Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 14:19     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:Likely declining Flint Hill for boarding.



Smart move.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 14:17     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know two kids declining Sidwell for 9th; two declining STA. All going to top 5 boarding schools.

It will be interesting to see how well they predicted their yields. They probably have these declines built into their estimates but time will tell.


I don’t know if I could ever send my children totally boarding school regardless of how good it is even if it was 100% free. No judgments I get the benefits it’s just not for me in particular.



We felt the same way until our DC went. She loves it, and she gets to come home for visits every 4 - 5 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 14:14     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:Accepting at Saint Andrews.




I hope you are happier than we are. We were excited for our DD to go, but were very disappointed when she got there.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 14:07     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:Turning down PVI. Going to Flint Hill



They are basically of the same caliber. One is just cheaper.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 12:16     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Got off the NCS 4th grade wait list but declined, had already decided to attend Catholic K-8


Wow- what’s your high school plan?


Probably Visi but will deal with that in a few years


Which Catholic k-8?
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 12:06     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:Decline:
Duke
GWU
Brown
Tufts

Accept:
Va Tech

I think you’re in the wrong thread, at the very least.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 12:04     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Decline:
Duke
GWU
Brown
Tufts

Accept:
Va Tech
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2023 10:49     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
No one judging. I think people don't know the MCPS magnet applications were due before private decision were out. So a family's first choice could be a magnet program but it's really competitive to get in so they weren't sure of acceptance. The privates may have always been their second choice.

When all the cards were on the table and they saw they got in to Sidwell or whatever and the magnet they went with the magnet.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2023 10:46     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Declining: Sidwell, Holton Arms and Georgetown Day

Accepting: Wootton High School - Humanities Program


Why would you bother applying only to end up your local school?


NP. It is a MoCo magnet program.


Troll.
There's no magnet at that school. I do know at least 2 kids who turned down privates for actual magnets.


https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/woottonhs/programs/humanitiesarts/

I’m not the person who declined the “elite” schools for public, but a quick google search answered the question. This is a program offered by Wootton that you have to apply and be accepted into.

So perhaps they applied bc they wanted options if they didn’t get into this program.

Why do you all feel the need to judge what other people are doing? If this poster wanted to apply to all the schools and decline them, they could have. Perhaps the people the met at the schools were a big turnoff. Perhaps they realized financially it was a waste of money for them. Perhaps they did it as safety. The reactions to this person turning down the big schools feels as if it comes from a place of jealousy.


It's not a magnet. It's a program within a school and almost all MCPS high schools have specialized programs. There are actually more in the more mixed income areas than in the wealthier areas.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2023 08:33     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Declining: Sidwell, Holton Arms and Georgetown Day

Accepting: Wootton High School - Humanities Program


Why would you bother applying only to end up your local school?


NP. It is a MoCo magnet program.


Troll.
There's no magnet at that school. I do know at least 2 kids who turned down privates for actual magnets.


https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/woottonhs/programs/humanitiesarts/

I’m not the person who declined the “elite” schools for public, but a quick google search answered the question. This is a program offered by Wootton that you have to apply and be accepted into.

So perhaps they applied bc they wanted options if they didn’t get into this program.

Why do you all feel the need to judge what other people are doing? If this poster wanted to apply to all the schools and decline them, they could have. Perhaps the people the met at the schools were a big turnoff. Perhaps they realized financially it was a waste of money for them. Perhaps they did it as safety. The reactions to this person turning down the big schools feels as if it comes from a place of jealousy.


Oh thank goodness that Wooton has a special magnet for only Wooton area students (per webpage) and Potomac village has Chinese immersion elementary school with extreme preference for their catchment.

How do we live/work in a county who talks Equity out of one side of their mouth while this insanity is happening??
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2023 07:29     Subject: Re:List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Declining: Sidwell, Holton Arms and Georgetown Day

Accepting: Wootton High School - Humanities Program


Why would you bother applying only to end up your local school?


NP. It is a MoCo magnet program.


Troll.
There's no magnet at that school. I do know at least 2 kids who turned down privates for actual magnets.


https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/woottonhs/programs/humanitiesarts/

I’m not the person who declined the “elite” schools for public, but a quick google search answered the question. This is a program offered by Wootton that you have to apply and be accepted into.

So perhaps they applied bc they wanted options if they didn’t get into this program.

Why do you all feel the need to judge what other people are doing? If this poster wanted to apply to all the schools and decline them, they could have. Perhaps the people the met at the schools were a big turnoff. Perhaps they realized financially it was a waste of money for them. Perhaps they did it as safety. The reactions to this person turning down the big schools feels as if it comes from a place of jealousy.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2023 13:24     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:Accepted SSFS!



+1 😊
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2023 11:03     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Accepted SSFS!


Us too

+1 is too - very excited 😊
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2023 20:15     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Anonymous wrote:Turned down GDS for Maret for 9th!!!!!


Congrats! Both great schools.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2023 16:43     Subject: List of Schools You are Declining and Where Will You Accept?
Turned down GDS for Maret for 9th!!!!!