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07.14.08, 13:43 PM NY Schools
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Is the process of HS admission as crazy/competitive as the process for K admission? Any advice? We are trying to figure out how big of a drawback a k-8 school is. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 07.14.08, 01:43 PM Flag
 

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There are almost no spots in the HS. So yes, it is impossible [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:44 PM Flag
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Not true. Trinity gets 60 kids for HS. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:46 PM Flag
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Ok Trinity. Though that number is dubious. You won't get in to any of the SS [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:47 PM Flag
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usually 2-3 spots [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:48 PM Flag
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no, if you are lucky 1 but you have to guess the right year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:50 PM Flag
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I heard that Grace placed 7 girls at Chapin for 9th grade this year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 04:31 PM Flag
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^^^ Plus a number of boys at the two single sex boys schools in NYC. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 04:34 PM Flag
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you mean 60 new kids in 9th grade ? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:47 PM Flag
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she cannot be right about that. though it explains a lot about trinity [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:48 PM Flag
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maybe not all into 9th grade but 60 number is solid and yes, it does explain a lot about Trinity. No need to get dc there for LS. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:53 PM Flag
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I don't know if it's 9th grade but I heard HS. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:52 PM Flag
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ITD. The schools expand in HS (class sz). Our K-8 always places their kids [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:49 PM Flag
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Trinity does and maybe HM thats it. the rest of the schools stay the same size. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:50 PM Flag
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so then why do schools admit new kids if they don't expand? that makes no sense [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:51 PM Flag
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They are throwing others out. The SS begin to weed out the dcs that are not performing or struggling. They replace those spots with new dcs but there are not many spots available and not every year drops dcs [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:52 PM Flag
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Counsel out but also people move out of the city. This happens anywhere. How many families actually stay in the same city for 13 years in this day and age? Not that many. But TTs retain many of their kids (I guess people try to stay in NYC and get another job here rather than moving away if kids are at TTs) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:54 PM Flag
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Listen I am speaking from experience past and present, there are not large numbers of spots that open up in any given grade at a TT ss you are lucky if five spots open up over 13 years. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:56 PM Flag
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np: that's fine because I just want my dd in a good school. Don't care if it's TT (according to some) or not [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:58 PM Flag
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They are all like that, NBS CSH, Marymount, Browning you are not going to find a lot of open spaces they are just based on people being thrown out and a few that leave. There will just never be more than ten at the absolute most in the entire 13 years. If it is a question as to when to apply do it now, because your odds dwindle after K [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:00 PM Flag
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I disagree. I'm letting dc apply when she graduates 8th grade. She will be placed somewhere (where she's meant to go) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:15 PM Flag
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Just trying to help, your dc will most likely stay in public that is what on the whole happens, but I see how you would ant to put on blinders and disagree [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:34 PM Flag
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np--Most kids at my dc's preK-8 school continue in private school for 9th grade. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 04:37 PM Flag
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I think it's bec they decide not to replace the lost seats. i am also speaking from experience. People do move out, though many/most stay, and school doesn't just fill a new seat. Mine didn't. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:00 PM Flag
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OR from above, sometimes that also happens. We went from 48 to 45 graduating [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:01 PM Flag
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Horace Mann gros starting 6th, Dalton grows, CSH grows, Brearley grows.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:08 PM Flag
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Nope. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:34 PM Flag
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after all the talk about how the TTs "counsel out" in big numbers, I find it hard to believe there are "no spots" for HS. Plus, there are still a decent number of dcs who go off to boarding school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:54 PM Flag
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WHo ever said they counsel out in large numbers? My niece went to my school only four new girls were brought in over the whole 13 years, was the same with my class when I was there. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:55 PM Flag
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ask around about "counseling out" these days on UB and moms are ALWAYS complaining about it. That places like B and HM councel out 30% of entering class by K. I have no hard stats but if you believe what you read here... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:00 PM Flag
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Which I don't :-) and we are at those schools and are very involved and it just isn't the case [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:02 PM Flag
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Oh please...then where do all the kids at K-8's end up? And how do schools like Town and Cathedral get their good exmissions lists if no schools accept dc's in 9th grade? Sounds to me like you're a troll looking for something to do. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:00 PM Flag
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OMG not ALL of the schools are the SAME! I am talking about the SS schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:02 PM Flag
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top kids will go to Trinity (most seats open) or Dalton (10-20 seats?). top kids from CGPS, Trevor, and other 2nd and 3rd tiered schools will transfer out to TTs or Stuy or Hunter and those schools will replace with non-top kids from K-8 schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:09 PM Flag
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In high school it is about the child and the student record - so its a much more sane process. By then, you have a clue as to what type of student your child is. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:44 PM Flag
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But there are no spots in the top schools and very few in the lowered tiered ones. You have to be lucky as well as v. smart. Not good odds just apply at K [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:46 PM Flag
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Saying there are no spots is kind of an exaggeration isn't it? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:52 PM Flag
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Saying there are 60 is an outright lie. It varies of course but there are classes in the SS that only take three new dcs the entire 12 years because they only get rid of three through counseling out [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:54 PM Flag
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np - I didn't realize op was discussing private schools only - lots of great public high schools too [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:56 PM Flag
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I don't know anything about public schools maybe it is different there [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:57 PM Flag
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What Hunter? H is a great public school the list ends there [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:58 PM Flag
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STuy, Bronx Sci, LaG? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:24 PM Flag
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Trinity takes 60 kids for 9th grade. It is a TT school. Horace Mann also takes a large-sh number and Dalton takes at least 10 for HS. Don't make statements about which you are clueless. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:10 PM Flag
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Trinity does take a lot of new kids for HS. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:20 PM Flag
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No one here least of all me said that. I said SS, SS, SS [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:34 PM Flag
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just so you know, C took 2 new girls this year and S took at least 1 for 3rd grade. B actively looks for girls starting with 4th grade.....It would be improbable that these three top ss schools take only 3 new students in 13 years. We know that T takes 60 and HM starts growing in 6th grade. So perhaps C takes only 3 new kids, but it is the only tt that I know of that could possibley be doing what you say. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:29 PM Flag
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Okay whatever makes you feel better! I really cannot speak to a woman with absolutely no first hand experience who insists she has the answer! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:37 PM Flag
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our school is up to 8th grade. I didn't want a 13 yr pgrm for my kids. By the time I graduated in 8th grade I was very ready for a change of scenery. I liked co-ed for k-8 and prefer SS for HS (if that is what dc wants) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:50 PM Flag
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My dh went to a K-6 and applied (and got in) to several ongoings. Granted, this was 20 years ago, but it was not unusual at all back then for kids to apply in for MS. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 01:52 PM Flag
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There are plenty of spots and the advantage is that you can choose a school that is best for DCs learning ability and interests. The K-8s do a great job with exmissions and many kids at K-12 move around as well in HS. GL [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:06 PM Flag
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Finally, a voice of reason. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:12 PM Flag
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Plus some coming from K-8s opt for selective public high schools. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:55 PM Flag
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not a drawback at all. 9th grade admission is -- well, not easier, exactly, than k, but we found we had more options than we expected, both public and private. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 02:59 PM Flag
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Brooklyn Friends is soooo wonderful! I went there and totally recommend it. Non pretentious, but with all the benefits of private school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 04:36 PM Flag
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And Brooklyn Friends is not hard to get into. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.14.08, 04:36 PM Flag
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