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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had the same negative experience with the Admissions Director at Mclean. I've been through the independent school admissions process multiple times and had never had a negative, cold or unwelcoming experience until I got to Mclean. My DC was accepted for MS, but I actually had strong reservations about NOT enrolling. In the end, we decided to give it a try.

There were a few glitches in the beginning (comm gaps, last minute invites to parents for events, no buddy family assigned as promised, calendar mixups), but things steadliy went down hill from there...uneven enforcement of rules, punitive approach to mild behavior issues, MS principle ineffective in role, found out that my DC was not getting the required accommodations in ANY classes, the course work seemed to be too lightweight.

Most of DC teachers were good though, but I had a hard time getting past the fact that the accommodations had not been put in place...and that there was little to no accountability for it. Also...2-3 teachers that DC really bonded with left after our first year there, then during our 2nd year, despite telling us that it was done, the school failed to submit forms that we needed for an evaluation for our child. This caused a significant delay in an appointment we had been waiting a long time for. Again...no real accountability.

The last straw was when we were told in Nov that our DC was doing great in x subject, but DC ended up doing dismally on an outside test in x subject.[/quote]

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IME, it's like their whole business model is to make your child feel like they are doing well and achieving when they are not. It may be a helpful model if your child has anxiety or low self-esteem though.[/quote]

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