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Anonymous wrote:Wow, one school just sent us Taylor Swift tickets to welcome us!

You are my favorite, PP.

+100. Loved this post.

Received welcome package from Landon maybe 20 minutes ago

Holton’s lower school decisions posted 5 mins early.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, one school just sent us Taylor Swift tickets to welcome us!

You are my favorite, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:I was working when I got a cell phone call. I wasn’t expecting it so I was startled but pleasantly so. Holton.

Does Holton only call accepted families?

Not sure. My DD was lucky enough to be accepted. Good luck to everyone!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I clicked refresh 12,844 times between 3pm and around 3:35 when the first decision was posted last year.

FWIW, one school was around 3:30, the others precisely at 4.

This is because they want all kids at home. Many stories of parents showing up at carpool with balloons and the good news while other kids were shut out. Good policy.

While I would never make such a public display, kids are going to find out at some point if their friends got in some place and they did not, and it's going to sting whether they saw balloons or not.

True but it helps not to stand there and see a big celebration when you got waitlisted or rejected everywhere.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I clicked refresh 12,844 times between 3pm and around 3:35 when the first decision was posted last year.

FWIW, one school was around 3:30, the others precisely at 4.

This is because they want all kids at home. Many stories of parents showing up at carpool with balloons and the good news while other kids were shut out. Good policy.

While I would never make such a public display, kids are going to find out at some point if their friends got in some place and they did not, and it's going to sting whether they saw balloons or not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I clicked refresh 12,844 times between 3pm and around 3:35 when the first decision was posted last year.

FWIW, one school was around 3:30, the others precisely at 4.

This is because they want all kids at home. Many stories of parents showing up at carpool with balloons and the good news while other kids were shut out. Good policy.

Ha ha. Classic. I could see parents at our school doing this. People in DC can be so ridiculously tone deaf.

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible some schools will post early like at at 3:00?

No they wait until kids are all gone for the day

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I clicked refresh 12,844 times between 3pm and around 3:35 when the first decision was posted last year.

FWIW, one school was around 3:30, the others precisely at 4.

This is because they want all kids at home. Many stories of parents showing up at carpool with balloons and the good news while other kids were shut out. Good policy.

This. And they do Friday late to give everyone the weekend to digest the acceptance or rejection.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, times have changed. My sister and I attended two different girls' private schools in NYC. Neither of us got any swag or packages when we were accepted. Just a phone call to our family, followed up by letters.

This bubble of kids gets goodies for everything valentines day, nationals game, international day

Most of the privates in DC do not send goodies, at least not in the rounds my older kids applied.

We got swag packages from most of the schools last year.

Which schools? What times of the day?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, times have changed. My sister and I attended two different girls' private schools in NYC. Neither of us got any swag or packages when we were accepted. Just a phone call to our family, followed up by letters.

This bubble of kids gets goodies for everything valentines day, nationals game, international day

Most of the privates in DC do not send goodies, at least not in the rounds my older kids applied.

We got swag packages from most of the schools last year.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, one school just sent us Taylor Swift tickets to welcome us!

Lol. Hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:I clicked refresh 12,844 times between 3pm and around 3:35 when the first decision was posted last year.

FWIW, one school was around 3:30, the others precisely at 4.

This is because they want all kids at home. Many stories of parents showing up at carpool with balloons and the good news while other kids were shut out. Good policy.

[quote=Anonymous]PP. why do I say Madeira packages are out? Did u get one? Courier? UPS? USPS? FedEx? Or are u making it up?[/quote]

Not PP but we got a Madeira package from USPS at our normal delivery time (around lunch). Good luck!