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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our private K-8 always says that 8th graders get "one of their top 3 choices".... What is the process in private k-8 when an 8th grader gets no acceptances ?  How does the private k-8 HOS/staff help these kids get off the WL?  Or do they just say "be sure that you are happy with your local public?" [/quote]
They try to help, if one was waitlisted everywhere or a mix of rejections and waitlisted. I have seen this happen more than once since the pandemic. Sometimes it works out for the family after the HOS reaches out, and especially if the family also has another “in” somehow, but the k8 can’t make a space magically appear. Let a HS school, that you think you have a good chance in based on how the interview went, your child’s profile, know they are your first choice and that you would gladly enroll if given the opportunity. Yield matters more to the schools now. The k8 we were at says not to do this but I know it has backfired with the pandemic craziness after what was shared with me from those who had this unfortunate result. Both kids were very strong applicants too. I would not believe any HOS who says that all students get into one of their top three choices. I think that is misleading for many. The follow up question should be what were the choices they gave them (suggested they apply to),which kinds of schools are they talking about? And how many kids applied to “top schools” (if that is what you are hoping for your own kid) without being a sibling or legacy etc and were admitted. If a kid from a k8 in or near DC applies to SSFS, Burke, Field and Bullis and they get into one then the school can say they got into “one of their top three choices”. If these are the sorts of schools  the unhooked kids are applying to and getting in, and they are not the sort you are interested in for HS for your own kid then that is good info to know. There will always be outliers but you want to know what the norm is.
Btw I don’t mean anything negative against the schools I listed above it is just they are not nearly as competitive as the “big 3/5” that many people want. [/quote]

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