Anonymous
Post 03/05/2014 18:00     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
Girl, 7th
Maret- Accept (only school we applied to)
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2014 17:54     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
Anonymous wrote:Anyone else find it funny that 63% of our kids are in the top 10% of test scores?



I used to think that numbers were all inflated. But I've come to conclude that the sample of parents posting scores is skewed to the high end. Parents whose kids scored low probably aren't as inclined to publicize the numbers. And kids applying to the top private schools in DC are more likely to have scored high. In other words, parents whose kids scored low recognize the odds of admission are too low, and many of them opt-out of the hyper-competitive processes that typically underlies participation in this private/independent schools forum.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2014 16:32     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
Anyone else find it funny that 63% of our kids are in the top 10% of test scores?

Anonymous
Post 03/05/2014 11:09     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
Girl, 6th grade

Field - accept
Maret - WL
GDS - WL
Potomac - WL
Holton - accept
NCS - accept

Some surprises here. SSAT was not that good (Math 55%). However, we tried very, very hard with the rest of the application. Submitted recommendations and other material (not required). i have renewed faith in the application process - they really do look at the whole picture!
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2014 07:20     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:St. Albans- 4th grade


Congrats. Are you coming from a private or public?


Public.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 23:06     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
Havent't heard from Potomac, GDS or CHDS for K?! Anyone else.....
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 22:45     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
STA, 7th
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 22:42     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
Holton and NCS have two very different feels - like Colonial vs. Modern furniture; freestyle or the butterfly; skiing vs. snowboarding. Let your DD choose which feels best.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 22:34     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
apologies, meant Girl, 7th grade. Toss-up as between Holton and NCS.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 22:33     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
Anonymous wrote:Girl, 7

Potomac (accept)
Holton (accept)
NCS (accept)


for second or third grade?
and what do you think you will do?
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 22:16     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
Girl, 9

Potomac (accept)
Holton (accept)
NCS (accept)
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 22:15     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
Girl, 7

Potomac (accept)
Holton (accept)
NCS (accept)
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 19:12     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
Anonymous wrote:St. Albans- 4th grade


Congrats. Are you coming from a private or public?
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 16:00     Subject: 2014 Admissions Results
Please please do not assume there is a one for one correlation between students giving up a slot and an opening for the waitlist. All the schools follow a formula that takes into account the likelihood of a certain number of students declining their offer. So a number of students can decline and they still won't go to the waitlist. Of course schools do go to the waitlist, but not always and generally for only one or two students. So it won't be helpful to count the number of students declining an offer.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:20     Subject: Re:2014 Admissions Results
St. Albans- 4th grade