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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child scored very high on the SSAT, so we elected to submit that.   Think that’s what a lot do; see how the SSAT goes if applying to other schools that also take it and then decide whether to do internal at Potomac.  He was waitlisted at Potomac.  Worked out fine for my child in the end with a better fit school downtown.  [/quote]

Interesting. We had the same experience. Our child scored extremely High on the SSAT as well but still got waitlisted at Potomac. We never pursued the waitlist as he was accepted at another school where we felt he’d be a better fit.

I honestly think that with Potomac ( as with most privates) , school fit is extremely important as long as you are able to handle the curriculum.

So between a kid who scores in the 90th percentile on the SSAT who they feel is  a good fit for the school and another kid who scores in the 98th percentile on the SSAT but may not be as great fit, they’ll choose the former. [/quote]

We understand admissions aren’t a meritocracy and they have more applicants who can do the work than space.  While I acknowledge “fit” may be a part of it, I think it’s really more numbers/hooks.  Our child who scored very high is also a high level athlete in a sport.   Potomac never expressed any interest in our child for that sport.   They could have had, for example, sibling applicants who played that same sport who were already preferred or a kid who is much better at the sport than my child or they already had too many kids playing the sport in the existing class.  I just think it’s a numbers game at all the schools.   And we never really pushed at Potomac too because we never got any response from the coach during the process.  No hard feelings at all and seemed like a fine place.   
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