Anyone get any notification?

With costs going up, schools should be over-enrolling because budgeting could get more strained in a recession. You never know how many will drop out or move away this summer due to job loss.

Did everyone move on and decide on another school? If so did you remove yourself from
WL @ visi?

Anonymous wrote:These schools have been at max/over enrollment for years. The only change is the assumption that various "one off" events (COVID, the current government layoffs) are going to change that.

There is a very large demographic of kids moving through high school right now, so ALL schools have high enrollment. Public schools are bursting at the seams and pushing kids to private high schools even before Covid happened. There are plenty of families who even with economic uncertainty can afford a private Catholic high school from savings.

These schools have been at max/over enrollment for years. The only change is the assumption that various "one off" events (COVID, the current government layoffs) are going to change that.

It is so interesting to me that after several years of a strong economy and people fleeing public schools and increases in tuition outpacing wage growth, that this is the year that schools are overenrolled. This year of concern about the economy, federal government RIFs, etc.

My DD friends parents called admissions and were told last week they were over enrolled this year due to record number! My daughters friend was devastated as she really wanted in and now going to diocesan high school. Good luck to those still waiting.

How many people applied to a school doesn’t really matter in the Waitlist process.

What matters are:

1. How many were accepted versus how large a class they want. They over-admit based on their estimate of how many of those they accept will choose to attend.

2. How many of those that were offered acceptance choose to attend. If fewer applicants choose to attend then the school has room for, they will go to the WL for candidates for the open spots they have.

If not, the school will not go to the WL. There are some times those that accept but due to circumstances they have to withdraw their acceptance before the start of school. This is the second time the school may look at the WL.

Neither of these instances have anything to do with how many applicants there were.

Anonymous wrote:Visi has a really high number of applications this year. My DD who got in last year scored in the 99 percentile on the HSPT. In her current group of friends the student who scored the lowest was in the 92 percentile. I have heard though that if you are a legacy there is significant wiggle room re: admission criteria.
I think I heard a legacy scored below the 50th percentile and still got in!

Did your daughter receive a merit scholarship? Is it true that students who score in the 99th percentile receive funds to use at the dining options? My daughter heard this on her shadow day.

Visi has a really high number of applications this year. My DD who got in last year scored in the 99 percentile on the HSPT. In her current group of friends the student who scored the lowest was in the 92 percentile. I have heard though that if you are a legacy there is significant wiggle room re: admission criteria.
I think I heard a legacy scored below the 50th percentile and still got in!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, but we aren’t accepting the spot for our daughter.

Are you enrolling at another school instead?

No. Just skipping high school altogether.🙄

Anonymous wrote:Last year, the waitlist kids were notified around this time. Why would they push it back to April this year?

They just got back from spring break. Maybe they are getting organized this week and then starting calls next week which would be April.

Last year, the waitlist kids were notified around this time. Why would they push it back to April this year?

Anonymous wrote:They are waiting until April for WL

I do hope this is true! Starting to lose hope for Visi

They are waiting until April for WL