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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is turning down an admissions offer and reapplying the following school year to the more exclusive privates heavily frowned upon? Our family is a having hard time determining which school year would be best to switch the kids to private due to some work issues. We are not sure how bad it would look to apply, be accepted, turn down, then reapply the following year?[/quote]

Depends on the school. Do NOT turn Sidwell down.  It's the Harvard of the USA's private schools so they never need to chase you.  But at other schools maybe.[/quote]

Sorry, no, Sidwell is not the Harvard of USA Private Schools.  That is at best a parochial view, from someone who is not aware of the top schools in the NE, on the west coast, etc.  Most folks would say Exeter & Andover, maybe along with Grottlesex, are the Ivys of private schools.

Certainly, we would reject Sidwell in favor of several other local schools - actually, we would not bother to apply because even we’d pick our public over Sidwell.  Clearly some other folks here will have alternative views.[/quote]

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