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[quote=Anonymous]The people who claim that everyone gets into school x are always basing that on nothing. All private schools have become more competitive over the last several years. Having been through 9th admissions recently the following is true:

If you are coming from an known independent K-8 and have a good record - mostly As (although not necessarily all), good recommendations (but nothing special), etc. - you have pretty good odds at the following schools:

SJC, Landon, Madeira, Bullis, SAES, SSSAS, Burke, Field, Holy Child, AHC. Nothing is guaranteed anywhere but you can generally count on if you apply to a few of these you will get in and many people will get into all of them.

The following schools are also doable and have generally been accepting kids like the above from our school: Gonzaga, SAAS, Prep, Stone Ridge, Visitation. I know for Catholic schools K-8 admissions work differently. But for our independent K-8, generally are kids are getting in (but we only have a limited number year apply to these schools). Test scores though are way more important here than the schools above. If you get a low HSPT or SSAT these are much harder.

At the following schools admissions is very unpredictable if you are not a legacy, sibling, big money, or a recruited athlete: Maret, Holton, NCS, Sidwell, GDS, Potomac, STA. So these schools you cannot count on and you will be surprised which people get in (it’s not necessarily the top of the class academically).[/quote]

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