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Anonymous wrote:My sibling didn’t get into a coveted high school that is nationally known. Went to another good private but not nationally known. My mom thought life was over! They wanted my sibling to go so badly to the that school. Ended up at MIT and Harvard so pretty sure it worked out well.

My DH went to Brown and Harvard and has an MD/ PhD. He’s a public school grad too. Do these parents think their kind can’t make it unless they attend private school? There are so many great public schools in the area.

You are in the wrong forum. If you are here, you should understand that those of us who send our kids to private are not interested in sending them to public, for many different reasons. Additionally, you may think the publics in this area are “great” but that is your opinion. I for one don’t agree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:We are applying to 9th grade in a school NOT in the DC area. Yesterday (Mar 2) we got an email from a student ambassador saying hello, if your child has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. FYI, my background is XYZ (club activities, sports etc that sounded very similar to what DC wrote as interests). I am trying to not read too much into it. But, still spent a considerable amount of time wondering whether the school would have their student ambassadors send such an email on Mar 2 if they were going to reject us 3 days later. If this was in fact a blanket email sent to many applicants (inlcuidng those that will be rejected/WLed) that is almost cruel because it is making us hopeful...

Curious how it worked out? Anyone receive similar emails from student ambassadors a couple weeks before decisions are out?

Not from a student ambassador but from the coach of one of the school's sports team inviting DS to afternoon practices with the team beginning as of late February. This is a DC area school to which DS has applied for admission to 9th Grade beginning this September. We interpret this as a positive sign.

Is it common to be invited to athletic workouts during the admissions process? DS is in 6th applying for 7th and attended a workout which I thought was strictly for applicants. However, everyone else at the workout that I know of was currently in 8th grade.

Anonymous wrote:My sibling didn’t get into a coveted high school that is nationally known. Went to another good private but not nationally known. My mom thought life was over! They wanted my sibling to go so badly to the that school. Ended up at MIT and Harvard so pretty sure it worked out well.

My DH went to Brown and Harvard and has an MD/ PhD. He’s a public school grad too. Do these parents think their kind can’t make it unless they attend private school? There are so many great public schools in the area.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder why they don’t release the decisions until after 4 pm on a Friday. Other than that the admissions office will be closed a that point. The morning seems like such a better time to me.

This was done so that kids in schools that end in 8th or 6th (or whatever) are out of school when decisions are posted and have a weekend to process before coming back to school. I'm sure it helps to have admissions office closed too! But I know someone who was involved in implementing the "wait until kids are out of school" initiative.

This, and so the kid can find out first/at the same time if that's what the parents' want without the parents being tempted all day to check.

Yes, both of my older DCs went to their rooms and checked Ravenna alone. Reported results about 30 minutes later. My current 8th grader will want me sitting right next to them as they read the letters.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder why they don’t release the decisions until after 4 pm on a Friday. Other than that the admissions office will be closed a that point. The morning seems like such a better time to me.

This was done so that kids in schools that end in 8th or 6th (or whatever) are out of school when decisions are posted and have a weekend to process before coming back to school. I'm sure it helps to have admissions office closed too! But I know someone who was involved in implementing the "wait until kids are out of school" initiative.

This, and so the kid can find out first/at the same time if that's what the parents' want without the parents being tempted all day to check.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why they don’t release the decisions until after 4 pm on a Friday. Other than that the admissions office will be closed a that point. The morning seems like such a better time to me.

This was done so that kids in schools that end in 8th or 6th (or whatever) are out of school when decisions are posted and have a weekend to process before coming back to school. I'm sure it helps to have admissions office closed too! But I know someone who was involved in implementing the "wait until kids are out of school" initiative.

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Anonymous wrote:What was the conversation about?

Redshirting

It sounds like they know you did not get in and is sort of advising you to repeat the year? Did you ask?

No, no need to ask. They were very clear as to why they were calling, what they were thinking, wanted to hear our thoughts, and if we would accept if the opportunity was presented.

So redshirting could come up in this stage of the game?

I can tell you my experience. My DS had a birthday that is the last day before the cut off. So about 3 weeks before K decisions, the school called to discuss our feelings on PK vs. K placement. They conveyed what the teachers observed during the kindergarten visit, what his preschool teacher said in the recommendation but wanted to know our position. We had mixed feelings. They suggested a follow up “play date”, so my son had a visit to the younger classroom (PK). They called after the visit and said they were recommending not redshirting. So he was accepted and went to kindergarten having just turned 5 a few days before school started. This was all at a local k-8 school and a sibling application.

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Anonymous wrote:We are applying to 9th grade in a school NOT in the DC area. Yesterday (Mar 2) we got an email from a student ambassador saying hello, if your child has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. FYI, my background is XYZ (club activities, sports etc that sounded very similar to what DC wrote as interests). I am trying to not read too much into it. But, still spent a considerable amount of time wondering whether the school would have their student ambassadors send such an email on Mar 2 if they were going to reject us 3 days later. If this was in fact a blanket email sent to many applicants (inlcuidng those that will be rejected/WLed) that is almost cruel because it is making us hopeful...

Curious how it worked out? Anyone receive similar emails from student ambassadors a couple weeks before decisions are out?

Not from a student ambassador but from the coach of one of the school's sports team inviting DS to afternoon practices with the team beginning as of late February. This is a DC area school to which DS has applied for admission to 9th Grade beginning this September. We interpret this as a positive sign.

I would too, and I hope it works out for you. Otherwise what a huge disappointment!

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Anonymous wrote:We are applying to 9th grade in a school NOT in the DC area. Yesterday (Mar 2) we got an email from a student ambassador saying hello, if your child has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. FYI, my background is XYZ (club activities, sports etc that sounded very similar to what DC wrote as interests). I am trying to not read too much into it. But, still spent a considerable amount of time wondering whether the school would have their student ambassadors send such an email on Mar 2 if they were going to reject us 3 days later. If this was in fact a blanket email sent to many applicants (inlcuidng those that will be rejected/WLed) that is almost cruel because it is making us hopeful...

Curious how it worked out? Anyone receive similar emails from student ambassadors a couple weeks before decisions are out?

Not from a student ambassador but from the coach of one of the school's sports team inviting DS to afternoon practices with the team beginning as of late February. This is a DC area school to which DS has applied for admission to 9th Grade beginning this September. We interpret this as a positive sign.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the conversation about?

Redshirting

It sounds like they know you did not get in and is sort of advising you to repeat the year? Did you ask?

No, no need to ask. They were very clear as to why they were calling, what they were thinking, wanted to hear our thoughts, and if we would accept if the opportunity was presented.

So redshirting could come up in this stage of the game?

Anonymous wrote:We are applying to 9th grade in a school NOT in the DC area. Yesterday (Mar 2) we got an email from a student ambassador saying hello, if your child has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. FYI, my background is XYZ (club activities, sports etc that sounded very similar to what DC wrote as interests). I am trying to not read too much into it. But, still spent a considerable amount of time wondering whether the school would have their student ambassadors send such an email on Mar 2 if they were going to reject us 3 days later. If this was in fact a blanket email sent to many applicants (inlcuidng those that will be rejected/WLed) that is almost cruel because it is making us hopeful...

Curious how it worked out? Anyone receive similar emails from student ambassadors a couple weeks before decisions are out?

FYI. I just checked Ravenna and still nothing, LOL. Four more hours to go! Good luck everyone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the conversation about?

Redshirting

It sounds like they know you did not get in and is sort of advising you to repeat the year? Did you ask?

No, no need to ask. They were very clear as to why they were calling, what they were thinking, wanted to hear our thoughts, and if we would accept if the opportunity was presented.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the conversation about?

Redshirting

It sounds like they know you did not get in and is sort of advising you to repeat the year? Did you ask?