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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools like Sidwell and St Albans have a below 10% acceptance rate and a yield over 90%.

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They don't publish this data, so where are you getting these numbers?[/quote]

Because insiders get the info from admissions staff. Schools don’t publish, but most are happy to tell applicants how many other applicants there are that year. Yield patterns are shared hush hush within the school.

Sidwell’s yield went down during the pre-Covid college admissions disaster.  It’s back up.  STA’s yield has gone higher.  [/quote]

for what it's worth, STA's 9th grade yield was 100% this year.  [/quote]

I can understand why. STA showed itself to be the best-managed Big 3 this year. The admin and faculty showed great leadership and care for the students, which is always what has made it an exceptional school.  Eg: the 4th grade teachers lobbied hard to have their students attend class in person, because they thought starting school virtually would be especially hard for kids just starting STA.  The admin was responsive and worked wit the teachers to make it possible for C Formers to have classes in person from the start of the school year.

The school spent the summer training the teachers on how to teach in a hybrid format, with 1/2 their students at home and 1/2 in the classroom.  That training made a huge difference.  My boys got a real education this past year.

Sidwell and GDS really dropped the ball.  My DD (Sidwell) had a terrible year compared to her brothers.  So infuriating. [/quote]

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