Getting into Flint Hill for middle school

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The FH haters on here are those parents who wanted to get into one of the big 3, got rejected, and thought FH was their failsafe option. They are now disgruntled that for such a "lesser" school, their child was still rejected.

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Anonymous wrote:The admissions department is incompetent at best. That is where they put previous incompetent administrators.

This is 100% true. The admissions department left such a bad taste in our mouth, that we chose not to enroll our DD.

This is not our experience. My 8th grader is applying to a number of schools for high school and FH’s process has by far been the best. I am not sure it is where my 8th grader will end up attending, but the admissions department has been great.

To be fair, that was posted in 2023 and it might have been a different staff.

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Anonymous wrote:Flint Hill is the closest private non-religious school to us, so we are hoping to send our current third grader there for middle school. From the website, it says that they have entry points at fifth and seventh grades. How difficult is it to get in at either of those entry points? Is one easier than another?

If you can pay the tuition, you will have no problem getting into the middle school. It isn't hard to get into.

I wouldn’t say no problem, as they have full middle school classes.

They are full, but that is because it isn't hard to get in if you are full pay. Many students in the middle school would not get into many of the schools discussed on this forum. That is why it is referred to as "the public school you pay for."

This is true and part of why we send our kids there. My kids are high achievers but I don't know where else they might have gotten into because we didn't even look. We've lived in this area for a long time and had no interest in subjecting our kids to any of the grinder schools. Yes, it's closer to a bell curve of learners (like a public school but without any truly disabled or low functioning students). It's all the benefits of a private without a stressed out, hyper competitive culture. That's a win:win in our book.

Same here. Oldest son was always in gifted in public elementary. When we decided to move to private for middle and high school, we didn’t even think about the Big 3 or Big 5 or whatever, even though he would have had a shot. He has anxiety and we didn’t want to put him in a hyper competitive pressure cooker. He thrived at Flint Hill and is now at a very good college. Who knows, but I don’t think his outcome would have been much different at one of the other privates. Daughter is there now and similarly loves it.

Thankfully it has been a good fit for your children, but that doesn't change the fact FH academics are not well regarded and certainly not worth paying for unless you live in a very week public school piramid. There are much better schools to choose from.

FH got several kids into Top 10 schools in the past few years, and they were not recruited athletes. Those families thought the academics were just fine. The families who don't think its worth the price obviously stick to other schools.

We did. Potomac.

Which one? The one in Woodbridge or the one in Oxon Hill?