current and former 8th grader parents

BrooklynGuy
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:40:39 +0000

Watertester: As the parent of a 9th grader, who was very busy with applications last year at this time, I too was concerned if the repeat 9th graders were “unfair” to the 8th graders. I think I even posted asking questions about it last year. GemmaV’s explanation makes very good points about the process. Also, once everything has been submitted by us and our children, it is up to the admissions committee. So, we have to place our hope and trust in them. My limited experience is that they are all very hard working and dedicated people, really trying to do right by all of the applicants and their school. And they must have to make many difficult choices.

If the schools your family has selected are a range of reach/match/safety schools, then I think you will have success on March 10th. For students only applying to five schools, each with an acceptance rate of around 20%, I believe that the risk of unhappy results can be quite large. Many schools must reject many highly qualified applicants.

Good luck with the process!