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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I definitely agree with all the other PPs re: commute.  Last year was my first playing, and I was completely fixated on [b]trying to get my kid into one of the HRCSs[/b], especially the immersion ones.  However, as the lottery got closer, I started kind of hoping my kid wouldn't get into any of these, since I realized the commute would be a killer.  No need to worry, we were way down on all the waitlists.  So a lot of needless anxiety and obsessing--but perhaps that's par for the course in the DC school search.

Fast forward a year later--I'm on the job market, interviewing for positions literally all over the DC metro.  If we'd landed a spot at [b]one of the HRCSs[/b] I'd coveted, work commute and school pickup would have been epic--and not in a good way. :)

Landing a spot this year at our surprisingly lovely IB school was a blessing in disguise.  I can easily pop down the street and pick up my kid after getting home from work.  And I can apply for jobs in locations I would not have otherwise considered given commute logistics.

So for me, the moral of the story is:

1) try not to obsess too much since the odds of getting a spot are low at any one school.

2) If it's at all possible you'll be on the job market in the near future, you may want to weigh commute even more heavily (with a school near your home being most preferable).[/quote]

I'm sorry - I'm new to all these acronyms.  What is HRCS?[/quote]

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