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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if you can pay the full tuition, you'll get it.  every school is looking for full pay families and don't think beauvoir is more exclusive than that.  if you can pay, your kid will get in.[/quote]
Imagine thinking that being full-pay, without more, is enough to get into the most selective private schools around here.[/quote]

Agreed. You need connections, hooks. [/quote]

No, actually, you don't. As these selective schools creep up in price, and DCPS gets better and more acceptable to a broader spectrum of families, all of these schools - particularly at the elementary level -  are becoming more, shall we say, "welcoming," to those who can pay full freight.[/quote]

I’m sorry I think you’re very very disconnected from how many people at these top private schools view public schools. There is a lot of money in DC. In fact a new report just showed pockets of DC and close in suburbs are now some of the wealthiest in the country. There is no shortage of people who are able to drop $30 or $40,000 a year for pre-K. I know a lot of people that applied to these top privates for pre-K and they did not get in. None of them would send their kids to public as a back up. Sure some of the publics are great and while we would consider them when kids were younger none of our friends would. Not a single one. They all grew up going to private and they would never send their kids to public. There is no shortage of people who are willing to pay. I know many people that were full pay this past year that applied to Beauvoir, Sidwell, and GDS for pre-K and they did not get admitted. There were many discussions about waitlists and waiting for a spot to open up. I think you are very disconnected from the reality of how many people in this area view public schools, whether their view is correct or not. [/quote]

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