Anonymous wrote:1. We found the perfect school for DC. And his standardized test scores were 98/99th percentile.

What does this mean?

You should add WES to your middle school listed. Our child entered In middle school and is thriving there.

Sent 1 last year. Big 3. SSAT score average 89. High part score about 97. Low part score 79. Admitted. Don't believe the hype about everyone having 99 scores. If you have a kid with a good personality who is a good fit for the school, you will get in. The interviews matter. And what matters is to be not rehearsed. Genuine answers are the best.

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Anonymous wrote:1. We found the perfect school for DC. And his standardized test scores were 98/99th percentile.

A lot of kids have those scores.

You don't say what the school is so maybe you can be confident but if you are looking at Sidwell/Maret/GDS/STA/Field (which has been difficult to get into lately and doesn't take kids they think are just using it as a safety for Sidwell) this may not have been wise.

+1 Don't count chickens.

Anonymous wrote:We are at a public in nwdc and there is a spike this year for the first time of a much higher percentage of kids applying to private.

Which public?

We are at a public in nwdc and there is a spike this year for the first time of a much higher percentage of kids applying to private.

Anonymous wrote:How many applications are people sending out for middle school?

4 (applying to 5th)

Anonymous wrote:1. We found the perfect school for DC. And his standardized test scores were 98/99th percentile.

A lot of kids have those scores.

You don't say what the school is so maybe you can be confident but if you are looking at Sidwell/Maret/GDS/STA/Field (which has been difficult to get into lately and doesn't take kids they think are just using it as a safety for Sidwell) this may not have been wise.

PP I hope you get in. But remember scores aren't everything.

1. We found the perfect school for DC. And his standardized test scores were 98/99th percentile.

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Talking to friends (around the area) and neighbors (we are in the Westland MS district) it seems like there is a spike in applications for middle school at many of the private schools this year. Obviously 6th and 7th grades are big entry years anyway. But just seems like I am hearing about a lot of applications - does anybody else have a sense of this?

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How many applications are people sending out for middle school?