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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand there's 20 spots for 9th grade. Generally speaking, are all 20 of those truly available or are there sib and legacy admits at that grade?
I would think the sibs and legacies would enter earlier but not sure.
thanks[/quote]

My impression -- and it is just that after seeing things for a few years -- is that it is mostly new "unhooked" applicants.  I think you are right that most alumni kids/siblings are already there by ninth grade.  It doesn't mean there are never siblings or alumni kids coming it, but it feels like most of the kids are from the general pool.  If your child is in that latter category and applying for admission this year, good luck to you!  I believe I've read on their website that their "yield" for upper school admits is 50% or so (it's a lot higher for earlier entries, for example the Beauvoir admits) so that really they may be admitting 40+ to fill 20 spots.  (Makes the odds a little better.)  From what I've been told/seen, by 9th grade a lot of parents rely on their child to make the school choice and not every boy wants an all-boys school.[/quote]

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