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06.10.08, 07:25 AM NY Schools
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It's high time for a poll, ladies. BE honest! Into which G&T program do you honestly think (not hope --- but your best guess) your dc will get placed? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.10.08, 07:25 AM Flag
 

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DD scored a 99. I think she will get into Lower Lab, which we ranked as our second choice behind Anderson. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:28 AM Flag
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DD scored 99. Only ranked Nest, then Anderson. I think she'll end up at nest. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:29 AM Flag
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98. I think we'll get into NEST or LL. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:30 AM Flag
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what is Nest? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:04 PM Flag
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Us, too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:57 PM Flag
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99, won't get Anderson (1st choice), but will get District 6 G&T program [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:32 AM Flag
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98, Nest or 166 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:33 AM Flag
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I am revising this after everyone's negative posts about the number of 99s to: zoned school [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:55 PM Flag
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99 and I'm assuming NEST but hope for A [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:35 AM Flag
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NEST. 3rd choice behind Anderson, PS 9 G&T. 99 OLSAT [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:36 AM Flag
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99 - nest which was our first choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:38 AM Flag
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99 DS, second choice - NEST [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:38 AM Flag
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99, dd, NEST but hoping for A here, too! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:39 AM Flag
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How many of you had prep for your dc? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:46 AM Flag
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not me - we practiced the test a couple of times which i thought was important since he had never taken a test like that before - but didn't truly prep. it was pretty easy for him when we practiced but i was still surprised with the 99 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:50 AM Flag
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that's prepping, duh [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 02:12 PM Flag
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np: What do you consider prep? The KTSS kit? Yes, we did that with DC and he scored a 99. Otherwise, we just do workbooks as a matter of course b/c he likes them and asks for them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:51 AM Flag
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no prep. just went through practice test once. I was also surprised to find out my dd's score, too (I wasn't expecting this and just let her take the test thinking it'll be a good practice for her) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:53 AM Flag
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None. Dc is a great test taker. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:53 AM Flag
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Yes, with the KTSS kit. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:59 AM Flag
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Another 99 here that prepped with KTSS and for the Bracken [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:07 AM Flag
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99 - did the practice test once, and then whatever she gets at preschool [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:10 AM Flag
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zero. just the practice test. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:10 AM Flag
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We did a few logic workbooks and some work on K workbook also visted some websites for relational type stuff. DD got 98. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:16 PM Flag
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we did KTSS. scored 98. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:34 PM Flag
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Attention ladies: Anderson last year was at like 110 percent capacity. Why send your kid to some overcrowded school?? Is it really sooo much better?? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:13 PM Flag
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It really is so much better, IMO. And they can't be that crowded if they have that wonderful spacious library, separate art and music rooms, etc. And K is capped at 25 kids with an asst. teacher, too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:16 PM Flag
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no one is denying it is better. But it's unfair to have the top kids cut out of the schools. Make your local school cater to them. Force them to. Get in there and do it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:23 PM Flag
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DD scored 99 - i think she was get PS9 but hoping for A. OTherwise - she'll go to PS87 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:50 AM Flag
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Wow, it's really something to see the options available to someone in D3, compared to where I live. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 07:59 AM Flag
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What district do you live in. I'm in district 5. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:38 AM Flag
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District 6 here. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:39 AM Flag
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dd 99: Anderson [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:08 AM Flag
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Did you put down a 2nd choice? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:15 AM Flag
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98, DD TAG [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:22 AM Flag
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This is the first post I have seen ranking TAG as #1. Good luck! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:45 AM Flag
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Huh? Where did you get that they ranked TAG first? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:53 AM Flag
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I'm thinking that NEST is going to be completely full of 99s, and that some 99s aren't even going to get in there. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:35 AM Flag
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Nah. Think - 250 (max) 99s. 50 don't return apps for various reasons. That's 200. A will accept 55-60, NEST will accept 130ish, and of the 99s, about 40 have a district preference. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:37 AM Flag
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ITA. We're a 99 with a district program as our 2nd choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:39 AM Flag
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The pessimist in me disagrees with your 250 starting point. I think it could be as high as 400 . . . [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:45 AM Flag
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You are saying of 975 or so qualifiers 400 scored 99. No way. 1/3 would only get you 325. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:52 AM Flag
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No way. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 08:53 AM Flag
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I agree with you, I think the number of 99s is much higher than 1/3 of the total. In D3, 192 kids were above the 95% and 157 were above the 97%. That means there were only 35 kids in the 95th and 96th percentiles so I'm not sure why we can assume the distribution is any higher for the 97% and 98%. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 09:00 AM Flag
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Everyone keeps forgetting that most of the highest scoring kids are likely going to TT or Hunter. Even if you are correct and nearly half of the 97+ are 99s, I would suspect that at least a third of them (but probably more like a half) are not applying to G&T--thus all the phone calls the DOE is making! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:11 AM Flag
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np: I think that's really overstating it. Of course some will go private & Hunter, but I wouldn't say "most." [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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I never said 'most'--I said 1/3 to 1/2. Given that top scorers are the same ones that the TT and Hunter took I don't think that is unrealistic at all. Please remember that UB distorts everything--back during Hunter testing we were "convinced" that everyone was a 99, and then the testers confirmed there were about 65 99s--just like there usually are [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:39 AM Flag
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Actually, I think that many of the kids heading to top privates didn't even bother with the OLSAT. I think that the number of 99s going to private/Hunter is probably around 30 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:41 AM Flag
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ITA [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:46 AM Flag
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You said "most of the highest scoring kids." Unless you're not the poster above. I think there is a significant # of top scorers who didn't apply to privates and who got rejected from Hunter. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:42 AM Flag
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~~okay I did say "most" in the first part of my post--but I qualified it as 1/3 to 1/2 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:42 AM Flag
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That isn't true--no one knew about top privates back when it was time to take the OLSAT. In my preschool about half the kids who score 97+ are not going through with the G&T process. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:43 AM Flag
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Fine. I still think you're overestimating the # of kids going private --- in fact, from what I've seen, a fair number of them seem to be prepared to ditch private if they get into Anderson! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:44 AM Flag
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Are you high? Hunter had 48 spots. so most of the top scorers are not going there. Most people I know with dcs going to tt privates never had their dcs take the Olsat. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:46 AM Flag
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I think there are probably a lot of 99s who will just put A and then maybe one top district program and otherwise go private. So it might not help those set on A, but will lower the numbers for other districts programs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:48 AM Flag
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I definitely agree-I have seen people posting they will give up a spot for Anderson and PS 9 or LL (maybe one or two said the same for Nest) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:52 AM Flag
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Hunter accepted 48. They also went to at least 10 on their wait list for boys and a few names in for girls. That is about 60 spots. In addition, in response to the poster above you in all of the polls on this site (and there have been many) there were never more than 25 99s and only a small handful (probably fewer than 5) willing to ditch private for Anderson. Finally, while we have a very Manhattan or perhaps Brooklyn centric look at the world there are in fact over 550 people outside of Manhattan who scored 97+ and I doubt that the bulk of them (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Riverdale, and a few pockets in Queens excepted) that will schlep to Manhattan for the citywides. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:49 AM Flag
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I'm in D6 and know 2 99s, both of which ranked Anderson. If you look on the Yahoo! G&T group, you'll see several 99s in Riverdale who ranked Anderson first. You would be surprised how many far away 99s ranked A first. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:52 AM Flag
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Yes, and I included Riverdale and all of Manhattan in my estimate. But I still think there are about 300+ people outside Manhattan not considering citywide. And while everyone here is convinced that people are geniuses in this city only 6% of the kids who took the test for entry grade got over 97%, 8% (2% more) got over 95% and 14% (6% more) got over 90. That means roughly 1% each for 90- 96, and around 2% each for 97, 98, 99. Why would the distribution be 4% 99 and 1% everything else? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:57 AM Flag
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I'll answer even though my dc scored (gasp!) lower than 98: 163 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 09:01 AM Flag
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99 for 1st grade. only put A. doubt i'll get in [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 09:02 AM Flag
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NEST or TAG. Ranked Anderson first but we all know how unlikely that is even with 99. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 10:59 AM Flag
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81 -- But my dc will kick the living sh&^t out of your dcs on the playground. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:16 AM Flag
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78. But mine is happy. Isn't that what counts [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:16 AM Flag
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Sure -- dumb and happy is just fine. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:17 AM Flag
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NP: It really says a lot about an adult who calls a child dumb. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:29 AM Flag
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you must have one of those dumb ones too [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:11 PM Flag
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NP: Too hot under your bridge so you had to come out for some fresh air, troll? Go kick a puppy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:22 PM Flag
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shame on you [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:27 PM Flag
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Happy and healthy is what counts. Healthy trumps all. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 11:27 AM Flag
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99, I really can't say [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:02 PM Flag
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Wow, I counted 13 99s so far. I hope this isn't a representative sample. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:19 PM Flag
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I think the 99s are particularly motivated to obsess about this, since they have best shot at citywides. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 12:21 PM Flag
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98 hope for nest. live in district 1 only one good G&T.. Sucks [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 01:01 PM Flag
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With a 98, the best we can hope for is NEST. But I'm very undecided about it. Is it better than a decent private? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 01:56 PM Flag
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which one? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 04:09 PM Flag
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While probably get district. 98, 1st choice NEST, 2nd and 3rd Districts [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:20 PM Flag
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98, expecting 11 hoping for NEST [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 04:10 PM Flag
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98, none, only ranked A. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:33 PM Flag
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99 - ranked Anderson #1 and NEST #2 - otherwise we'll go local. SInce we're dealing with a lottery, I don't know which to expect, but I pretty much expect to get into A or NEST. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:36 PM Flag
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So when are we actually going to get these letters???? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:36 PM Flag
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Either tomorrow, Thursday or Friday. Hopefully by then! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:41 PM Flag
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NEST or nothing. 99 boy. We only ranked it, so it's my only guess. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:57 PM Flag
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