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[quote=pbraverman][quote=Anonymous] I think there of been some very nice and thoughtful responses already,  so I just wanted to chime in to add one thing -  remember that you may be rejected/wait listed even if the admissions team absolutely loves your child.   While  it's hard to take any perceived criticism or rejection of your child,  keep in mind that the admissions team has a lot of factors unrelated to awesomeness  to balance.  There are going to be kids with preference because of siblings or  parents who work at the school, and there also needs to be a balance of ages, sexes, races and personalities in a class.

One of my children is in a class where there isn't one single kid of his/her sex that wasn't a priority applicant. Some years just stink like that. [/quote]

I can't tell you how many times schools decline to offer spots to an applicant for reasons that have nothing to do with him or her particularly, or that kids I worked with were not offered spots for reasons beyond their control and the school's disclosure to the families. I've had sixth-graders apply to schools, only to be told that the schools had more siblings applying that year than they had open spots in the rising seventh grade. It's not necessarily about your child — and if it is, it doesn't hurt to ask whether he/she/you might have done something to change the outcome. It can seem awfully random, and it can be a learning experience, too.

Thanks for the reminder, PP.
Peter[/quote]

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