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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again.

-I've since heard from more of the parents at our JKLM and the results are the same.  It was a really hard year for admissions. No one I know got in from our JKLM (this is for middle school).  I do know some Deal kids who got 
accepted at St. Johns and Gonzaga and GDS.  I know many others from Deal who were rejected or waitlisted everywhere they applied.   All are "good students"--A's, good testing, top athletes, etc.

-I'm not saying this to trash DCPS (we actually love our kids' schools) but just as an FYI for other parents because my eyes were opened.

-I'm talking about admissions for the top DC privates: Sidwell, GDS, the Cathedral schools, WIS, Potomac, Maret.  There are other schools that are easier to get accepted at.  Even at the top 
schools there are those who have 20 spots and those who have 5 for some of the middle school entry years making some far more competitive.   We did apply to top schools.  I figured, "if we're going to leave DCPS where we're 
happy, and start paying a lot of money it's only going to be for a top school".  I also naively thought that a "top" student at DCPS would get in to one of these top schools.   Some of the parents
saying they (or friends) got accepted at private schools from DCPS are not talking about the top schools.  They're applying to places like Burke or Field or Lowell or Sheridan, or the Catholic high schools.  All great
schools but easier to get accepted to.

-I wonder if it's easier to get accepted to private school from an EOTP public than from a JKLM.  I bet this is the case for good students.  The independent schools probably figure if they're going to 
fill a "public school applicant" spot, they will take a top kid from less polished public (or a kid who doesn't have Deal as the next option).  This total sense to me and is a good thing.

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Plenty of kids from Deal I know got accepted into Sidwell and Maret. I know 8 that applied and 6 got in. [/quote]

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