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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I think there of been some very nice and thoughtful responses already,  so I just wanted to chime in to add one thing -  remember that you may be rejected/wait listed even if the admissions team absolutely loves your child.   While  it's hard to take any perceived criticism or rejection of your child,  keep in mind that the admissions team has a lot of factors unrelated to awesomeness  to balance.  There are going to be kids with preference because of siblings or  parents who work at the school, and there also needs to be a balance of ages, sexes, races and personalities in a class.

One of my children is in a class where there isn't one single kid of his/her sex that wasn't a priority applicant. Some years just stink like that. [/quote]

To piggy back on this, that is absolutely true. My DC was WL at a particular school we thought we had more than a good chance of getting into. We met another family whose child was also WL who arguably should have also had a good chance of getting in. Fast forward a couple of months  and by chance chance I run into the Admissions Director of the school dear child was WL at. AD asked about DC and whether things were going well at the school DC was attending. After a few minutes of chatting, AD said "I was disappointed we were not able to offer DC a spot. We had an unusually high number of sibling applications, which we try to honor, and it resulted in a number of great applicants being placed on our WL." Maybe the AD was being gracious, but I appreciated the explanation. [/quote]

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