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06.02.08, 09:03 AM NY Schools
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Which schools are known to reject summer bdays? My PSD won't give me a straight answer on this. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.02.08, 09:03 AM Flag
 

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Nearly all of them will reject MOST summer birthdays(especially BOYS). All of them will take SOME summer birthdays (especially GIRLS). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:11 AM Flag
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^^schools like Buckley send too young letters to kids as old as May b-day...Coeds are more apt to take young summer kids--but only 'great ones, again, more likely girls' especially hard if your dc is NOT a sibling. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:13 AM Flag
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okay applying with early July dd, assuming ERB's are good which schools will put her in the reject list soley based on b-day? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:14 AM Flag
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none will do it soley based on bday. It's definitely easier for a girl than a boy and if she's chatty and can draw pretty pictures she'll get in somewhere--just may not be as TT a school as if she were the same kid six months older... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:17 AM Flag
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np. Spence is the only school I know with the rep that they reject young summer bdays solely due to age, but even so I have heard of a few young summers there. I think most schools will consider her seriously and if her scores and preschool report are good and she's mature, she has a reasonable chance of getting in somewhere. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:17 AM Flag
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Spence definitely doesn't reject based entirely on age - I know several young summers there. OP, if your daughter is mature and has great scores she will do fine - early July is not a nonstarter for a girl at any of the schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:19 AM Flag
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Have a Juliy daughter who got in -- and we are not wealthy or connected. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 02:09 PM Flag
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The truth is almost all of them take some summer bdays. It might be better if you post which schools you're interested in. If anyone here has a dc in one of the schools you name they might be able to tell you if there are young summers in dc's class. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:14 AM Flag
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We are interested in Trinity, Dalton, ECFS, Brearly, Spence, HM. Dd has a sibling at Hunter--so no help [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:31 AM Flag
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We're at B and have been surprised by how many young summer girls there are. None that I know of are sibs. We know other young summer girls at Dalton and Trinity. I imagine all the schools have them, but I don't know them first-hand. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:44 AM Flag
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Thanks, I guess I'll give it a go.....so not looking forward to it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:55 AM Flag
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I know exactly what you mean. Good luck to you and dd! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 10:00 AM Flag
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My dh actually asked Brearley teacher about summer girls and she said she only knew of one in the grade. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 11:28 AM Flag
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What grade does she teach? We have 2 DDs in the LS and there are 6-7 young summers in one of their grades and 3-4 in the other. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 01:40 PM Flag
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ECFS is actually pretty good about sticking to the age cut off in their application, meaning the summer kids really are the youngest. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 10:55 AM Flag
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Just curious -- ECFS and HM are pretty much polar opposites -- how does one like both? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 10:55 AM Flag
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OP: I like ECFS but worry a little that it is not so academically challenging in the younger years and have heard good things about HM (from parents who go there and seem quite normal to me) so i thought I would check it out. No opinion as of yet [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 12:10 PM Flag
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Poster below with August DD - Dalton is pretty anti-young summer. ECFS and HM don't really redshirt, certainly not girls - HM has a policy against it and I know several young summers at ECFS. Brearley and Spence are case-by-case, as is Chapin. Of all of the schools on your list, I think Dalton is actually the least likely to take an unconnected young summer birthday. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 11:02 AM Flag
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np. Funny because we know a young August girl who got into D this year. Not connected, not $$$ or anything else you might think wold give an edge. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 11:05 AM Flag
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Interesting. I stand corrected, though when we interviewed there, Babby basically looked at the file and told us to come back the following year - and we interviewed before they came to DD's school, so she knew basically nothing about DD except her ERB scores (which were high, with a great report - that was not the problem). I have heard of a fair number of D sibs told to wait a year with early summer birthdays. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 11:09 AM Flag
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Is your dd a sib? What's interesting to me is that of all the young summer girls we know none are sibs and all the old summer girls are sibs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 04:32 PM Flag
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Dalton mom here and I think summer girl has to be very very advanced in maturity to be accepted. I read about the one August girl but I have to think she is very extraordinary and mature for her age. I think most August kids are not that socially advanced. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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Honestly, the girl we know is not super mature. She's very bright but socially she's an average middle class Manhattan dc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 05:06 PM Flag
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That's because there is no straight answer - it really depends on your child. Conventional wisdom is that the coeds are easier but only the SS schools were interested in my August DD and she got into a TT. (This was a couple of years ago.) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 09:18 AM Flag
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np: The interesting thing is that it seems to be very grade dependent. I have summer dc too so asked all my friends with older kids in private schools. Some have several, some none at all. Even in the same school it seems to vary by grade quite a lot. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 10:07 AM Flag
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I gather that once they decide to take one, they take a few more to even things out. They would never have one August birthday and then have the next-youngest be May. So if there is a sib or two on the young side whom they want to take, that is actually good news for the unconnected young applicants. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 11:00 AM Flag
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This makes a lot of sense, actually. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 12:12 PM Flag
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totally depends on the student. my dc is a young summer and got into two schools last yr, rj from one for being too young. who knows [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.02.08, 04:34 PM Flag
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