fieldertannenbaum wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

fieldertannenbaum wrote:Currently at MV for kindergarten and have been less than satisfied.

Thoughts about the following for 1st+?

-Marie Reed - Dual (English Dominant: Offered
-Stokes Spanish: #2
-Oyster: #9
-Bancroft: #8

You got an offer for Marie Reed dual language? Take it. That school is awesome (have friends there who switched from another dual language program and have been thrilled, also the school has a great swimming program which is a wonderful bonus).

I’ve heard good things, but didn’t know about the swimming. That’s great. Stokes has been #1 on our list for the past four years, although I’m not sure if we could get in at 1st grade even being second on the waitlist.

Anonymous wrote:Honest question: we matched at Sela (we put it lower on our list but we speak the language at home, so that would actually be a bonus) and got #15 WL at SWWFS. Prior years suggests little movement off the list before August or even October, but that this result is fairly likely to get an admissions offer. SWWFS is slightly easier from a commute perspective, though not necessarily enough to make a difference, especially with the van service from our neighborhood to Sela.
A few questions for the hive mind:

--This is our first lottery. How secure is a "match" if we don't enroll until much later?

--if the WL offers go as late as October...what do people tend to do in August and September?

--most importantly - feeder status aside for a moment - is there a clear academic choice at the PK and elementary level? are there any issues with either that would give the other an advantage? Looking at the rankings and assessments (such as they are), I'm not sure ...

Anonymous wrote:How can we find out how many lottery seats were allocated for 2024-25?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honest question: we matched at Sela (we put it lower on our list but we speak the language at home, so that would actually be a bonus) and got #15 WL at SWWFS. Prior years suggests little movement off the list before August or even October, but that this result is fairly likely to get an admissions offer. SWWFS is slightly easier from a commute perspective, though not necessarily enough to make a difference, especially with the van service from our neighborhood to Sela.
A few questions for the hive mind:

--This is our first lottery. How secure is a "match" if we don't enroll until much later?

--if the WL offers go as late as October...what do people tend to do in August and September?

--most importantly - feeder status aside for a moment - is there a clear academic choice at the PK and elementary level? are there any issues with either that would give the other an advantage? Looking at the rankings and assessments (such as they are), I'm not sure ...

You need to enroll at your match now. If you get a waitlist offer at a school you prefer later, you will just enroll at that school and let Sela know you are withdrawing enrollment.

Technically you have until the deadline to enroll at a matched school, but there is no reason to wait. Enroll so it's done, and so that the school knows you (at least for now) want the spot. That keeps everything moving. And then if you get an offer elsewhere and decide you want it, you need to let them know immediately and submit paperwork quickly, because once waitlists start moving, schools need to know if you are taking a spot or not so that they can move onto the next person on the list if you don't.

You do everyone a favor, and build good will at schools, by being prompt with responses to enrollment offers. There is no good reason to delay unless you are taking concrete action to make a decision. My recommendation if you are really unsure about taking an offer is to ask for a tour at the school. They will usually try to accommodate this for an offered family and just walking around the school and getting another feel is usually what you need to push you one way or another. If you're truly on the fence between schools, tour both. You will usually get a gut feeling about which feels more right.

As for those two schools, I have no advice, being unfamiliar with either.

Anonymous wrote:Rising 5th grader, oldest sibling, matched at top choice, Latin 2nd Street. I'm walking around in disbelief. And also obviously not going to chat it up among the 4th grade moms, so posting here

1SWMom wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1SWMom wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can any lottery veterans please shed light into when the waitlist moves? Obviously there would be movement by the enrollment deadline (May 1) but hopefully I don't manically check every day before then..

Please don’t check until May!
Unless you have a connection the list will not update until right before that date or even 2 days after.
After May the list will update regularly all the way until October.

This is the correct advice and yet I will check many times between now and May, as though by some magic I can will the lists to move early. I know I'm not alone, too. Some of us are crazy.

lol, I’m telling you all the paperwork is
Processed by central at the same time they don’t do the first update until May 1st or even right after people who had properly enrolled didn’t see their account info update for over a week in some cases and were going crazy, good luck on movement and getting a the choice you desire.

Anonymous wrote:I still haven’t gotten the email, is that strange?

(Obviously logged in last night to see but curious when the official email is supposed to come!)

Anonymous wrote:waitlisted #125 at yu ying Pk3 ahahahhaaa

that's ok, i wasn't really sold on the drive and am very skeptical the new building will be ready, but wanted to give little one a shot at a second language. got into my second choice, will be able to walk the little one to school this year and we can see how things go.

Anonymous wrote:Ok...what are our odds?

1 Deal Middle School Waitlisted - #10
2 DCI (Spanish Language Program) Waitlisted - #18
3 DCI (French Language Program) Waitlisted - #12
4 BASIS DC PCS Waitlisted - #23
5 Washington Latin PCS – Middle School Waitlisted - #32
6 Washington Latin PCS – Cooper Campus Waitlisted - #24
7 DCI (Chinese Language Program) Waitlisted - #11