2009 Private School Admission Results - Share them as you get them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope the parents who are home today will write us as soon as the mail comes! I'm dying here at work thinking that some of the letter's from the other schools will show up in the mail. Since my mail doesn't show up until 5pm I figured how sense in working from home today. Thank you so much for those who continue to post results.

Home today. Mail came earlier than ever, I'm sure. Nothing from Sidwell or GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree! Sorry about that. It's like asking my religion so I understand : )

Obviously, PP can say whatever she wants about the race of her child. But in a private school admissions' context, race is a factor. Not the determining factor. But a significant factor. If you think otherwise, you're either naive or in denial.

I'm the PP. I realize it is a factor, yet I think many folks mistakenly assume that a child from an historically racial or ethnic minority group only has that as an asset in the admissions game. BTW, we're white and admitted to a Big 3.

[Anonymous]

The image of an army of DCUMs (and maybe DCUDs, too) trekking home early, or taking an extended lunch break, all in order to check the mail to learn the fateful news is both funny and sad at the same time.

[Anonymous]

By the way, we are black and just denied from one Big three waiting on the others. Whether or not race plays a part doesn't really matter. I think that these schools want the best and brightest regardless of race. My daughter is bright and I'm sure we'll find the perfect school for her. It's a number's game and we did not make the cut this time. No hard feelings!

[Anonymous]

I just wrote above and I don't think it is neither sad or funny that parents are anxious to know where their child was admitted. You're on this board so don't act like you're not as anxious and nervous as the rest of us...PLEASE......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The image of an army of DCUMs (and maybe DCUDs, too) trekking home early, or taking an extended lunch break, all in order to check the mail to learn the fateful news is both funny and sad at the same time.

I remember my friends driving home during lunch when we were in HS to see if they'd gotten college letters.

[Anonymous]

For those that have heard from St. Pat, when and how (phone call, letter) did you hear? Congrats also!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By the way, we are black and just denied from one Big three waiting on the others. Whether or not race plays a part doesn't really matter. I think that these schools want the best and brightest regardless of race. My daughter is bright and I'm sure we'll find the perfect school for her. It's a number's game and we did not make the cut this time. No hard feelings!

Sorry PP. GL with the others. Do you mind my asking what school from which you have heard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The image of an army of DCUMs (and maybe DCUDs, too) trekking home early, or taking an extended lunch break, all in order to check the mail to learn the fateful news is both funny and sad at the same time.

I don't consider myself a particularly anxious/competitive parent... but I don't understand why this would be considered either funny or sad. For me, this decision feels even more momentous than my own college application process -- not because in the grand scheme of things my DD will turn out terribly if she doesn't get in, but because for one reason or another, we decided this was the best choice for us and for her, and for that reason alone it is important to us.

So I don't at all blame any of you for taking your lunch break to check in today. This has been a stressful process. I think we all deserve to learn the results in whatever manner it is that makes us most at ease.

[Anonymous]

Beauvior, waitlist actually. But, that is really same as denied. Also, again for those laughing at us running home to check the mail get over it. I did the same thing when I knew the bar results we're out. Lucky for me for though in high school my Dad was also our mailman so he would call home at 7am to tell me which college letter's had arrived. Wish I had a "in" with my mailman now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree! Sorry about that. It's like asking my religion so I understand : )

Obviously, PP can say whatever she wants about the race of her child. But in a private school admissions' context, race is a factor. Not the determining factor. But a significant factor. If you think otherwise, you're either naive or in denial.

Here we go...I knew this discussion would rear it's head. Although I, like our Attorney General, feel that race is not discussed as often as it should be, I think admission decisions regarding race are not as significant as you may think for these top schools.

It's probably true that most applicants to these schools are of a certain race. And schools are looking for the best and the brightest...regardless of race. So every child that is admitted is more than deserving to be there, regardless of race. Many kids will be denied admission or waitlisted...across all races. In fact, I would argue that the % of admitted non-majority raced applicants to their total non-majority submissions is less than or proportional to the respective majority applicant acceptances. Just my opinion.

I realize that my comments are not directly related to the PP's post...I just wanted to throw in my opinion on the whole matter. I recall these discussions getting quite ugly in year's past...

[Anonymous]

Reminds me more of stalking the mailman for the bar admission letter...back in the olden days before the Internet!

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard from Burgundy Farm? Their notification date was 3/4 but nothing yet for me...

[Anonymous]

also no letter from burgundy yet. I think they were planning to send letters out on 3/4. But I have an older child at BF and somehow letters from BF always seem to take forever to get here, no matter what. I mean, I'm three miles away but the letters seem always to take five days. God Bless the USPS. sigh.

[Anonymous]

Wait listed Beauvoir. Accepted at GDS and Green Acres. Rejected from Sheridan. WTF?