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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know how many applicants they get each year and how many they accept?[/quote]

For PK- 63 kids admitted.  For K - 21+ (depending on attrition from preK due to families moving or deciding to try a different school).

Application numbers vary from year to year.  I don't know the number for Beauvoir, but the year we applied (the same year we applied to Beauvoir), Maret told us more than 250 for a class of 20.  I'm guessing Beauvoir gets more because it's known that it has more spaces. 
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This would imply a pretty high yield then since the total class size is about 60.  You really think they get 100% of kids accepted to attend?  I doubt this.[/quote]

I wasn't implying a 100% yield. No school has a 100% yield. The schools know their typical yield and admit accordingly. Again, you should just call. What I was told by a long-time admissions person (who has worked in many schools) is that Sidwell, Beauvoir, and GDS are the hardest to get into--by far--for pre-K.  And every year, kids get into a combination of the three, and it can seem a little random (for instance, I've known kids who got into beauvoir, but not Gds; Sidwell, but not beauvoir. Sidwell and GDS, but not beauvoir. Beauvoir and GDS, but not Sidwell. All three. None.). The best way to get up-to-date info is to  call Margaret Hartigan and ask for more specific info. My info is older; my kids are older.

As for the person who posted above about preparation for NCS and STA, this topic gets hashed every year. Here's the deal. Beauvoir revamped its math a few years ago and does a lot of differentiation on both ends (which is great). My DCs loved math there. Kids who are pretty good academically have all the content they need for STA and NCS. What some don't have is the quantity of work. STA in particular is known for heaping on the quantity in 4th. So if you have a kid who gets into STA, it wouldn't be the worst idea to give him practice at doing a fair bit of work before he starts. STA makes no bones about how rigorous it is, and that starts at the beginning. Again, it's not the content the beauvoir kids struggle with (if they struggle, and many don't). It's the quantity they may not be used to.

STA and NCS have strict academic and behavioral standards. If your kid does well at beauvoir, does well on his or her tests, and doesn't have behavioral problems or learning disabilities that STA and NCS can't accommodate, STA and NCS are the next typical steps. That usually means a great deal of the bvr kids move on to STA and NCS. If there are test score problems, severe learning disabilities, or behavioral problems, though, STA and NCS are not the best fits, and STA and NCS are honest with the families about that early on. At other schools, this honesty manifests as "counseling out." It's usually not a huge number from beauvoir that don't or can't move on, but the schools look carefully at the student.  It doesn't matter if the kid's parents are on the board or major donors or bigwigs at a country club or whatever other "hooks" folks talk about on here--STA and NCS are looking to the student's abilities and track record.

As for specifics on any given year, if you know anything about the Cathedral community, you would know that everyone is very respectful and does not talk about admissions until the very end of the school year. Kids need to find the right place for them, and often that's STA or NCS; sometimes it's not (for various reasons). It's a very supportive and respectful community, and I would expect that support and respect would continue to mean that no one is going to come on DCUM and start talking about early admissions results.

Visit the school; talk to the admissions staff. It's a lovely place.  [/quote]

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