DS is honors at a k-8 and he found out yesterday that some classmates were waitlisted while non-honors girls were accepted. He was joking on the way home that DD (6th grader) should stop studying if she wants to go to all-girls schools. Legacy? Parochial connections? The whole process is a puzzle. The boys' results made more sense, at least at our school.

Anonymous wrote:SR had to turn away record numbers this year. They felt bad about it but not willing to increase class size.

Wow.

SR had to turn away record numbers this year. They felt bad about it but not willing to increase class size.

I believe SR had biggest number of applicants ever this year, so I think it was especially difficult to get into.

Realize that this doesn't directly answer post, but 8th grade class at SR was larger than average years and probably impacted number of spots all else being equal to prior years.

how many girls must be on this wait list? do they wait list hundreds of girls? the 3 I know were also incredible sweet smart girls and also were wait listed at Visi

Anonymous wrote:SR is a wonderful school with great teachers and academics, excellent college preparation and placement , nice girls, good catholic values (service days out in the community every other Wednesday), great sports teams and near future plans for a new theatre. I would guess that admissions will be more difficult for the long term? Though it is expensive, that’s one issue. It’s a great school, my DD’s loved it there.
Especially important, I think, is the appreciation for the schools values by the student and the family.

This doesn't answer the post.

We are at a local Catholic K-8 and several well qualified (and legacy!) students were rejected or waitlisted from Visi. (Don't know about SR.) I think it was a hard year.

OP here. That was my exact question -- was our school's almost-shutout uniquely awful or were SR and Visi admissions stingier than usual across the board this year?

Anonymous wrote:With respect to SR, I don't believe the premise of the initial post is correct -- i.e., that only sibs got in (or that, from non-catholic schools, only sibs got in). I haven't investigated but I know offhand of a few public school admittees. Don't know the full numbers, though. Sorry OP!

I thought OP meant from her daughter's school, not generally.

With respect to SR, I don't believe the premise of the initial post is correct -- i.e., that only sibs got in (or that, from non-catholic schools, only sibs got in). I haven't investigated but I know offhand of a few public school admittees. Don't know the full numbers, though. Sorry OP!

Admissions to private high school has been difficult from the past two years and it will continue for may be another 4 years as most babies were born between 2003 and 2009.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/195908/number-of-births-in-the-united-states-since-1990/

SR is a wonderful school with great teachers and academics, excellent college preparation and placement , nice girls, good catholic values (service days out in the community every other Wednesday), great sports teams and near future plans for a new theatre. I would guess that admissions will be more difficult for the long term? Though it is expensive, that’s one issue. It’s a great school, my DD’s loved it there.
Especially important, I think, is the appreciation for the schools values by the student and the family.

Wow!

Our DD attends a non-Catholic K-8. I don't think any non-siblings got in to either Visi or SR this year, which at least for SR is unusual. We were very surprised, as our DD and many of the other girls (some active Catholics, others not) were the same types of girls as far as grades, scores, athletics, etc... who have been accepted in prior years.

Was this just a random bad year for our school, or were admissions tighter than usual at both schools this year?

Not just guessing about other kids' grades -- we are very close to many of the parents at our school, including many with older kids.

Thank you.