Anonymous
04/06/2018 15:36
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:If 15 of the 30 accept admission, the "acceptance" rate is 50%
I think most folks call this the yield rate, not acceptance rate.
Anonymous
04/06/2018 15:12
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:I'm confused here.
Schools offer "admission". Applicants/parents "accept" admission.
So if a school has 300 applicants and admits 30, then the "admission" rate is 10%.
If 15 of the 30 accept admission, the "acceptance" rate is 50%.
The 15 accepting students are therefore 5% of the applicants.
What information are you looking for?
I think typically people use "admission" and "acceptance" interchangeably, and use "enrollment" or "matriculation" for the other.
Anonymous
04/06/2018 14:56
Subject: Re:9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
I'm confused here.
Schools offer "admission". Applicants/parents "accept" admission.
So if a school has 300 applicants and admits 30, then the "admission" rate is 10%.
If 15 of the 30 accept admission, the "acceptance" rate is 50%.
The 15 accepting students are therefore 5% of the applicants.
What information are you looking for?
Schools offer "admission". Applicants/parents "accept" admission.
So if a school has 300 applicants and admits 30, then the "admission" rate is 10%.
If 15 of the 30 accept admission, the "acceptance" rate is 50%.
The 15 accepting students are therefore 5% of the applicants.
What information are you looking for?
Anonymous
04/06/2018 12:34
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:How about if someone had a C at some point? I am just amazinged-remember when you could have a tough quarter in middle school and not have it affect the rest of your life. A lot of pressure on these kids.
It will not preclude admission to high school.
Anonymous
04/06/2018 12:26
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Sidwell is about a 10% acceptance rate. Yes, on par with selective colleges.
Anonymous
04/06/2018 12:23
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
How about if someone had a C at some point? I am just amazinged-remember when you could have a tough quarter in middle school and not have it affect the rest of your life. A lot of pressure on these kids.
Anonymous
04/06/2018 10:41
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For all these top schools the admissions rate is even tougher then it looks because most kids applying all have excellent grades/scores/dc. I wonder how does a smart kid who has Bs and not a standout athlete get a chance even with full pay?
Not true. Bs won't hurt you and not every single kid is a recruited athlete (that should be obvious).
Too many Bs can definitely hurt you at top schools unless there is something else (cool EC, stellar recs, interview etc). Even then there are a lot of kids with all of these. Grades matter, much more than SSATs.
Well then, apparently 3 Bs and 4 As is not too many Bs.
Well then, good. That's useful information to the PP I'm sure. What grade/school?
Anonymous
04/06/2018 10:25
Subject: 9th grade acceptance rate at Sidwell and Potomac
Anonymous wrote:[/b][b] Which is is a crying shame for those of us with such kids-mine had 90 % composite and didn’t get in for middle school. Totally ridiculous when more than capable of doing the work and contributing positively to the school environment.Anonymous wrote:In fact, go read the SSAT threads and see how many kids with seriously low scores got in and then read the waitlist threads and see all the kids with very high scores who are wait listed or rejected.
There aren't enough seats for every kid who is "more than capable of doing the work and contributing positively to the school environment." You need to move past this.