<p>SPS overenrolled by 17 according to sources and not going to waitlist.</p>
<p>We got a call from Mercersburg last week, offering my d a spot in the ninth grade class, with some amount of FA, I don’t know how much because our conversation did not get that far.</p>
<p>So, if SPS overenrolled this year, how does that effect next year’s admissions, if at all? Do they accept fewer to ease the congestion, or do they expect attrition?</p>
<p>Well 1/4 graduate. And yes, their “yield” was 71% this year (59%) last year.</p>
<p>Emdee- Congrats on your daughter’s acceptance to Mercersburg!
Will she attend? Congrats on the FA too! So here we have proof that it IS possible to come off a WL with FA!</p>
<p>Being overenrolled at SPS should effect admissions next year. They like to have each grade at a certain size so they would take less kids then normal next year to get back to size.</p>
<p>My d will not be attending Mercersburg. She will be attending St. Paul’s in the fall. Hopefully the spot she declined will be offered to someone else.</p>
<p>SPS over enrolled by 17% - How is that broken down between grades? If they are over enrolled for 9th grade then they may take less 10th graders next year. Just curious because we are interested for 10th gr. next yr.</p>
<p>17 students - not 17%, which is ab out 3% of the student population and a little over 10% of newly accepted students.</p>
<p>This week I had friends/administrators tell me that The Gunnery’s applications were down and Miss Porters applications were up. Purportedly, Gunnery lost applicants to Taft and Kent. I was also told there is a ‘flight to quality’ with the top schools experiencing increases and some of the less competitive schools experiencing declines.</p>
<p>Winterset, “flight to quality” sounds right. In tough times, there is less money, and that money runs to the safest investments. Many of us believe that the best long term investment for our families is buying the best education for our children. Simple but bitter economics.</p>
<p>This is exactly what I have heard, from multiple sources. The top eight or so schools in New England are overenrolled, many other schools still have openings. If you are still looking for a spot, I would suggest calling around. There are still lots of good schools out there!</p>
<p>My guess is the top tier schools, which typically have the biggest endowments, have been able to continue to give more FA which in turn led to overenrollments and higher yields. </p>
<p>As an exception, Exeter, which cut back on FA this year, saw a dip in their yield rate and is reported to be going to their waitlist.</p>
<p>Viola - have you replaced your WoW addiction with a CC addiction?</p>
<p>My son told me today that NMH is overenrolled and will not be going to its waitlist. I know there was a thread about this, but why is there so much overenrollment this year? I don’t see the parallel with the economy.</p>
<p>Oops…I just read creative1’s post. NMH does offer a lot of fa, which could have factored into it.</p>
<p>“…why is there so much overenrollment this year? I don’t see the parallel with the economy.”</p>
<p>I think several factors are at work. First, the boarding schools either got the yield right, or wrong. If they got it right, that is, they guessed correctly about their yield rates, they’ve built in a cushion of students to take care of any larger-than-usual summer melt. If SPS has 17 more students than usual, then even if they were to lose 17 before school begins, they wouldn’t be underenrolled. I think this is the case–I think the overenrollment is a deliberate choice. Many financial people sit on school boards, and they know how grim the economy is.</p>
<p>I think they’re overenrolled because they accepted more students than usual. They could also be overenrolled because more families have decided to send their children to private schools. Day student admission is very difficult in certain areas, which drives applications to boarding schools. The economy does factor into it, because many public schools are already making cuts. More cuts will come, as tax revenues fall. You can’t wait four years for the economy to recover, if you have a teenager to educate. The class sections which are cut out of next year’s budget won’t come back next year.</p>
<p>Yes, some families are switching from private schools to public schools. I think there’s also a switch from public schools to private schools.</p>
<p>I know I just saw a post from f(x)=Viola asking whether or not Exeter had taken anyone off its waitlist. But like a ghost, Viola is now gone from this thread, although traces of his/her presence remain. So, his/her inquiry about the Exeter WL lingers. In response, the only person posting on CC whom Exeter has apparently taken off its WL is seikuu (see post #75), an international student entering the class of '12. Anyone know of anyone else?</p>
<p>toombs61, you are still interested in waitlist movement? Hotchkiss is an absolutely wonderful, top school (and they thought your son was a perfect match!)</p>
<p>Yes, Hotchkiss is a wonderful place, and my son plans to attend school there next fall. Still, my boy remains on the Exeter waitlist, Exeter has informed him that it continues to be interested in him and this school apparently could offer him a slot because it had a low enrollment yield this year for his class (48%). If Exeter should take him off the WL, then, if I correctly understand the WL rules at Exeter, he would have a week to decide whether or not to accept the offer at Exeter. If Exeter should extend an offer to him before I have to pay half of his tuition to Hotchkiss on July 1, then I think that I owe my son every opportunity to select Exeter or Hotchkiss. Every day, however, that passes without my son receiving any offer from Exeter, his fondness for Hotchkiss grows dramatically. If he hears nothing from Exeter by July 1, he plans to remove his name from the Exeter WL thereafter and then looks forward to three great years at Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>I wonder if anyone knows that it means when a BS says “we continue to be interested in D/S”? We have heard the same from 2 schools where D is on WLs, but I kfeel that if they really wanted to make it happen, they would, even though WL movement has been very low. I realize there is a limited number of beds, etc. but if they want a kid to come, won’t they find a way to make it happen?</p>