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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like Bullis has changed? People talk less trash about it...and it seems people are generally happy with it this year with Covid. [/quote]
It still seems have broadly open door admissions, however the type of families and kids attending seems to have changed. [/quote]

According to the HOS email, there are waitlists for all middle and upper school grades, as well as grade 3.  It may not be Sidwell, but clearly not everyone is getting in.[/quote]
Sure, but let’s not overstate the case. I would find it hard to find an advantage over Wooton, Churchill and Whitman other than if your kid needs smaller class sizes for whatever reason or you just like the community. [/quote]

The PP was saying it was open door admissions.  My point was that it is not.  The quality of the education is a different issue.  You can ask the same question about all of the area privates.  What do any of them offer that is better than Wooton, Churchill or Whitman, other than small classes and better facilities?[/quote]
I don't know. It was reported that due to the number of applicants they are opening more classes in some grades. If people are not getting in/there is a waitlist, I would wonder what that group of applicants looked like. Maybe they only have capacity to deal with x number of ADHD students per year, I am not sure. I don't want to knock Bullis as it is decent school and it has a lot of very good students. But from the students that I know who are there (one was a B- student in MCPS), even calling admissions "selective" would be a stretch.

I do agree with you the overall student body profile of Bullis is pretty consistent with the area public schools, although they do lack the advanced levels that you can find at the publics. The main differentiator is mainly size and some, but not all facilities. Let's be honest here, the facilities at many public schools, like Whitman, are also very good.[/quote]

No one said Bullis is “selective.”  We all know it’s not SFS in terms of selectivity.  The point is that not everyone gets in.  The public schools have fine facilities.  They don’t begin to compare to those at Bullis.  
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