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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. She would be coming from private. She would be fine with our public HS, though she really loves some of these schools.[/quote]

I have kids at two of the schools you mentioned and have watched 9th grade admissions closely for the past 3 years (as I had kids applying 2 out of the 3).

Your child's biggest competition (by far) is kids coming from her own middle school.  Most of these schools will not admit more than 3 kids from any one middle school.  It's often 1 kid per sending school. 
They love to say "we have kids coming in from 30 different middle schools/Zip codes, etc).  I clearly remember this from Potomac's 9th grade accepted student day.

So who else is applying from your daughter's class?  If there are siblings, legacy, etc you may very well be out of luck.  If your daughter is the strongest kid applying to a high school, she may
have a very good chance of admission.  
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This is so helpful! Thank you for your perspective and insight.[/quote]

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