Realistically what are the chances of getting into a private school like Collegiate with our background?

[Anonymous]

It’s more about the kid than most think. If you have a very bright kid with strong likable personality, your chances are better.

[Anonymous]

To do some guesstimate math:

Trinity in their 23-24 annual report states that they had 611 applicants for K and made 70 offers to get to 63 accepted kids.

For Collegiate:

Let's cut that down by more than half - to say, 250 (assume location + single sex results in some parents selecting out).

Assume 50% of the 55 slots they have are taken up by sibling + legacy (very rough number based on what I hear across multiple independent schools).

That leaves 28 slots to fill using ~31 offers for 223 unconnected applicants which means it's roughly an 14% baseline chance of acceptance.

Compare this to Trinity which is ~6%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To do some guesstimate math:

Trinity in their 23-24 annual report states that they had 611 applicants for K and made 70 offers to get to 63 accepted kids.

For Collegiate:

Let's cut that down by more than half - to say, 250 (assume location + single sex results in some parents selecting out).

Assume 50% of the 55 slots they have are taken up by sibling + legacy (very rough number based on what I hear across multiple independent schools).

That leaves 28 slots to fill using ~31 offers for 223 unconnected applicants which means it's roughly an 14% baseline chance of acceptance.

Compare this to Trinity which is ~6%.

Very helpful. I know of the 611ish applicants, Trinity only interviews 375. Does collegiate also interview less applicants than have applied for space reasons?

[Anonymous]

TT schools have lots of dual income couples. Ultra wealthy types seem rarer. Most seem to live in apartments (2-3 beds common), UES and UWS.

[Anonymous]

I would consider expanding your search beyond that one school. We were/are in a similar position and were admitted to a school we're very excited about, with no consultants, connections, etc. If you're down to earth and excited about a good education for your child, and the school being the right fit, that should ideally come across.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would consider expanding your search beyond that one school. We were/are in a similar position and were admitted to a school we're very excited about, with no consultants, connections, etc. If you're down to earth and excited about a good education for your child, and the school being the right fit, that should ideally come across.

To add to this: please tour the school, and also tour multiple schools as well! Going off of paper reputation is not an advisable way of figuring out if private and which private is right for a very young child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would consider expanding your search beyond that one school. We were/are in a similar position and were admitted to a school we're very excited about, with no consultants, connections, etc. If you're down to earth and excited about a good education for your child, and the school being the right fit, that should ideally come across.

I've seen parents who "expect their child to get in to a TT school" go in there with an attitude and come out with very poor admissions results. Remember that these admissions teams screen hundreds of parents a year. They can read the entitlement, the generic instead of genuine interest, and all the other danger microsignals from a mile away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To do some guesstimate math:

Trinity in their 23-24 annual report states that they had 611 applicants for K and made 70 offers to get to 63 accepted kids.

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Compare this to Trinity which is ~6%.

What you're missing there - and it's really important - is that of the 63 accepted kids, a big pool of them will be siblings, celebrities or big money wealth, and don't forget your Trinity legacy parents.

I have heard that in any typical year, these kids would take up at least 1/3 of the available K spots. Other years may be more. Then you also add in diversity kids, etc. so for any unhooked kid, the % is much lower.

Source: current Trinity parent.