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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I don't have admissions data to back this up, I would venture to say that the top schools likely don't over-admit because there is a higher likelihood for someone to accept.[/quote]
This is mathematically impossible unless you assume there are literally zero applicants getting admitted to multiple top schools.[/quote]

This is, of course, totally incorrect.  It's akin to saying that Harvard or Yale as 100% yield. They don't.  Harvard has like an 80% yield, Yale 70%.  Safe to say that St. Albans, GDS, Sidwell, Maret, Holton, NCS, Holton, Potomac all have yields substantially below 80% and probably closer to 50-60%.  Again, many families are applying to many of these and getting into more than one. [/quote]

Can't speak to the others, but as to Potomac this is incorrect.  It has a very high yield - well over 80%.  (I believe it is approximately 90%, if I recall correctly.)[/quote]

I find this hard to believe.  Potomac is a great school, but while the top preference for many in Northern Virginia, it is often a backup to the NWDC schools for those in DC and MoCo.  There is absolutely no chance that their yield is 90% as many of their accepted students get into NWDC schools.[/quote]

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