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Reply to "applying to private school from DCPS isn't easy; my advice: if you want to move, do it early on"
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[quote=Anonymous]I think the main thing is that you apply to get into a private school during a "portal" year. In many local privates, that's 5th grade and not 6th grade. Also, the OP already mentioned 9th grade as a portal year at many of these private schools. Other than those two years, then yes the easiest way to get in is PK or K. THEN there's always the "contribute 5-10K with the application" approach. I know anecdotally that this has worked at several schools for student applicants. I'm sure that someone who works at an independent school would confirm that this is an effective approach. Believe it or not, these schools actually need the cost of tuition to keep the institution running, and for many the cost of tuition without additional contributions is still not enough.[/quote]
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