Anonymous
Post 11/27/2012 09:11     Subject: Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Thanks.

Can you distinguish on which grade the child is applying and what test they took for admission? WPPSI scores tend to distort the overall averages and should be seperated from SSAT for example. SSAT score percentile should be of those taking the test.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2012 14:35     Subject: Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
I'm happy to recreate the application survey, although unless there's some compelling reason to do it sooner, I'll probably wait until late December or early January, so it's closer to the actual application deadlines.

Let me know if there are other schools to add/subtract, or easy adjustments I can make, to make this more useful.

Sam2
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2012 13:52     Subject: Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle


Would greatly appreciate if SAM2 (or someone else) could re-create these docs for the 2012-13 Cycle. Thanks in advance.

Good luck to everyone applying for the next academic year!

SAM2 wrote:I created a short survey so people applying to schools can share information with each other about how many schools (and which ones) they are applying to. The survey contains just three questions (grade, number of schools, names of schools). All responses are anonymous, and there is no published cross-reference that might allow others to decipher which particular array of schools anyone applied to. If you want to see what the results will look like before responding, you should be able to click on the response link to see the results. (I seeded the survey with a few fake responses which I will remove later as real responses arrive.)

Please respond only once with all your information. Please respond only if you are applying to schools during this admissions cycle. Please don't litter the survey with fake responses, since that just wastes everyone's time. And please recognize that the responses people post here represent only a small sliver of the applicant pool, so while you may be able to draw some information from the response numbers, use that information with caution.

Here is the survey form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGtIZ3FsRU9HcUhFLUZlcXFiT1NKSWc6MQ

Here is a summary of the results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dGtIZ3FsRU9HcUhFLUZlcXFiT1NKSWc6MQ

If I missed schools where you are applying, please post them here. Also, if people are interested, I will post another survey form in March to summarize admissions results. If you are interested, take a look at last year's results (https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewanalytics?formkey=dFFHRklQWDFuOWNaSlMtdlRPd3hORmc6MA) and help me identify any questions that should be added or removed.

Thanks in advance.

Sam2
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2012 11:22     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know when the admitted families/students receptions will be? (For K). Worried we'll be out of town, and are not at all clear yet which choices we'd make.


Many of the schools have them on the website. If it's not on the admissions page, most schools have a school calendar that lists it.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2012 11:13     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Do we need to call admissions office (before sending in enrollment contract) if accepted to first choice school?
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2012 16:54     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Does anyone know when the admitted families/students receptions will be? (For K). Worried we'll be out of town, and are not at all clear yet which choices we'd make.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2012 15:14     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Hi SAM - when will you be posting a link for people to enter results? Since letters will start to come in this week (for Catholic Schools at least), will it be soon?

Thanks for all the work you've done!
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2012 15:05     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Should we attend reception for newly accepted parents at a school that is not our first choice?
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2012 15:02     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Do all schools have reception for newly accepted parents?
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2012 06:58     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Anonymous wrote:Is it difficult to get into St Patrick's for Pre-K.


Yes, but easier than some schools (Beauvoir, Sidwell, GDS). St. Pat's is very popular.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2012 00:06     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Is it difficult to get into St Patrick's for Pre-K.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2012 14:19     Subject: Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
We applied to two. Waiting list for both. Then, applied to a third and got in.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2012 00:16     Subject: Re:Applications to private schools for the 2011-12 cycle
Did anyone applied to 10 or more schools? (for Pre-K)