Used to be Catholic/Catholic independents announced a week before independent schools, but this year the dates are all over the place. Prep is 2/27, Bullis 2/28, SR 3/7, Landon 2/28, STA 2/28, Holton 3/7. We have twins (girl and boy) so tracking quite a few schools with Bullis being their overlap.

Anonymous wrote:
When my kid applied for PK/K about 9 or so years ago, schools notified on March 1. Some notified at midnight and some during the day. Some notified by phone or email and some sent packages in the mail.
By around 2017 or 2018, the schools had moved to Ravenna and the notification moved to the first Friday in March (typically after school closed). My sense is that reduced the drama for the schools. Some families were very happy. Some were not. By announcing on Friday afternoon, it creates a few days for people to process things and not immediately harangue the admissions offices.

This was done explicitly to reduce drama for the kids - especially 8th graders applying out of k-8 schools for high school.

Anonymous wrote:St. Alban's. Prep. Landon. Etc.. Many are the last Friday in February.

St Albans and Landon do not inform early. They follow AISGW guidelines and inform the first Friday in March.

Archdiocese schools are not part of AISGW and typically inform a week earlier - these are schools like Georgetown Prep, Gonzaga...

Anonymous wrote:SAES as well I think.

SAES follows the rules - we were informed the first Friday in March.

When my kid applied for PK/K about 9 or so years ago, schools notified on March 1. Some notified at midnight and some during the day. Some notified by phone or email and some sent packages in the mail.
By around 2017 or 2018, the schools had moved to Ravenna and the notification moved to the first Friday in March (typically after school closed). My sense is that reduced the drama for the schools. Some families were very happy. Some were not. By announcing on Friday afternoon, it creates a few days for people to process things and not immediately harangue the admissions offices.

I wish they all would do February 28th. It seems unfair to get decisions a week in advance for some schools and then have to wait another week for other decisions. We applied to Holton and Bullis.

It is usually the first Friday in March for independent schools. This year, the first Friday in March is the 7th, which is late. Most have moved to Friday, February 28th. The point is that they announce on the same day (with Catholic schools generally a week earlier).

Probably because the first Friday in March is so late this year.

Strange they're not on the same day anymore

AISGW doesn’t (and probably can’t) require that member schools comply with the timeline. They can only recommend it. Some schools don’t abide by it.

SAES as well I think.

St. Alban's. Prep. Landon. Etc.. Many are the last Friday in February.

Bullis

What AISGW schools notify earlier?

Why do some AISGW schools follow notification of admissions decisions on the first Friday of March, while some don’t? During tours we were told all schools do this for a transparent process. However, this isn’t true. Wouldn’t schools that notify end of February have an added advantage? Especially if contracts aren’t due until the third Friday in March?