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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not had the perception from this forum that it's "easy" to get into a private school. [/quote]

There are regularly posts about DCPS that insinuate that switching to private is easy:

"well, if XX school quality decreases, upper middle class families will leave for private". 
"if my kid doesn't get advanced math instruction we'll switch to private".

I do think it's said pretty routinely and cavalierly.  
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As a long-time dcum participant, I completely agree.  And I smh too, because as a private school parent (for 10 years now) I know the odds are much more difficult than the cavalier posters realize. Note that's very true of elementary school, too.  A variation on the theme is the parent who assumes they can simply switch their rising 2nd grader from Watkins / noyes / seaton to a non-parochial private if the mood overtakes them.  I see them on tours at my kids'' school every year.  There just isn't space, especially in those non-expansion years when it seems the "fine for ECE" dcps and dcpcs are no longer working. 
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Honestly, it's not that hard to get into most private schools. There are a handful of "top" schools where admissions is challenging but if you're willing to look beyond those, there is lots of room. [/quote]

I don't know which schools you think are not that hard to get into.  The last two years have seen huge increases in applications at most area schools.  The AD from Potomac, Landon, and Bullis last year mentioned it to me in separate conversations.   At the MS level, which isn't a huge entry year, you're looking at 10 applicants per slot or more for some of these schools.  They're not going to increase class sizes, they just admit enough to fill slots.  It's hard to know what they want, too.  Some kids with lower stats get in, others get WL, others get a no.  It's just dependent on the schools needs in terms of rounding out their classes.[/quote]

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