Anonymous
Post 12/13/2012 11:16     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Preschool applied to:
DCPS: Barnard, Bancroft, Cleveland, Takoma, and Powell; got into none via lottery: got into Barnard & Powell over the summer

Charter: Cap City, LAMB, Shining Star, Haynes, Stokes, Creative Minds, Mundo Verde, Bridges, Appletree, Inspired Teaching
Got into Creative Minds, Shining Star via lottery
Got into Appletree, Bridges via waitlist

Chose and over the moon happy at Creative Minds.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2012 09:45     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Applied to Cap City, Two Rivers, Stokes, LAMB, Appletree, Inspired Teaching, Mundo Verde, Mary McLeod Bethune, and 6 DCPS schools. Got into Appletree and Bethune for charters and my 5th choice DCPS. All fine for PS3 and PK4, but we'll be trying again for something more permanent. It's nice that some people get lucky on the first shot, but make sure to have backup plans.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2012 09:38     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My bet: most people apply to all of these, plus or minus a few depending on interest or location.

1. Cap City
2. E.L. Haynes
3. LAMB
4. Mundo Verde
5. Stokes
6. Yu Ying
7. Inspired Teaching




Applied to these (minus Yu Ying b/c no PS) as well plus Bridges, Two Rivers, DC Prep, and Creative Minds. Also applied to 6 schools through DCPS lottery. Got into DC Prep and Bridges through initial lottery. By May or June we were into my top DCPS choice and Creative Minds. Got into Inspired Teaching on the first day of classes. Chose (and love) Creative Minds.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2012 02:17     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Applied Cap City, Haynes, Two Rivers, spots at the first two, enrolled Cap City
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2012 23:39     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We got spots at Inspired Teaching, Appletree, Bridges, Creative Minds and Yu Ying. Also applied to LAMB, Capital City, Stokes and Mundo Verde but we got low waitlist numbers. We also got into our first choice DCPS OOB, but decided to go with a charter were we are very happy. [/quote

I'm calling troll on this. There is no way someone got into that many good charters and had that many low wait list numbers. Please spend your time trolling somewhere else.


Yes, actually, it would make sense for it to be a troll, I was scratching my head that anyone was THAT lucky. Should have caught on with that "Also got into 1st choice DCPS OOB" - that's the icing on the troll cake!
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2012 22:00     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:We got spots at Inspired Teaching, Appletree, Bridges, Creative Minds and Yu Ying. Also applied to LAMB, Capital City, Stokes and Mundo Verde but we got low waitlist numbers. We also got into our first choice DCPS OOB, but decided to go with a charter were we are very happy. [/quote

I'm calling troll on this. There is no way someone got into that many good charters and had that many low wait list numbers. Please spend your time trolling somewhere else.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2012 17:53     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:We got spots at Inspired Teaching, Appletree, Bridges, Creative Minds and Yu Ying. Also applied to LAMB, Capital City, Stokes and Mundo Verde but we got low waitlist numbers. We also got into our first choice DCPS OOB, but decided to go with a charter were we are very happy.


Which charter did you go with and what did you base your decision on? Those are good ones to get into... Also, what did you learn about getting your kid into the DCPS OOB? Was it just luck or you got in off waitlist...?
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2012 14:18     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
We got spots at Inspired Teaching, Appletree, Bridges, Creative Minds and Yu Ying. Also applied to LAMB, Capital City, Stokes and Mundo Verde but we got low waitlist numbers. We also got into our first choice DCPS OOB, but decided to go with a charter were we are very happy.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2012 13:48     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:Two years ago, applied to Yu Ying. Got in. Only school I even considered. No regrets.


Us too, off the waitlist except for private schools which DC was accepted also. YY was our first choice and very happy there. Great school.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2012 13:41     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My bet: most people apply to all of these, plus or minus a few depending on interest or location.

1. Cap City
2. E.L. Haynes
3. LAMB
4. Mundo Verde
5. Stokes
6. Yu Ying
7. Inspired Teaching
we applied for this lot plus some, got two offers, ended up at dcps


We applied to all these except Yu Ying (doesn't take 3 year olds) plus Appletree, Bridges, Shining Stars Montessori, Potomac Lighthouse, DC Prep and Creative Minds. We got offered spots at all those I listed except Creative Minds and none of the previously listed. In fact our wait list numbers were spectacularly bad for the ones above (as high as 600 for LAMB and nothing below 200).
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2012 07:01     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
Anonymous wrote:My bet: most people apply to all of these, plus or minus a few depending on interest or location.

1. Cap City
2. E.L. Haynes
3. LAMB
4. Mundo Verde
5. Stokes
6. Yu Ying
7. Inspired Teaching
we applied for this lot plus some, got two offers, ended up at dcps
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2012 06:38     Subject: How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
OP here, at Tommy Wells charter school info night Scott Pearson said 86 schools would have the same deadline and lottery day this year.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2012 00:39     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
That's interesting about DCPSs waiting lists, going to look further into that. Thanks PP!
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2012 19:49     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
I have heard that all charters will have the same application deadline this year. I don't know if all the lotteries will be held the same day.

I have also heard that the charters are hoping to move toward a "universal application." I really don't think that they could force ranking the same way that DCPS does, though. My child eventually was offered spots at 4 charter schools, but wasn't initially accepted at any of them. The one we ended up choosing wasn't even really in my top choices when we applied, but I was won over.

Also, FWIW, apparently DCPS is changing the way they do their waitlists this year. So if you get into your 3rd choice school, you will not be waitlisted at 4, 5, and 6. Makes total sense to me.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2012 19:18     Subject: Re:How many CS did you apply to, and how many did you get into?
While people are weighing in on the original question, I'm also wondering if there are plans for charters to follow DCPS's model, since I think someone said LAMB (could be another school, don't shoot me! It's in the "Catching out of state cheaters at YY, Stokes and LAMB" thread) is joining with some other charters to have lottery the same day and require acceptance/rejection the same day (another day). That would definitely cut down for those schools on the "keeping seat open at multiple schools", but still not affect that for the schools that don't require it, nor will it stop people from jumping schools if they get a better seat from a waitlist.

Anyone know, are charters headed further in the "choose only 6 schools and rank them" direction?