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[quote=Anonymous]I work in a K-8 and have worked in a K-12, and our K-8 head of school and outplacement team 100% goes to bat for students. And if students are waitlisted or don’t get aid, the head goes back to the schools and willl advocate hard for them all over again. No student has had zero options at the end of the process, though sometimes it takes several weeks to sort it out. Heads of schools can’t make any high school admissions team do anything, but all the schools want to maintain relationships with the k-8s. But especially in this moment in time, there simply aren’t enough spaces for all qualified applicants. Schools do have closer relationships to some schools than others though, or may have similar pedagogical approaches and draw the same types of families, so they know it’s likely to be a good fit and a smooth transition. It’s why people who want NCS choose Beauvoir and why people who want a school like GDS choose a progressive K-8. Some other ideas,

If you don’t like your public option or need aid and have an academic high achiever, apply to your public magnet options too.

If you don’t need aid and want to maximize your chances, apply to boarding schools as well. Or you can apply as a day student if that’s an option, and if you’re waitlisted, they may have a spot for your child as a boarder.

If you need aid and aren’t sure if you’ll get enough, investigate and apply to other sources of scholarship money, just as you would do for college. Find niche scholarships that relate to your child’s interests or background. Needing aid sadly can hurt a student’s chances and may lead to them being waitlisted even though the school would be happy to take them. That’s painful to see as a staff member.

Apply to schools you never would have considered in the past. That might mean a religious school or a single sex school or a school you think is too urban for your athletic child. You may need that option. This process can feel arbitrary.

Don’t go by what’s said on these boards. I recognize certain complaints and sometimes can guess who is behind them and believe me, you’re not getting the full story on this board. Visit all the schools with your kids and make your own conclusions. And don’t waste energy worrying about other students. You have no control over whether they happen to need a kid who fills a certain need. It’s good practice for when they apply to college, when it becomes even more opaque a process.  [/quote]

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