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Assume a school wants your kid, but you don't FC. How much do you think that hurts your chances? I know some kids get in without them, but it's hard to tell whether that's common or relatively rate. Any thoughts appreciated!
30 replies [ Reply | Watch | MoreDepends. If your kid is an excellent applicant (high erb, great school report), it's likely a non tt school will ding as they know you likely wouldn't be interested.
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np: not our kid. They didn't think he would attend, and focused on kids who fc'd. He ended up getting into our first choice, wl'd at 2nd and 3rd, rejected at all "back-ups". Total product of brokering, which was fine by us.
[ Reply | More ]OR Not if you don't fc. They'll think (probably rightly) that you'd go to a more competitive school. You might get a wl, though, that you could work.
[ Reply | More ]no, no, no. no school thinks "this kid is too good for us." they accept the best candidates, unless they have some inside information.
[ Reply | More ]Of COURSE they do. All schools want to maximize their yield. Hewitt, for example, isn't accepting girls who will obviously get into B/S/C UNLESS there's a fc letter. Ding or wl.
[ Reply | More ]They accept the candidates who fit their profile. This doesn't mean they accept the "best" candidates.
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i would not have written a FC letter unless our PSD suggested it--we DID have a clear FC, though, and she got early positive feedback from them, but she waited until the got "the call" (as she described it, saying "we want that kid") to advise us to write a FC letter. but our kid also got two other accepts w/o a FC letter, though we did write one of those schools and ILY (the third school we never even wrote a thank you letter to and never seriously considered after the tour).
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Depends on the school and your preschool. ECFS, without a doubt, takes who they want regardless of parent's expressions of interest. Collegiate and HM also seem to do this, but some here say they do give/get feedback from some preschools. Most other schools want an indication of interest from the parents before they will give an accept. A FC or stongly worded ILY (e.g. you are a top choice) verified by the PSD. I wish I had known this... didn't FC or ILY any school. It worked out but no thanks to my cluelessness.
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