why this is so enjoyable but I really love this thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK 3, no preference - we just found out we got very good number in LAMB lottery, likely to get in. 30s.

Stoke BK Spanish
DC Bilingual
Mundo Verde
Inspired
Lee
2Rivers 4th
Cap City
SWS
Creative Minds
Shining Stars
Seaton
Langley (IB)

Swami thinks you will be the double good pull, and eventually get into DCB... but not until September no-shows. You aren't convinced on Montessori or on LAMB remaining geographically doable or moving past it's current scandals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling

1. 2RY
2. Stokes East End (Spanish)
3. 2R 4th
4. Stokes East End (French)
5. MV
6. JO Wilson
7. Tyler
8. Maury (IB)
9. Miner (proximity)
10. AT Lincoln Park
11. Payne
12. AT OK Ave

Thank you Swami! Glad you’re feeling better!

Swami is declaring you a winner. You will get into EE French initially and then breathe a sigh of relief for your commute when you get into TRY around the 4th of July

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:



Pk4, at Seaton which we have been perfectly happy with. We considered not playing again until next year (and are open to staying till 5th) But here we are... This probably makes more sense as K list but here it is:

SWS
Ross
Inspired Teaching
Mundo Verde
TR 4
Hyde Addison
Eaton

You are going to go O-fer.
And keep trying to make Seaton happen, including opening more aftercare slots and beforecare!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PK4:
Mundo
Stokes Spanish
Stokes French
Inspired Teaching
Seaton
Langley

Thanks Swami!

Swami says Langley on pull, Seaton by Aug 15th. And a conversation about moving.