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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is on all three waitlists.  A surprise to us, to be quite honest.  We've pretty much let it go by now.[/quote]

Ours was the same experience last year. DC chose to apply to the 4 most competitive schools and one less so. They were waitlisted at the elites and is attending the backup and is now thriving - so much so their younger sibling will join them next year.. One factor worth noting is DC had friends with similar and even less competitive profiles who got in to multiple elites. The difference? We applied for FA and the other families did not. Fortunately the school we ultimately enrolled in not only accepted DC but provided a very generous package. Lesson learned on how the Elites filter around FA. I don’t blame them - they have a product that is in demand and don’t need to use FA to secure matriculation and can instead use it to promote economic and other diversity. Our family doesn’t buy into the elitist model so we weren’t too bothered by how it all worked out but I would caution anyone who feels their child needs admissions at an elite in order to succeed, remember to avoid applying for FA![/quote]

We are talking abbot 9th grade here, when the applicant has a legitimate portfolio and background on their own merits (unlike the 3 yr old applying to preK).

Sidwell especially, but also the cathedral high schools make offers to the kids they really want at this entry year, and they have enough financial aid to do that. Not exactly need-blind but much closer than you suggest. GDS takes several more kids at 9th and has a smaller endowment so FA may carry more weight.  Maret is clearly most desirous of full pay families, except maybe for a couple of sports[/quote]

I have now read the PP multiple times but still don’t understand what the poster is trying to say. As for the PPP, it’s well known that the elites don’t provide meaningful FA to those who don’t provide some form of diversity - whether racial, ethnic, religious, or talent based - and that lesser qualified full pay applicants are admitted over higher qualified FA applicants. It’s unfortunately how the private elites work...just watch the line of luxury cars that line up to drop children at our area elites and then do the same at the next tier. Just spend 30 mins outside GDS, Maret, or Sidwell and then Burke, SSFS, or St. Andrew’s and you’ll understand. I bet you and your child will be far better off in the end where you’ve ended up as it sounds like a school that genuinely  wants to help an appreciating family - be grateful and cherish being in a functional environment...[/quote]

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