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[quote=Anonymous][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" .

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OP here: I was going to ask in what way did it suck? I recall from the material and website the statics on outplacement where pretty high. Someone mentioned to me years ago there was an issue with the outplacement office because they where unhappy when parents opted to not pursue NCS or on the other spectrum parents felt they where being steered away from NCS and they weren't getting a direct answer about why.

I tend to agree that 88% getting into their 1st choice is pretty good, and sounds like much better chances than if we were applying to 4th grade from public school. If more than 11 students apply to Sidwell I can't imagine even a majority can expect to get in. It's but only so many spots Sidwell would have right (even with it being an entry year)? If they are looking to diversify the class, accepting everyone who applies for Beauvoir would seem to counterproductive. Again, I'm an outsider looking in just trying to think of it objectively. [/quote]

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