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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fwiw- I know a lot of kids from our WOTP ES who left for private school for 6th. None got into Sidwell or GDS. [/quote]

Same here.  I knew about 6 kids who applied to both from our DCPS and none got in. Figure that there are about 10-12 spots at each school. Half will be each gender. Half of each gender will be URM (so 3 white girls, 3 URM girls).  So if you are a white girl there may be 3 spots.  Now 1-2 of those will often go to siblings or legacy applicants (who frequently join after elementary).  So there may only be actual spot open for a white girl in 6th grade (for example).  This is what makes the schools so difficult to get in to. [/quote]
This is true for high school too.[/quote]

As someone who has been close to the Admissions process at a DC private, it's remarkable to me that this post doesn't seem to educate posters on here about how things work. Instead, the conversation drones on about overall Admissions rates.

It seems that few can see the world as the school's see it. And it's their perspective that counts.

Your DC's admissions chances are highly dependent on what attributes the school is looking for, especially in non-expansion years. The question is what categories of students are they short on?

Average Admissions rates are meaningless. And where do these numbers even come from?

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