Number of siblings in Beauvoir, Sidwell, Maret Pre-K and K classes

[Anonymous]

Anyone have information on the number of siblings or alumni children that were accepted this year for pre-K and K at Beauvoir, Sidwell and Maret?

[Anonymous]

No preK at Maret. I heard that 10 of 20 in K are sibs.

[Anonymous]

I heard more sibs applied to Beauvoir then there were spots. I think it was preK.

[Anonymous]

What does it mean for the rest of us if there are more sibling applicants than spots? Will they fill the class with siblings or do they typically hold only a certain number of spots for sibs and save some for new families?

[Anonymous]

I'm not an insider, but I don't think they fill the class entirely with siblings. They probably try hard to convince some parents to defer application until the following year. I've heard of this happening at other schools.

[Anonymous]

I know at least 8 new families that were accepted at Beauvoir pre-k this year.

[Anonymous]

Any info on Sidwell for K? I would think that most siblings got in at pre-K, but that's pure speculation. Any word on the number of new families accepted for K?

[Anonymous]

It is usually at least around half, I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is usually at least around half, I think.

I am begining to think that the US should follow China's rule and institute a one child per family rule. We can have exceptions for families who cannot afford private schools or live in geographic regions with great public education systems.

[Anonymous]

For places like Sidwell, there are four groups which are given preference: Siblings, Quakers, Alumni and Faculty. They could easily fill the the Pre-K and K classes just with those kids (and of course many are turned away to later years, if ever).

[Anonymous]

At Beauvoir, there was a higher than normal number of sibling applicants this year. But, the class was not filled with just siblings. There are a lot more spaces filled at Beauvoir's Pre-K than at other schools, so there are typically openings for non-sibling applicants there. Maret and Sidwell are different in that they have fewer openings to begin with and so they have fewer openings after siblings and other priority candidates are accepted.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For places like Sidwell, there are four groups which are given preference: Siblings, Quakers, Alumni and Faculty. They could easily fill the the Pre-K and K classes just with those kids (and of course many are turned away to later years, if ever).

But at least at Sidwell they purporsely save some slots (about half, I think) for nonpriority candidates.

[Anonymous]

What about GDS? Is PK or K 'easier'?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about GDS? Is PK or K 'easier'?

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