Anonymous
03/16/2020 21:41
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Public school, are sitting this cycle out.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 20:36
Subject: Re:Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Incoming 9th grade girl
GDS
Maret
Potomac
Wondering which is better at avoiding groupthink. We all live in a bubble but will one be better than the others in terms of exposing her to ideas that are actually different from those in the bubble? And is one worse?
Because I think this question is really awesome I am going to give you my 2 cents on Potamac. I have a high school kid at Potomac (also had kids at other privates in DC) and I have been very surprised at the diversity of opinions that kid hears from classmates. Coming from DC, and having kids at other top DC privates, I thought Potomac was going to be too conservative and "southern" for my taste but my kid wanted to go to Potomac. Well, I was wrong. We talk about politics, culture, world view in our house and Potomac kid often offers anecdotes form her peers at school. Im always a bit surprised at how diverse the opinons from her classmates tend to be. There seems to be a bit of everything from "Green Party" types, democratic socialists to mainstreem democrats, independents, liberatarians, conservatives and the Trumpies. Best part is they all seem comfortable sharing their views and friendships cross the political spectrum. Just my kid's experience but, its been an eye-opener for me.
Agree, and we went there in 4th grade for both our kids after doing a dc based k-12... it was refreshing not being in an echo chamber.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 19:38
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:I'm curious if any boys are not taking their 9th grade SAES offer. We are waitlisted and I know it's a grade with too many boys, so a few would need to decline for us to even have a chance of getting off of the waitlist. Would love to know before the 4/10 deadline, but I figure we will not find out until after that....
I too know of a boy who was accepted and declining. We removed ourselves from waitlist. Good luck!
Anonymous
03/16/2020 18:58
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:I'm curious if any boys are not taking their 9th grade SAES offer. We are waitlisted and I know it's a grade with too many boys, so a few would need to decline for us to even have a chance of getting off of the waitlist. Would love to know before the 4/10 deadline, but I figure we will not find out until after that....
I know one boy who got in but is going elsewhere (one girl as well). Good luck to you!
Anonymous
03/16/2020 18:27
Subject: Re:Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Incoming 9th grade girl
GDS
Maret
Potomac
Wondering which is better at avoiding groupthink. We all live in a bubble but will one be better than the others in terms of exposing her to ideas that are actually different from those in the bubble? And is one worse?
Because I think this question is really awesome I am going to give you my 2 cents on Potamac. I have a high school kid at Potomac (also had kids at other privates in DC) and I have been very surprised at the diversity of opinions that kid hears from classmates. Coming from DC, and having kids at other top DC privates, I thought Potomac was going to be too conservative and "southern" for my taste but my kid wanted to go to Potomac. Well, I was wrong. We talk about politics, culture, world view in our house and Potomac kid often offers anecdotes form her peers at school. Im always a bit surprised at how diverse the opinons from her classmates tend to be. There seems to be a bit of everything from "Green Party" types, democratic socialists to mainstreem democrats, independents, liberatarians, conservatives and the Trumpies. Best part is they all seem comfortable sharing their views and friendships cross the political spectrum. Just my kid's experience but, its been an eye-opener for me.
I agree with this. Our child loves this--true independent thinking.
If the above is true, there's a rarity and value to any community that people feel comfortable sharing their perspectives (and listening).
Anonymous
03/16/2020 17:59
Subject: Re:Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Incoming 9th grade girl
GDS
Maret
Potomac
Wondering which is better at avoiding groupthink. We all live in a bubble but will one be better than the others in terms of exposing her to ideas that are actually different from those in the bubble? And is one worse?
Because I think this question is really awesome I am going to give you my 2 cents on Potamac. I have a high school kid at Potomac (also had kids at other privates in DC) and I have been very surprised at the diversity of opinions that kid hears from classmates. Coming from DC, and having kids at other top DC privates, I thought Potomac was going to be too conservative and "southern" for my taste but my kid wanted to go to Potomac. Well, I was wrong. We talk about politics, culture, world view in our house and Potomac kid often offers anecdotes form her peers at school. Im always a bit surprised at how diverse the opinons from her classmates tend to be. There seems to be a bit of everything from "Green Party" types, democratic socialists to mainstreem democrats, independents, liberatarians, conservatives and the Trumpies. Best part is they all seem comfortable sharing their views and friendships cross the political spectrum. Just my kid's experience but, its been an eye-opener for me.
I agree with this. Our child loves this--true independent thinking.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 16:46
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
I'm curious if any boys are not taking their 9th grade SAES offer. We are waitlisted and I know it's a grade with too many boys, so a few would need to decline for us to even have a chance of getting off of the waitlist. Would love to know before the 4/10 deadline, but I figure we will not find out until after that....
Anonymous
03/16/2020 15:26
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:No one has mentioned St. Andrew's here. Why is that?
See above a few posts up.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 15:18
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
No one has mentioned St. Andrew's here. Why is that?
Anonymous
03/16/2020 13:51
Subject: Re:Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Another thing pp’s ignore: many people don’t feel comfortable asking schools hard questions until they get in. Two weeks isn’t that long.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 12:48
Subject: Re:Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Incoming 9th grade girl
GDS
Maret
Potomac
Wondering which is better at avoiding groupthink. We all live in a bubble but will one be better than the others in terms of exposing her to ideas that are actually different from those in the bubble? And is one worse?
Because I think this question is really awesome I am going to give you my 2 cents on Potamac. I have a high school kid at Potomac (also had kids at other privates in DC) and I have been very surprised at the diversity of opinions that kid hears from classmates. Coming from DC, and having kids at other top DC privates, I thought Potomac was going to be too conservative and "southern" for my taste but my kid wanted to go to Potomac. Well, I was wrong. We talk about politics, culture, world view in our house and Potomac kid often offers anecdotes form her peers at school. Im always a bit surprised at how diverse the opinons from her classmates tend to be. There seems to be a bit of everything from "Green Party" types, democratic socialists to mainstreem democrats, independents, liberatarians, conservatives and the Trumpies. Best part is they all seem comfortable sharing their views and friendships cross the political spectrum. Just my kid's experience but, its been an eye-opener for me.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 12:11
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:SJS
SJS?
St. John’s - 9th
Same here.
Congrats!
Anonymous
03/16/2020 12:07
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We immediately released all the spots.
Good luck to every family.
We did the same. It was such an easy decision - SINCE WE THOUGHT AND TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE RESULTS CAME OUT.
But DC has friends who are doing a second shadow to some schools. Slow turtles.
Some things to consider "cocky rabbit" (referring to 9th grade admissions here..)
1) Perhaps your DC's friends didn't get into their first choice, and need to visit other schools again because the child needs to look at these schools with a new perspective.
2) This process can be overwhelming at all stages for kid. This is especially true in the Fall when kids are going to a lot of HS application events and they are missing a lot of school. Visits can blend together if a child has no clear favorite from the start and they follow advice to keep an open mind and not get heart set on any one place. It can also be hard to remember all the school visits when you are a kid who loves school and learning but is missing a ton of current school at a time when it is very challenging (the case for our 8th grade) and there is a lot to make up.
Get some perspective - everyone is different.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 11:53
Subject: Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We immediately released all the spots.
Good luck to every family.
We did the same. It was such an easy decision - SINCE WE THOUGHT AND TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE RESULTS CAME OUT.
But DC has friends who are doing a second shadow to some schools. Slow turtles.
My child ( a few years out of this process for 9th) genuinely had no clear favorite, even after shadow dates. It's not always an easy decision. In the end, child made a firm decision that they felt good with and has never looked back....but it's not always so obvious.
I'm glad that your child had an easy decision and is clearly happy. That's a good thing.
Anonymous
03/16/2020 11:49
Subject: Re:Acceptances, and what school will your child be attending?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
We immediately released all the spots.
Good luck to every family.
We did the same. It was such an easy decision - SINCE WE THOUGHT AND TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE RESULTS CAME OUT.
But DC has friends who are doing a second shadow to some schools. Slow turtles.
You say this so smugly, but I know from experience that shadow days can change a kid's decision.
Yes, but they did it already. A second one is just ridiculous.
Well you should have said that, precious. You see, some schools will not let potential students do a shadow day UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
Agreed with PP. Also, there is a reason why schools give you 2 weeks to decide and offer revisits/first visits. That time and opportunity are there for the admitted families to utilize. Let people utilize them instead of calling them NAMES. AND YOUR ALL CAP IS RUDE AND ANNOYING. SEE, I CAN DO IT TOO.