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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was the only school that offered DC  a spot coming from a K-8.  Rejected/waitlisted at STA, GDS, WIS and Maret[/quote]

This was for 9th? Wow. [/quote]

In retrospect, I think the admission offices have some knowledge or communication with other admission offices. At least for 9th grade.  Not in all cases or even many, but in this instance I think the not-Sidwell schools knew DC would accept at Sidwell if offered a spot and so didn’t waste an offer.  [/quote]

Was there a sibling involved? or alum or faculty status?

I think that schools sometimes waitlist or outright reject otherwise strong candidates if a younger sibling is applying to the older sibling's school/parent's alma mater/etc. because the assumption is that the applicant will go to the same school as the older sibling. This would be especially true of there isn't any obvious reason (e.g., younger DS plays football, and GDS doesn't have a football team) why the parents would split up the kids and send them to different schools. [/quote]

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