Acceptance Rates at Schools

[Anonymous]

Slightly random, however:
All this admissions talk made me wonder what the actual acceptance rate is for a lot of these schools. Does anybody have ballpark ideas? I feel as though I can't tell if it'd be 50% or 10% but I'm sure others have a better grasp. Obviously, it'd be different for different schools.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of other threads on this. Google is your friend.

[Short answer: Until the schools publish, which may never happen, there's no reliably accurate information out there.]

[Anonymous]

Fwiw, Maret told us they accept 25 kids for 9th and expect 250-300 applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fwiw, Maret told us they accept 25 kids for 9th and expect 250-300 applicants.

They may control yield, but it is not 100%, so they admit more than 25.

[Anonymous]

I hear there are LESS applications this year for area pre-k and k classes. Many parents are opting to public first which is probably a good idea.

[Anonymous]

If I can recall from last year, I believe SJC gets 1200 applications for 250+ spaces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear there are LESS applications this year for area pre-k and k classes. Many parents are opting to public first which is probably a good idea.

How would you have any way of knowing if either statement is true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear there are LESS applications this year for area pre-k and k classes. Many parents are opting to public first which is probably a good idea.

FEWER

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I can recall from last year, I believe SJC gets 1200 applications for 250+ spaces.

What nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear there are LESS applications this year for area pre-k and k classes. Many parents are opting to public first which is probably a good idea.

How would you have any way of knowing if either statement is true?

It makes perfect sense for DC parents, since there’s now a free option. Might as well see if you get a spot before applying to private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear there are LESS applications this year for area pre-k and k classes. Many parents are opting to public first which is probably a good idea.

How would you have any way of knowing if either statement is true?

It makes perfect sense for DC parents, since there’s now a free option. Might as well see if you get a spot before applying to private.

We did this—were accepted to a private for pre-primary, but decided to do neighborhood public for PK3. Did PK3-K, and decided to move to private after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear there are LESS applications this year for area pre-k and k classes. Many parents are opting to public first which is probably a good idea.

How would you have any way of knowing if either statement is true?

It makes perfect sense for DC parents, since there’s now a free option. Might as well see if you get a spot before applying to private.

Private schools seem to try to prevent this actually. Most tuition deposits are due before the DCPS lottery results are published.

[Anonymous]

Even Sidwell etc. have to admit twice as many kids as they have spaces, because they all know that top applicants will apply to multiple schools and have multiple choices. Schools like Sidwell may admit 2 kids for every seat they want to fill. Less selective schools may admit 3 or 4 or five kids for every seat they want to fill.

Self-selection also matters. Some schools have very high yield rates because they occupy more specialized niches, so they may not get a ton of applications, but a high percentage of applicants are committed to attending.

That said it is late January so all we can do no is sit back and cross fingers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even Sidwell etc. have to admit twice as many kids as they have spaces, because they all know that top applicants will apply to multiple schools and have multiple choices.

Sidwell's yield is 50 percent? I call BS. What's your proof?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even Sidwell etc. have to admit twice as many kids as they have spaces, because they all know that top applicants will apply to multiple schools and have multiple choices. Schools like Sidwell may admit 2 kids for every seat they want to fill. Less selective schools may admit 3 or 4 or five kids for every seat they want to fill.

Self-selection also matters. Some schools have very high yield rates because they occupy more specialized niches, so they may not get a ton of applications, but a high percentage of applicants are committed to attending.

That said it is late January so all we can do no is sit back and cross fingers!

Sidwell does not admit 2 kids for every space. No idea where you get that idea. Not even close.