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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The one thing I can share is be prepared to apply multiple times.  The admissions numbers are so small even at the main entry years and the schools are admitting kids from all over the DMV.

We (and other families we know) applied multiple times to places like Sidwell and the Catheral schools and eventually got in.  Our kids had top grades, recs, etc all along.  It's just a space issue and if you're not bringing diversity or big money ($$$) to the table then you're generally behind these kids regardless of how great your kids are because coming from public school, your sending school does not have a relationship with the accepting private school.

In terms of sports, they don't really matter until 9th grade. You don't need to be a 3 sport athlete but rather really good (on the trajectory towards college recruitment) at one sport.  The sports that matter for boys are soccer, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, cross country and sort of football (although most kids only start football in 9th).  For girls it's soccer, basketball and lacrosse but 9th grade sports recruiting is far less common for girls.[/quote]

No one in history has ever been recruited for high school cross country[/quote]

You are naive and you are wrong.

Pretty much every year the kid(s) who win the DC public cross country middle school championships go on to Big3 high schools.  I've known several. They were definitely talking to high school cross country coaches.

Private high schools want kids they can get into elite colleges.  They can get runners into elite colleges. [/quote]

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