Anonymous wrote:Do priority applicants (siblings, alumni, rich and famous, etc.) find out their admission status before regular (non-priority) applicants?

Anonymous wrote:Do priority applicants (siblings, alumni, rich and famous, etc.) find out their admission status before regular (non-priority) applicants?

Anonymous wrote:SAM2 - I think the grade/admission status cross-reference would be interesting just because it seems to come up frequently in threads that "X is easier/harder to get into in LS/MS/9th grade/Pre-K" and it would be nice to have actual data of some sort. It might also help people that are on the fence about applying at MS vs. 9th grade or something.

SAM2 wrote:Thank you for the feedback. Here are some answers and further questions:

1. Cross referencing grade against admissions results. PPs, why is that cross reference helpful for you? What will it help you learn? I'm asking because it might guide how to set up something like that. Would be helpful for me in case we don't get in for K and want to see what G1 statistics look like, for example. Also to see how many K applicants did/did not get in.

2. When to enter results. For last year's form, it really was best if people were patient and entered all their results at once. But I know it's hard to be patient in early March, so I'm trying to think of some modifications so it won't matter as much.

3. Should I add a question about which admission slots people will turn down? I was thinking last year that it might help people to have a sense of which admission slots will be turned down, so they can gauge whether the waitlist might open up. Would that be helpful? Or am I creating some monster no one wants? If not too difficult, I think it would be helpful not just for this purpose but to help other families see what the numbers look like. For example, I'm looking at Langley and Potomac now, and it would have been nice to see what families in previous years elected to do with acceptances at both -- sometimes there's not as much anecdotal info about some (esp non DC) schools.

4. Cross referencing admissions results against applicant characteristics. I am thinking about doing something like this, but I am really wary, because reducing admissions to these limited factors really brings out the worst in all of us. What do others think?

SAM2 wrote:Thank you for the feedback. Here are some answers and further questions:

1. Cross referencing grade against admissions results. PPs, why is that cross reference helpful for you? What will it help you learn? I'm asking because it might guide how to set up something like that.

2. When to enter results. For last year's form, it really was best if people were patient and entered all their results at once. But I know it's hard to be patient in early March, so I'm trying to think of some modifications so it won't matter as much.

3. Should I add a question about which admission slots people will turn down? I was thinking last year that it might help people to have a sense of which admission slots will be turned down, so they can gauge whether the waitlist might open up. Would that be helpful? Or am I creating some monster no one wants?

4. Cross referencing admissions results against applicant characteristics. I am thinking about doing something like this, but I am really wary, because reducing admissions to these limited factors really brings out the worst in all of us. What do others think?