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Anonymous
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The majority of schools send out letters on March 7th. Anyone out there stressed out? I certainly am.
Any helpful words from parents who have been through this? I stress myself out thinking what if DD gets rejected across the board or is the proper term "shut out". 
Someone told recently that the worst thing that can happen is we are on waitlist status because then the wait drags on. Is that true? If you got off such a list which school and how long before you got a call? |
Anonymous
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Where did you hear the March 7 date? We applied to pre-k this year but they specify only mid-March for the letters.
The waitlist really is awful. We were waitlisted at four preschools, but never got off any of the lists. |
Anonymous
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I feel your pain. My biggest fear is that DC will get shut out from all the schools we applied for. We don't know anyone in DC (since we only moved here a year ago and have no friends whose children attend these schools) and I'm afraid that our lack of any "connections" as well as the overwhelming application numbers will leave us out completely. Plus, our child's current Director has not received any phone calls asking about our child by any of the schools we applied for.
I'm panicking that if we do get shut out, where the heck will we send our child next year? |
Anonymous
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Here are a few dates from the school websites:
WIS March 12th Sidwell March 6th River School Mid March Lowell School March 7th Aidan Montessori March 14th Beauvoir School Mid March St. Patrick's March 8th |
Anonymous
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http://www.aisgw.org/parent_information/calendar.asp
Tells you all you need to know. These dates are more specific and accurate than the "mid-March" posted on school websites. |
Anonymous
| Oh for God's sake, get a grip! It's not college!! "Where will we go?" "What will we do?" Geez! I suppose your precious darling will have to go to (gasp!) public school! Forget the Ivy League! How will you show your face at the play group?? The horror!! |
Anonymous
Do you always completely miss the point of a post or are you just out to be a nasty individual? |
Anonymous
Congratulations on adding zero value to this post. |
Anonymous
they may not have a good public school option. |
Anonymous
That was really not nice and not necessary. PPs are just voicing their anxiety over a very difficult and stressful process. And it is like college in the sense that next Friday (Sidwell, Maret) and Saturday (most of the rest) you will find in your mailbox either thick envelopes or thin. To get back to OPs question - yes I'm stressed out. I am very irritable and noticed that I have been snapping at my DC and DH for no reason. I hope I don't become of those parents who treat and think of their child differently depending on the outcome. |
Anonymous
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I think the PP poster was trying to point out that it should be kept in perspective. The world will not come to an end if there is no thick envelope in the mailbox. It is certainly not worth getting stressed to the point where you are getting snappish with your family. You have done everything you possibly can and at this point it is out of your sphere and you have no control. No matter what happens you will work through it and find an alternate solution.
When things are not going so great and I find myself getting stressed over these kind of situations I try to remember in the scheme of things it is small, we could be facing a substantial problem: terminal illness, lost job or a tragic loss. |
Anonymous
| I certainly agree with the point, if not the tone, of 16:13's post. Ladies, please relax about this. Truly, it is not the end of the world either way. And to 16:19, really, please find a better way to deal with this than snapping about your child/ husband, if you know this is the source of your irritability. We are talking about CHILDREN! (your kid, not your husband, I mean) And what message are we passing on to them if mama a) can't handle this relatively minor level of stress, compared to life in general and b) lets the admissions dept of some school, made up of people who probably don't even know your child, determine his/ her self-worth, even in your own eyes??? |
Anonymous
| I totally agree! We finally put some changes in my son's behavior. . . usually quite well behaved with the fact that we were looking at new schools, play dates, talking about it a lot etc. We stopped talking about it completely in his presence and he is back to his normal self. These kids DO NOT need to think that there is anything wrong if it doesn't go the way you would like it to. We told our son that when the times comes, we will have a family meeting and that staying at his current school would be wonderful too! That we were just exploring options. He is mature, so understands a lot. Sometimes we have to remember how tuned it to us they are! |
Anonymous
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I have been through this for preschool, kindergarten for one of my children 9th grade and for all of my children college.
The first thing I can tell you is that your child will probably get in to at least one of the schools you applied to. If not a year in the public school, no matter where it is will be fine. If that happens you may figure out a better match for your child. I promise it will all be fine. Please have faith this will all be fine. The most important thing is your family and your value system, the rest is gravy! |
Anonymous
| Yes, deep breaths everyone! |