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Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

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[ - ] lets do a reverse poll. Who is still waiting for a letter/ District, Zip score. 17 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
NY Schools 06.14.08, 06:27 PM Flag
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me. Dist 1 zip 10002 98 ds [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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We didn't hear either. D3, 10024, 98 ds [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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D3/10027/98 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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d2, zip 10016 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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D10/10463/99 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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D2/10014/98 ds [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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D10/10463/99 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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D2/10014/99 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:40 PM Flag
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Maybe they are starting a new citywide just for us? Or they made a special arrangement with Hunter? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:41 PM Flag
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Did all of you list multiple (3+) choices? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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we listed 5 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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yes, listed all options given. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:46 PM Flag
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ditto [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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We listed 1 citywide and 1 district (only have 1 other district program available to us, but we did not list it). [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.15.08, 03:35 AM Flag
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D15/11215/93 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:46 PM Flag
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D1, 10002, 99 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 07:07 PM Flag
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D6/10033/99 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.15.08, 03:30 AM Flag
[ - ] Did anyone in Zip 10002 get a letter today? 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
NY Schools 06.14.08, 06:26 PM Flag
[ - ] matchmaker mom. did you get a match? 10 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
NY Schools 06.14.08, 06:25 PM Flag
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Nope, not yet. I am still "night after night in the dark UBing alone until the DOE assigns me a school of my own..." [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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GL to you. we didn't get in :( [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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I'm sorry...what did you get? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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[ Removed by moderator ] [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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I hope it works out well for your child. I think we are likely to be disappointed too--it seems like all of the worst assumptions about the number of 99s were true... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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If you ignore the one outlier poster with a 97, it looks like Anderson, Nest and PS 9 were all filled with 99s. Somewhat surprisingly LL looks like it went down to 97. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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OP again (this replying problem is a drag). Somehow there seem to be more of us posting about NOT getting Anderson or Nest (which actually makes me feel better). We got PS11, and while it was initially a big shock, I am cool with it now. 2 minute commute versus 45 (for either A or N) was always a big selling point, and I think that the G&Ts are going to be very, very strong going forward with this new placement policy. So good luck to you, wherever your dc gets placed. They are all smarties and will do well wherever they go. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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Thanks! The same to you. The peer group will definitely be great. I am in D3 and praying for PS166 (my 3rd choice) at this point. There is a 97 on the master list who says she got it, and if she is telling the truth we should be fine. I just can't believe that I have sat here for over 12 hours today waiting for a letter that did not come. If this keeps up I will need a matchmaker to find me a new husband because he is none too pleased with me today! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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lol. you are too funny. mine is glaring at me right now. boys just don't get it. (and I feel like I totally wasted the last 2 months researching, weighing commutes, interviewing strangers and countless hours refreshing of UB). Perhaps this will be the end of that. But I'll miss folks like you. Good Night and Good Luck (dream of George Clooney, who certainly would have been understanding about all this...) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 07:00 PM Flag
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thanks! you too! I know, I just went through twelve months of the Hunter, private and public school process and did all of the leg work and hubby just showed up at a few choice moments said his (pre-scripted) lines and went on his merry way. My ds is a summer boy and I may have to go through this again next year for private again if I don't like our placement. Maybe I should hire George to play the role of dh in the next round of interviews? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 07:20 PM Flag
[ - ] Listening to celebration of Laura Bush. 1 Reply [ Reply | Watch | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:18 PM Flag
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what is that? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:19 PM Flag
[ - ] Has anyone got into TAG? I ranked it last and now regret it.. 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
New York City 06.14.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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Regret that you ranked it at all or regret that you ranked it below other choices? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:16 PM Flag
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below other choices. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:17 PM Flag
[ - ] army research lab, adelphi 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
Washington D.C. 06.14.08, 06:14 PM Flag
[ - ] Why did DOE hire messengers to deliver letters? 5 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
NY Schools 06.14.08, 06:14 PM Flag
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because the carrier pigeons had trouble with the rainstorm [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:16 PM Flag
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No I actually think they did use homing pigeons and that they all went home to roost once the rain came--that's why so many of us didn't get letters today [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:18 PM Flag
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so everyone's letters are balled up into little pigeon nests all throughout the city. so, to find one's letter, one has to go look on the ground where all the poop is, look up and voila! there is the letter [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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that's right--they are trying to identify the gifted parents not the gifted children--the ones who can actually FIND their letters [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:21 PM Flag
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well, this should definitely equalize things within the g&t world [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:22 PM Flag
[ - ] One is the loneliest number. 14 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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actually, I think 3 is [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:13 PM Flag
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Are we the only 2 here? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:13 PM Flag
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LOL! Could be. I think there are a few on. Sigh [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:14 PM Flag
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I miss the old days.....before segregation btw. UB and YBM..... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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me too. It was more fun. I think many of them will be back or else we will get new people. I keep hoping for that anywa [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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I'm here. And I've always thought 17 seemed kind of lonely [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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at 17 I learned the truth (as long as we are quoting 70's songs) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:17 PM Flag
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that is the most depressing song EVER [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:18 PM Flag
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LOL! I had a room mate who would listen to that album over and over sitting in the living room eating chips and sour cream. Ah the college years! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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was her head in the oven at the same time? That song, that carole king album, herbal tea, the indigo girls...I realized quickly that I need outof that all girl dorm [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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LOL! SHe probably would have had her head in the oven except ours was electric! She was actually pretty sweet. Just kind of sad. I think she got it together later. Hope so anyway. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:22 PM Flag
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yes, there were way too many sitting in sweatpants, eating crap and bitching about the injustice of being too smart and too sensitive for the larger world. Don't get me wrong, i enjoyed thinking of myself as a Bronte sister every now and again, but sdometimes a girl needs to drink beer and dance to bad pop music. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:25 PM Flag
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she married some nerdy computer geek who retired at 40 as a multi millionaire. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:25 PM Flag
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could be. I hope so! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:29 PM Flag
[ - ] dh getting a job at ARL soon, can anyone recommend a good and less expensive place to live? 4 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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ARL? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:13 PM Flag
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already really long [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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arvarks reading levels [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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amazing real leather [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:23 PM Flag
[ - ] HELOOOOOOOOOOOOO? 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:11 PM Flag
[ - ] Friend described mutual friend as, "Not a reader of Fiction!" What does she mean by this? 8 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:08 PM Flag
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She doesn't like "stories" she likes real life stuff [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:08 PM Flag
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No I think it means she's simple minded [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:10 PM Flag
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not at all [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:11 PM Flag
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reading a HR is simple minded. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:11 PM Flag
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True. I find much fiction as depressing as a tv drama. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:13 PM Flag
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factual [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:09 PM Flag
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concrete? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:10 PM Flag
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She's talking about my DH? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:10 PM Flag
[ - ] Does PS 11 G&T has accelerated program? 3 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
New York City 06.14.08, 06:01 PM Flag
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This year, all D2 g&t programs have the same curriculum as general ed. That may change, who knows. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:02 PM Flag
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I don't think you'll need it anyway. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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why? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 07:36 PM Flag
[ - ] It takes my ds who is 2 forever to fall asleep at night...usually an hour but sometimes longer. He just plays and rolls around as if he is trying to get to sleep. It has been this way for a very long time. I have tried earlier and later bed times. Anyone else experience anything like this? 4 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 05:57 PM Flag
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Maybe it just takes him a while to settle down. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 05:58 PM Flag
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mine is starting this at 20 mo. it changed almost overnight. very frustrating. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 05:58 PM Flag
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mine is the same. She is 3yo now. As long as she is in there being quiet, I figure she will fall asleep when she needs to [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 05:58 PM Flag
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maybe you should shorten his hap time, or cut it out all together... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.14.08, 06:06 PM Flag
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