Best private schools in NYC?

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Anonymous wrote:Mom to a Chapin middle schooler who got in after attending Avenues since nursery school. She received a fabulous education and is now completely fluent in Spanish as well. Her best friend who also attended Avenues since nursery is attending Horace Mann. It’s just a newer school so does not have the clout of the others.
I would not say Riverdale has surpassed Horace Mann. That is just false.

Is Avenues supportive with exmissions to other schools at the middle school level? Do the children feel prepared to attend schools like Chapin and HM?

I would say they ARE supportive, but they obviously would prefer families to stay on since it’s a nursery-12 school. The faculty provides great recommendations and meets deadlines. Children do feel prepared, however those that depart for other schools tend to be very strong, but my point is that Avenues definitely has the curriculum to turn out excellent well-rounded students that are desired by what are perceived as top-tier schools.

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Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

ALL NYC privates are quite good. It just depends on the type of environment that is best for each child. I did find that when I toured the schools, I discovered quite quickly which one was just right. Tour the schools and chat with members of the parent community!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

ALL NYC privates are quite good. It just depends on the type of environment that is best for each child. I did find that when I toured the schools, I discovered quite quickly which one was just right. Tour the schools and chat with members of the parent community!

Absolutely.

I was legacy at trinity, which is why I ended up there. I left in after 9th grade for athletic reasons. In retrospect, trinity was wrong for me and I wish my family’d looked elsewhere. My trinity friends and I always say we’re happy to have gone to trinity, just going there kind of sucked. My Andover years were some of the happiest of my life.

Hope your family lands in the right place!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

Fair enough! Thank you for sharing. Very helpful. So what I hear a lot about NY TT is those you get admitted to the Harvards and Stanfords of the world are either connected / legacy or URM. The high performing unconnected non-minorities aren’t able to get into those tippy top schools. Do you think this is true?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

Fair enough! Thank you for sharing. Very helpful. So what I hear a lot about NY TT is those you get admitted to the Harvards and Stanfords of the world are either connected / legacy or URM. The high performing unconnected non-minorities aren’t able to get into those tippy top schools. Do you think this is true?

Excuse my ignorance but what is URM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

ALL NYC privates are quite good. It just depends on the type of environment that is best for each child. I did find that when I toured the schools, I discovered quite quickly which one was just right. Tour the schools and chat with members of the parent community!

Absolutely.

I was legacy at trinity, which is why I ended up there. I left in after 9th grade for athletic reasons. In retrospect, trinity was wrong for me and I wish my family’d looked elsewhere. My trinity friends and I always say we’re happy to have gone to trinity, just going there kind of sucked. My Andover years were some of the happiest of my life.

Hope your family lands in the right place!

Funny. I went to Trinity and almost transferred to Andover. Wish I had as I absolutely hated Trinity. Glad you liked Andover, I think I would have loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

Fair enough! Thank you for sharing. Very helpful. So what I hear a lot about NY TT is those you get admitted to the Harvards and Stanfords of the world are either connected / legacy or URM. The high performing unconnected non-minorities aren’t able to get into those tippy top schools. Do you think this is true?

Excuse my ignorance but what is URM?

UnderRepresented Minority

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

Fair enough! Thank you for sharing. Very helpful. So what I hear a lot about NY TT is those you get admitted to the Harvards and Stanfords of the world are either connected / legacy or URM. The high performing unconnected non-minorities aren’t able to get into those tippy top schools. Do you think this is true?

So, of course, these schools are bastions not just of privilege, but CRAZY privilege. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the combined net worth of some of the families who send their kids to these schools contributes a not-insignificant amount to the US GDP. There are plenty of legacy kids, too. I was one (i do come from a privileged background, but not astronomically so), and they have been getting so, so much better about diversity.

But no, that doesn’t necessarily disadvantage kids from normal, upper-middle class backgrounds anymore than it would at any other school. Sometimes these things get overblown by the press and angry parents. The truth is it’s simply more difficult and more competitive period. NYC privates unquestionably provide spectacular educations for some of the brightest students in the states (if not the world), and universities know that. If you’re kid does exceptionally well there (as they would have to anywhere else), and they aim for a handful of great schools rather than focus on only one, they’re far more likely than nearly any other school district in the country to gain acceptance. It may not be the exact school they want, but it will be a top-rate education. Bear in mind that there’s no such thing as a golden ticket, though. A classmate of mine who was the son of a senator and legacy was waitlisted at the college he wanted to go to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

ALL NYC privates are quite good. It just depends on the type of environment that is best for each child. I did find that when I toured the schools, I discovered quite quickly which one was just right. Tour the schools and chat with members of the parent community!

Absolutely.

I was legacy at trinity, which is why I ended up there. I left in after 9th grade for athletic reasons. In retrospect, trinity was wrong for me and I wish my family’d looked elsewhere. My trinity friends and I always say we’re happy to have gone to trinity, just going there kind of sucked. My Andover years were some of the happiest of my life.

Hope your family lands in the right place!

Funny. I went to Trinity and almost transferred to Andover. Wish I had as I absolutely hated Trinity. Glad you liked Andover, I think I would have loved it.

Yeah, I’m with you. Both excellent schools, but Andover was paradise for me. Still miss those days. Hope Trinity paid dividends though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For co-ed Riverdale is now at the top then Trinity. Dalton is in free-fall. google it.

have you seen dalton matriculation? if that’s free-fall, i’m jumping.

can you share link to their college exmissions this year?

Not op, but it’s true. Dalton matriculation is absurd. But all Tt nyc private schools are more or less the same when it comes to results.

I feel a bit incomfortable sharing a sm page of minors on an anonymous thread. Anecdotally, two of my sibling’s kids are at dalton. one is a senior. She’ll be matriculating to Harvard, even though she was initially disinclined and wanted to go to another great school to which she’d been admitted. I genuinely hope she’s happy there, she worked hard to get there, but I’m a bit trepidatious, and while her parents and grandparents are proud, they’re also a bit concerned about her happiness. She absolutely LOVED dalton, though.

Someone else wrote somewhere that rankings change year by year, and it’s true. Honestly, they’re all a bit silly and arbitrary; they’re only really good for argument fodder for people who haven’t yet had their child admitted, which is fine. (I do not mean to offend anyone, just an observation). It’s fun to do. But as a trinity/andover alum with family spread across nyc private schools, I’m telling you the rankings carry zero weight. Try not to base any decision for your child’s education on a ranking. Just find the best place for them.


Shes one of six (I believe) who wound up being accepted there. The

Fair enough! Thank you for sharing. Very helpful. So what I hear a lot about NY TT is those you get admitted to the Harvards and Stanfords of the world are either connected / legacy or URM. The high performing unconnected non-minorities aren’t able to get into those tippy top schools. Do you think this is true?

So, of course, these schools are bastions not just of privilege, but CRAZY privilege. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the combined net worth of some of the families who send their kids to these schools contributes a not-insignificant amount to the US GDP. There are plenty of legacy kids, too. I was one (i do come from a privileged background, but not astronomically so), and they have been getting so, so much better about diversity.

But no, that doesn’t necessarily disadvantage kids from normal, upper-middle class backgrounds anymore than it would at any other school. Sometimes these things get overblown by the press and angry parents. The truth is it’s simply more difficult and more competitive period. NYC privates unquestionably provide spectacular educations for some of the brightest students in the states (if not the world), and universities know that. If you’re kid does exceptionally well there (as they would have to anywhere else), and they aim for a handful of great schools rather than focus on only one, they’re far more likely than nearly any other school district in the country to gain acceptance. It may not be the exact school they want, but it will be a top-rate education. Bear in mind that there’s no such thing as a golden ticket, though. A classmate of mine who was the son of a senator and legacy was waitlisted at the college he wanted to go to.

Apologies for grammatical errors… typed on phone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm just wondering..why are they so expensive? What do they offer that other schools don't? Any bilingual schools around? English-Spanish? English-French?

Lycee Francais on 75th for French
Avenues on 25th for Spanish and Mandarin