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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your response does not address the pp's question. For example,  there could have been 30 who applied to Sidwell and wanted to go to Sidwell but only 5 were accepted. [/quote]

Well, as a Beauvoir parent who applied to Sidwell for my DC, I can attest to the fact that there were 11 of us who applied, not 30. Of that 11, very few really tried. [/quote]

Very few really tried? What do you mean? Of the 11 that applied
How many got in?
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The year my kid left Beauvoir, lots -much more than 11 applied to Sidwell- and many very interested.

Loved Beauvoir but the outplaced process left a bitter taste.... It really sucked. [/quote]

PP, above: I have to say that you are the first Beauvoir parent I have heard characterize the outplacement process that way. OP, the outplacement director's name is, James Carroll, if you want actual outplacement stats from Beauvoir , call him up and ask. When he presented to us as 2nd grade parents about to apply out beginning in 3rd grade year ( they start working with families in spring of 2nd grade) he shared exact figures going back the previous 3 years.

From what I remember, a large portion of families got their 1st choice school ( far more than in the " open market"  of Pre-K admissions ) and something like 88% of families got their 1st or 2nd choice when you combined the two. Now, ask yourself, do 88% of DC parents applying to private school get have their child accepted at their 2nd choice and perhaps WL at their 1st choice.

I think the multiple threads on this forum attest to that NOT being the case. How then does an 88% placement rate in 1st or 2nd choice school " really suck " exactly ?

As to the 12 % remaining, they were not cast to the winds of DCPS by any stretch of the imagination: GDS , Potomac, Landon are hardly "sucky options" .[/quote]

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