Admission process transparency

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

You don’t have a right to know.

Yes, I do.

You want to know, but you have no right to know. Do I have a right to know your personal finances? No, that’s private information

I don't receive preferential tax treatment based on my non-profit status and service to the greater good of the community, so of course you have no right to know how I spend my money.

Then you should be looking to revise the tax code.

Thanks for admitting that your argument was bogus

That wasn’t me with the tax code argument. I am the one waiting for you to show where you have a right to this information.

Or is that a bogus claim?

I think you're confused about what a right is and where you get rights from, PP

Asking for clarification from OP about the source of the right they claim to have. Can you help OP?

I don't see anything in OP's post about having a right to anything, so still can't follow what you're trying to get at here.

OP's post:

"I know several families who feel burned out by the admissions process and by being rejected multiple times by elite schools without really understanding the difference between their children and the admitted applicants. Is the system truly working, or is there room to improve transparency? Even if the process is highly competitive, I would feel much better if there were hard data to back up the rejection decisions. Do you have the same impression?"

“I agree with that. I am not requesting the right of admission, but the right of receiving information, by the way.”

Can you help this poster? Can OP? OP seems confused.

Still don't see anything where the posted is claiming to have a right to anything. Perhaps you're the one who is confused?

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

You don’t have a right to know.

Yes, I do.

You want to know, but you have no right to know. Do I have a right to know your personal finances? No, that’s private information

I don't receive preferential tax treatment based on my non-profit status and service to the greater good of the community, so of course you have no right to know how I spend my money.

Then you should be looking to revise the tax code.

Thanks for admitting that your argument was bogus

That wasn’t me with the tax code argument. I am the one waiting for you to show where you have a right to this information.

Or is that a bogus claim?

I think you're confused about what a right is and where you get rights from, PP

Asking for clarification from OP about the source of the right they claim to have. Can you help OP?

I don't see anything in OP's post about having a right to anything, so still can't follow what you're trying to get at here.

OP's post:

"I know several families who feel burned out by the admissions process and by being rejected multiple times by elite schools without really understanding the difference between their children and the admitted applicants. Is the system truly working, or is there room to improve transparency? Even if the process is highly competitive, I would feel much better if there were hard data to back up the rejection decisions. Do you have the same impression?"

“I agree with that. I am not requesting the right of admission, but the right of receiving information, by the way.”

Can you help this poster? Can OP? OP seems confused.

That’s why posters like this claim OP is a troll. They really don’t like to discuss this topic. I find it fascinating when people become creative in justifying opacity.

[Anonymous]

Private K-12s don’t take federal money, so they are not required to comply with Title VI. They don’t owe you anything at all, unlike Harvard, which does have to comply with Title VI.

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Anonymous wrote:The Admissions decisions at these schools is much more subjective than many know. The school is attempting to put together a class that satisfies the disparate needs of the interests on campus.

Publishing the data will only make their jobs harder and take the Admissions process in a direction they are not interested in taking.

Yeah, but we deserve to know. Just like how, when you apply to a job, the company sends you the statistics about how many applicants to your position there were, what the race and age of the applicants were, what qualifications were best suited to moving forward in the hiring process, getting to the interview stage, etc. I don't know why private schools get away with being so opaque when everyone else has to be so open.

you simply are not entitled to that. and if what this is really about is race, I think you would find that the try to to help minorities get admitted, not to hurt them.
is there an elite private school in the DMV that you think systematically excludes minorities? I highly doubt it.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

Stop applying to these schools then, they don’t want you and it makes you tired.

Stop with all of these nonsense threads OP, you are getting nowhere and your signature formula of question about inequality + tireless arguing about your rights + sarcasm toward everyone who disagrees with you = thread getting locked or abandoned. There is a reason people don’t want you in their community

Why do private schools parents get so threatened whenever someone points out something about their system that's not ideal?

It is not ideal for you, but the system works great for others. Your repeated arguments against a system you don’t understand are ineffective and just show your ignorance.

When all you have left are ad hominem attacks, you're losing

Not the PP, but his or her post is pretty much spot on.

Don't like the rules of the game? Don't play.

Admissions decisions are frequently much more subjective than objective and are in response to the many needs of the constituencies on campus. It's a combination of art and science and transparency isn't going to work.

If there is nothing to hide, the best policy is always transparency. As a previous poster mention, the process is draining and if you have information that you don’t satisfy some criteria in advance, you apply for another school. It saves time and energy to everyone.

The best policy is not always transparency because they don’t promise to use some objective criteria that you can measure. No one is trying to save you time, you don’t need to apply at all if you don’t want to waste your time. If you don’t like the admissions policies of a school please don’t apply.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

Stop applying to these schools then, they don’t want you and it makes you tired.

Stop with all of these nonsense threads OP, you are getting nowhere and your signature formula of question about inequality + tireless arguing about your rights + sarcasm toward everyone who disagrees with you = thread getting locked or abandoned. There is a reason people don’t want you in their community

Why do private schools parents get so threatened whenever someone points out something about their system that's not ideal?

It is not ideal for you, but the system works great for others. Your repeated arguments against a system you don’t understand are ineffective and just show your ignorance.

When all you have left are ad hominem attacks, you're losing

My family has been accepted to every top school we’ve ever applied to, so really we’re winning. Keep trolling, OP!

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Anonymous wrote:The Admissions decisions at these schools is much more subjective than many know. The school is attempting to put together a class that satisfies the disparate needs of the interests on campus.

Publishing the data will only make their jobs harder and take the Admissions process in a direction they are not interested in taking.

Yeah, but we deserve to know. Just like how, when you apply to a job, the company sends you the statistics about how many applicants to your position there were, what the race and age of the applicants were, what qualifications were best suited to moving forward in the hiring process, getting to the interview stage, etc. I don't know why private schools get away with being so opaque when everyone else has to be so open.

you simply are not entitled to that. and if what this is really about is race, I think you would find that the try to to help minorities get admitted, not to hurt them.
is there an elite private school in the DMV that you think systematically excludes minorities? I highly doubt it.

If they were required to comply with Title VI it wouldn’t matter if the races being hurt were minority races or white kids. But they aren’t so they can do whatever they want.

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Anonymous wrote:The Admissions decisions at these schools is much more subjective than many know. The school is attempting to put together a class that satisfies the disparate needs of the interests on campus.

Publishing the data will only make their jobs harder and take the Admissions process in a direction they are not interested in taking.

Yeah, but we deserve to know. Just like how, when you apply to a job, the company sends you the statistics about how many applicants to your position there were, what the race and age of the applicants were, what qualifications were best suited to moving forward in the hiring process, getting to the interview stage, etc. I don't know why private schools get away with being so opaque when everyone else has to be so open.

Deserve got nothing to do with it.
~Will Munny

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

Stop applying to these schools then, they don’t want you and it makes you tired.

Stop with all of these nonsense threads OP, you are getting nowhere and your signature formula of question about inequality + tireless arguing about your rights + sarcasm toward everyone who disagrees with you = thread getting locked or abandoned. There is a reason people don’t want you in their community

Why do private schools parents get so threatened whenever someone points out something about their system that's not ideal?

It is not ideal for you, but the system works great for others. Your repeated arguments against a system you don’t understand are ineffective and just show your ignorance.

When all you have left are ad hominem attacks, you're losing

Not the PP, but his or her post is pretty much spot on.

Don't like the rules of the game? Don't play.

Admissions decisions are frequently much more subjective than objective and are in response to the many needs of the constituencies on campus. It's a combination of art and science and transparency isn't going to work.

If there is nothing to hide, the best policy is always transparency. As a previous poster mention, the process is draining and if you have information that you don’t satisfy some criteria in advance, you apply for another school. It saves time and energy to everyone.

The best policy is not always transparency because they don’t promise to use some objective criteria that you can measure. No one is trying to save you time, you don’t need to apply at all if you don’t want to waste your time. If you don’t like the admissions policies of a school please don’t apply.

Yes, because schools are immune to influence of wealth and political connections, right ?

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

Stop applying to these schools then, they don’t want you and it makes you tired.

Stop with all of these nonsense threads OP, you are getting nowhere and your signature formula of question about inequality + tireless arguing about your rights + sarcasm toward everyone who disagrees with you = thread getting locked or abandoned. There is a reason people don’t want you in their community

Why do private schools parents get so threatened whenever someone points out something about their system that's not ideal?

It is not ideal for you, but the system works great for others. Your repeated arguments against a system you don’t understand are ineffective and just show your ignorance.

When all you have left are ad hominem attacks, you're losing

My family has been accepted to every top school we’ve ever applied to, so really we’re winning. Keep trolling, OP!

With an opaque system I am not surprised. Maybe in an open and transparent system that wouldn’t happen. Is that te reason you don’t like this topic?

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

There are enough private schools to land somewhere. People get upset about being rejected from Sidwell, STA/NCS, GDS, Maret, Potomac, and the more competitive schools then want to demand transparency.

Go where your DC is wanted. Forget the rest

I agree with that. I am not requesting the right of admission, but the right of receiving information, by the way.

You don’t have "the right of receiving information"

Correct, which is why I'm requesting it. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit I guess

You are requesting the right?

Yes

If you have rights, you don’t have to request them.

What are you asking for?

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

Stop applying to these schools then, they don’t want you and it makes you tired.

Stop with all of these nonsense threads OP, you are getting nowhere and your signature formula of question about inequality + tireless arguing about your rights + sarcasm toward everyone who disagrees with you = thread getting locked or abandoned. There is a reason people don’t want you in their community

Why do private schools parents get so threatened whenever someone points out something about their system that's not ideal?

It is not ideal for you, but the system works great for others. Your repeated arguments against a system you don’t understand are ineffective and just show your ignorance.

When all you have left are ad hominem attacks, you're losing

Not the PP, but his or her post is pretty much spot on.

Don't like the rules of the game? Don't play.

Admissions decisions are frequently much more subjective than objective and are in response to the many needs of the constituencies on campus. It's a combination of art and science and transparency isn't going to work.

If there is nothing to hide, the best policy is always transparency. As a previous poster mention, the process is draining and if you have information that you don’t satisfy some criteria in advance, you apply for another school. It saves time and energy to everyone.

The best policy is not always transparency because they don’t promise to use some objective criteria that you can measure. No one is trying to save you time, you don’t need to apply at all if you don’t want to waste your time. If you don’t like the admissions policies of a school please don’t apply.

Yes, because schools are immune to influence of wealth and political connections, right ?

Sarcasm alert!

Of course they are influenced by wealth and political connections, that’s the point! I’m not spending $60k per year per child to send my kids to a school that accepts everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

That is true in theory, except that private schools receive significant tax exemptions. For example, non-profit organizations also receive tax exemptions, but in return they must publicly disclose data about their operations. Likewise, when you rent an apartment, the landlord cannot reject your application based on opaque reasons, and the applicant has the right to ask for and obtain information. How can anyone be protected against racial discrimination in school admissions if the system remains so opaque?

You have made these same comparisons before in other threads, many people have explained why they are different. You are not learning or convincing anyone else. Why do you persist?

Just because you don't have a good argument or don't agree doesn't mean that OP can't make their points. This is a message board where people are supposed to debate and express their thoughts on things after all. You should try it.

This same OP starts dozens of nonsense threads and then argues with everyone until it gets locked or people tire of her. Always some accusation of discrimination and unfairness that makes no sense. My thoughts are that this OP should find a new hobby.

I'm sorry you think it's nonsense to want transparency in the admissions process. It's an exhausting process, and we have the right to know so we don't get so tired applying to all these schools

Stop applying to these schools then, they don’t want you and it makes you tired.

Stop with all of these nonsense threads OP, you are getting nowhere and your signature formula of question about inequality + tireless arguing about your rights + sarcasm toward everyone who disagrees with you = thread getting locked or abandoned. There is a reason people don’t want you in their community

Why do private schools parents get so threatened whenever someone points out something about their system that's not ideal?

It is not ideal for you, but the system works great for others. Your repeated arguments against a system you don’t understand are ineffective and just show your ignorance.

When all you have left are ad hominem attacks, you're losing

Not the PP, but his or her post is pretty much spot on.

Don't like the rules of the game? Don't play.

Admissions decisions are frequently much more subjective than objective and are in response to the many needs of the constituencies on campus. It's a combination of art and science and transparency isn't going to work.

If there is nothing to hide, the best policy is always transparency. As a previous poster mention, the process is draining and if you have information that you don’t satisfy some criteria in advance, you apply for another school. It saves time and energy to everyone.

The best policy is not always transparency because they don’t promise to use some objective criteria that you can measure. No one is trying to save you time, you don’t need to apply at all if you don’t want to waste your time. If you don’t like the admissions policies of a school please don’t apply.

Yes, because schools are immune to influence of wealth and political connections, right ?

Sarcasm alert!

Of course they are influenced by wealth and political connections, that’s the point! I’m not spending $60k per year per child to send my kids to a school that accepts everyone.

Got it, so a more open and transparent system is less prone to influence from the wealthy and politically connected, right ?

[Anonymous]

Oh OP, from the POV of the schools, the system is working almost perfectly and they have no interest in helping you feel better by providing hard data about acceptances.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t matter in that it’s a private school that you are applying to that has the right to share however little or much it chooses. They are not receiving any kind of federal funds, so no disclosure requirement.

It would be great if they published data, but they don’t and they won’t. Because their class sizes are so much smaller than even the smallest college, data can be misleading as well.

In a nutshell, they feel like they are doing a good job of building classes. The parents agree enough to keep their kids in the schools. And prospective parents agree enough that most of them have many times the number of applications than they have spots. It’s working for the only constituencies that matter and is unlikely to change.

There are enough private schools to land somewhere. People get upset about being rejected from Sidwell, STA/NCS, GDS, Maret, Potomac, and the more competitive schools then want to demand transparency.

Go where your DC is wanted. Forget the rest

I agree with that. I am not requesting the right of admission, but the right of receiving information, by the way.

You don’t have "the right of receiving information"

Correct, which is why I'm requesting it. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit I guess

You are requesting the right?

Yes

If you have rights, you don’t have to request them.

What are you asking for?

lol George Wallace has entered the chat