Anonymous
02/06/2018 13:26
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
I don't know app number for Potomac and Sidwell but I know when we applied GDS was 275 and told us that they were around 30-35% acceptance. Their class size is 50, Sidwell is 30 and Potomac targets 30-40. I gotta imagine Potomac and Sidwell will be much lower than 30-35 as a result because GDS loses some to Sidwell more than Sidwell loses to GDS.
Anonymous
02/06/2018 13:22
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
From a trusted source, Potomac varies from as low as 12.5% to as high as 25% on a yearly basis. I would equate that to an 18% average. Think about it. Best Private in NoVa and folks do not want to commute to DC a lot of the time. Sidwell has some competition from NCS/St. Albans and even GDS and Maret. Please believe me on this percent. It is not static and varies based on 8th grade attrition. How many go public? How many go board, etc.
Anonymous
02/06/2018 13:16
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:Can we make it a thread rule that anyone posting a specific number has to provide a source? Aside from accepting 30 9th grade students, which they publish on the website, this is all coming from nowhere.
Honestly, I can't see how anyone would have any clue unless they asked admissions directly, which probably nobody would (though I don't think it would be outrageous to do so). Numbers like 1:8 and 1:10 float around DCUM, but I have idea as to their validity. Not that it helps in this case, or perhaps in any other, but in the acceptance letter for GDS PK/K last year, it said they got several hundred applicants. They left it vague as to whether that was for LS as a whole, for LS and MS or what.
Anonymous
02/06/2018 13:06
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
I have heard 20% acceptance rate at Sidwell,
Anonymous
02/06/2018 12:35
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think at max it's about 10:1.
It sound like overwhelming odds but every year I know a lot of kids who get in from our local public. They're bright and nice kids but not out-of-the-norm brilliant or impressive.
That odds would make these school on par with selective colleges! I don't think so.
Potomac is about 35% - 40% acceptance, Sidwell probably around 20-25%.
Before any Potomac parents out there start throwing a fit, reason for the higher percentage is because historically Potomac's yield is not as high as Sidwell's (or the GDS, NCS/STA bunch).
Potomac, as much as it wants to be, just does not have as much name recognition as Sidwell. Not a reflection that it is a bad school, so calm down.
From my experience dealing with families from all different private schools in the DMV, Potomac families, by far, have the largest chip on their shoulders.
Its all relative, OP as I would say the laregst chip can routinely be found on the GDS shoulders. -Cathedral parent
And we can all say that the parents who make statements such as these are those I hope are not at my school.
Anonymous
02/06/2018 12:32
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Can we make it a thread rule that anyone posting a specific number has to provide a source? Aside from accepting 30 9th grade students, which they publish on the website, this is all coming from nowhere.
Anonymous
02/06/2018 12:13
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think at max it's about 10:1.
It sound like overwhelming odds but every year I know a lot of kids who get in from our local public. They're bright and nice kids but not out-of-the-norm brilliant or impressive.
That odds would make these school on par with selective colleges! I don't think so.
Potomac is about 35% - 40% acceptance, Sidwell probably around 20-25%.
Before any Potomac parents out there start throwing a fit, reason for the higher percentage is because historically Potomac's yield is not as high as Sidwell's (or the GDS, NCS/STA bunch).
Potomac, as much as it wants to be, just does not have as much name recognition as Sidwell. Not a reflection that it is a bad school, so calm down.
From my experience dealing with families from all different private schools in the DMV, Potomac families, by far, have the largest chip on their shoulders.
Its all relative, OP as I would say the laregst chip can routinely be found on the GDS shoulders. -Cathedral parent
Anonymous
02/05/2018 18:03
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:I think at max it's about 10:1.
It sound like overwhelming odds but every year I know a lot of kids who get in from our local public. They're bright and nice kids but not out-of-the-norm brilliant or impressive.
That odds would make these school on par with selective colleges! I don't think so.
Potomac is about 35% - 40% acceptance, Sidwell probably around 20-25%.
Before any Potomac parents out there start throwing a fit, reason for the higher percentage is because historically Potomac's yield is not as high as Sidwell's (or the GDS, NCS/STA bunch).
Potomac, as much as it wants to be, just does not have as much name recognition as Sidwell. Not a reflection that it is a bad school, so calm down.
From my experience dealing with families from all different private schools in the DMV, Potomac families, by far, have the largest chip on their shoulders.
Anonymous
02/05/2018 17:43
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
^^^Which public are you referring to?
Anonymous
02/05/2018 17:36
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
I think at max it's about 10:1.
It sound like overwhelming odds but every year I know a lot of kids who get in from our local public. They're bright and nice kids but not out-of-the-norm brilliant or impressive.
It sound like overwhelming odds but every year I know a lot of kids who get in from our local public. They're bright and nice kids but not out-of-the-norm brilliant or impressive.
Anonymous
02/05/2018 16:52
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Haha spelling “fixed” for the above: I’d guess about...
Anonymous
02/05/2018 16:52
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Irvin goes aboir 400
Anonymous
02/05/2018 10:04
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
This has to be a joke-900?
Anonymous
02/05/2018 10:02
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
900 applications? I highly doubt these schools are getting 900 applications for 9th. Where did you hear that number?
Anonymous
02/05/2018 09:39
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anyone know how many new rising 9th graders are accepted at Sidwell and Potomac each year? I have applied for both.
What is the percentage of admission at both schools? I heard around 3-5%, 30 kids for 900 applicants. Any truth to that?
What is the percentage of admission at both schools? I heard around 3-5%, 30 kids for 900 applicants. Any truth to that?