Private School Decisions 2022 (Dallas: phone, rain, admissions)

[wynnedutch]

Originally Posted by cgg412

Do we know schools handle out more declines than WL?

St Marks does. For non-expansion years, they get between 70-90 applicants for 5-7 spots with yield being at or near 100% acceptance. 4-6 are placed in the wait pool and the rest get declined. Every year the wait pool is cleared and you re-apply.

[Dallasmom2022]

We applied for Pre-k 3 this year and were waitpooled at LL and ESD. Then we found out from current parents there were more sibling applications than spots for ESD…and even some LL siblings only got the half day option (we only applied for full day). So it’s not looking like the waitpool will move for us this year.

[LurkerGuy84]

Originally Posted by Dallasmom2022

We applied for Pre-k 3 this year and were waitpooled at LL and ESD. Then we found out from current parents there were more sibling applications than spots for ESD…and even some LL siblings only got the half day option (we only applied for full day). So it’s not looking like the waitpool will move for us this year.

Yep, I wasn’t exaggerating when I said it seemed like at least half of the parents we talked to had an “in” for the PK-3 application this year. Cards just kinda stacked against you. Maybe next year will look a little fairer.

[mrsmiyagi]

Does anyone know from prior experience how soon they start to offer spots for waitlisted families ?

We are waitlisted at ESD and Parish for Kinder.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Dallasmom2022

We applied for Pre-k 3 this year and were waitpooled at LL and ESD. Then we found out from current parents there were more sibling applications than spots for ESD…and even some LL siblings only got the half day option (we only applied for full day). So it’s not looking like the waitpool will move for us this year.

Originally Posted by LurkerGuy84

Yep, I wasn’t exaggerating when I said it seemed like at least half of the parents we talked to had an “in” for the PK-3 application this year. Cards just kinda stacked against you. Maybe next year will look a little fairer.

My perspective on PK3 since only three schools offer it. I think the schools are wise to fill most if not all of their limited PK3 spots with siblings or faculty children. Those are families they know will stick.

I think when you both apply for PK4 next year, you’ll be so glad you didn’t get in this year. Not because there is anything wrong with ESD or Lamplighter, but because you’ll be able to visit and compare upwards of 10+ schools next year and you’ll be able to have a full understanding of ALL of your options. You may decide that you still love those two the most and then you’ll be seen as a very interested family with a repeat application. Or you might find that another school or three are an even better fit for your family & your kid.

[DALLASMOM3289]

do we have any updates about the wait list?..a mom with false hope..

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by DALLASMOM3289

do we have any updates about the wait list?..a mom with false hope..

Admitted students have until this Friday to respond to schools with their decisions. So I would think unless a school REALLY miscalculated and had already received significantly more declines than expected….you would not see any WL movement until next week. If it moves.

[LurkerGuy84]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

Admitted students have until this Friday to respond to schools with their decisions. So I would think unless a school REALLY miscalculated and had already received significantly more declines than expected….you would not see any WL movement until next week. If it moves.

Looking at previous years’ versions of this sort of thread, movement starts about Thursday following spring break and generally slows down the first week of April.

[numbersguy100]

Originally Posted by LurkerGuy84

Looking at previous years’ versions of this sort of thread, movement starts about Thursday following spring break and generally slows down the first week of April.

If you've done the research on this from the forums, I guess.... But I don't actually believe it. As TC80 said, people have until the Friday after break to elect their decisions, which includes accepting a spot on the wait list or not. Even if a school started getting far more rejections than it expected (not super likely at the top schools), it would almost certainly want to get a clear picture of the entire wait pool to figure out who to admit from that group rather than pull the trigger a few days early just to fill a space.

[LurkerGuy84]

Originally Posted by numbersguy100

If you've done the research on this from the forums, I guess.... But I don't actually believe it. As TC80 said, people have until the Friday after break to elect their decisions, which includes accepting a spot on the wait list or not. Even if a school started getting far more rejections than it expected (not super likely at the top schools), it would almost certainly want to get a clear picture of the entire wait pool to figure out who to admit from that group rather than pull the trigger a few days early just to fill a space.

I’m not sure what I did would qualify as research per se, but here you go, Doubting Thomas:
https://www.city-data.com/forum/dall...2019-a-30.html

… granted they could be lying, I guess, but that seems like an odd pastime.

Regardless, the headline is that WL admits seem to be exceedingly rare… to the point of not even really talking about them (at least based on the ratio of people announcing WL decisions to people declaring they were admitted off WL).