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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not entirely true. One of the aforementioned released that they had a 12% upper school admit rate (on their school profile). [/quote]

That school was not Maret.  It accepts way more than Sidwell or GDS.  [/quote]

Not sure where you get your info, but Maret is around 15%. It's also a lot smaller than the other two, enrolling only 25 or so students in 9th.[/quote]

I don’t have data but I do have experience.  Last year they aggressively protected their yield.  They did this by calling 3 families I personally know the night before decisions from most schools came out.  They asked those families to commit on the spot.  None did and all got waitlisted.  All liked the school but wanted to see results from other schools.  This is not rumor. It is an open secret that Maret aggressively protected its yield last year and frankly messed with a lot of families emotionally.  One of those families ultimately went.  The others went elsewhere.  And Maret got to protect its yield by saying they never admitted those students.  It’s not really competing with SSSAS anyway.  Totally different schools and Maret and SSSAS are pretty far apart so not likely competing for too many of the same kids.  [/quote]

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