What's the most elite and exclusive K-12 School?

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody gets into Town.

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity for K.

I was actually under the impression that Trinity has become more fairer over the past years?

Is it still elite in this sense?

Not sure what you mean. However in the old days, two things stuck out:

(1) Unlike most (all?) of the other privates, they did not accept applications from everyone who submitted one on time. They claimed that they treated applications on a first-come-first-served basis, but I doubt that was the case. Plenty of people who dropped of their forms (it was all on paper then) on the first day received their check back in the mail. If you didn't get the right colored card (can't recall if it was blue or green) with your response, you didn't get considered.

(2) The open house had no sign-in sheet. They just did not care who showed up, mostly because it was for show and all of the demonstrated interest in the world was not going to change who they were and were not accepting.

At least Dalton pretended to consider all of their applications, even if the basement interview with someone who was not Babby was pretty much an indication that you were SOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody gets into Town.

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I’m here all day, folks! 😂

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Anonymous wrote:At least Dalton pretended to consider all of their applications, even if the basement interview with someone who was not Babby was pretty much an indication that you were SOL.

Is this sort of thing still true? At HM the other family on our tour went off for an interview with an admissions rep while we had an interview with one of the grade deans; I didn't know whether that was random or a good sign or a bad sign. Another school had us interview with a not-particularly-well-informed admissions rep last year with our older kid (who didn't get in) and an assistant principal this year with our younger kid.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least Dalton pretended to consider all of their applications, even if the basement interview with someone who was not Babby was pretty much an indication that you were SOL.

Is this sort of thing still true? At HM the other family on our tour went off for an interview with an admissions rep while we had an interview with one of the grade deans; I didn't know whether that was random or a good sign or a bad sign. Another school had us interview with a not-particularly-well-informed admissions rep last year with our older kid (who didn't get in) and an assistant principal this year with our younger kid.

It's not necessarily true for other schools, which I guess is why the Babby interview was a thing of UB legend. She's retired, so I can't tell you who the new Bobby is at Dalton.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least Dalton pretended to consider all of their applications, even if the basement interview with someone who was not Babby was pretty much an indication that you were SOL.

Is this sort of thing still true? At HM the other family on our tour went off for an interview with an admissions rep while we had an interview with one of the grade deans; I didn't know whether that was random or a good sign or a bad sign. Another school had us interview with a not-particularly-well-informed admissions rep last year with our older kid (who didn't get in) and an assistant principal this year with our younger kid.

It's not necessarily true for other schools, which I guess is why the Babby interview was a thing of UB legend. She's retired, so I can't tell you who the new Bobby is at Dalton.

And just adding that my DS is at HM. His interview for high school was with a regular admissions rep and he got in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trinity for K.

I was actually under the impression that Trinity has become more fairer over the past years?

Is it still elite in this sense?

Not sure what you mean. However in the old days, two things stuck out:

(1) Unlike most (all?) of the other privates, they did not accept applications from everyone who submitted one on time. They claimed that they treated applications on a first-come-first-served basis, but I doubt that was the case. Plenty of people who dropped of their forms (it was all on paper then) on the first day received their check back in the mail. If you didn't get the right colored card (can't recall if it was blue or green) with your response, you didn't get considered.

(2) The open house had no sign-in sheet. They just did not care who showed up, mostly because it was for show and all of the demonstrated interest in the world was not going to change who they were and were not accepting.

At least Dalton pretended to consider all of their applications, even if the basement interview with someone who was not Babby was pretty much an indication that you were SOL.

I’m not sure what it is fairer these days. But Trinity still seems to have lower chance to get in if you are not connected in comparison to other TTs. They have such strong sibling and alum policy that there is hardly any spots open for non URM or kids from unconnected preschools. I guess that is one way to maintain their “elite” status.