Hi, new money here. Moving to Manhattan (life long dream to live there). What are the best schools?

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Who is testing the IQ of their 5 year old?? That seems insane to me

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Anonymous wrote:Who is testing the IQ of their 5 year old?? That seems insane to me

Very common for NYC kinder admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is testing the IQ of their 5 year old?? That seems insane to me

Very common for NYC kinder admissions.

No it's not. You should IW already know from when you applied to pre-K before it was too late.

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Anonymous wrote:Dalton, Trinity, Horace Mann, Fieldston, and St. Ann's are the best private schools. Some would also toss Brearley and Collegiate in there. A new money child will need IQ scores in the top 2-3% to get in, though, unless you are a celebrity. Cast a wide net to include Columbia Grammar, Berkeley Carroll, Brooklyn Friends, Riverdale Country, Little Red Schoolhouse/ ELizabeth Irwin etc.

Skip Birch Wathen Lenox.

The public magnets, like Hunter, Anderson, and Stuyvesant may be better schools in terms of peer group brainpower.

///How do these schools screen "new money"? I'm contemplating applying for kid for 1st grade, and she's within top 1% based on IQ score. We have the money to afford tuition. Curious how these schools screen and whether we're potentially aiming to enter at a decent entry point.

Entering any of these highly sought after schools in an off year- such as first grade- is next to impossible unless you are an A list celebrity

Tina Fey was able to get her DDs into one of these schools partly due to rec letters from Lorne Michaels, whose daughter went to the same school. Similar story with Drew Barrymore’s DD’s. They’re Ari Kopelman’s granddaughters.

That’s what you’re up against OP

True story. They are both at my DD’s school.

That Tina Fey needed rec letters for her kids at all is insane. She's TINA FREAKING FEY!

It's just BS to maintain the pretense.

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Nope This stats are old. Riverdale beats out Horace Mann and Trinity in terms of difficulty of getting in a college admissions stats. Just look at this years instagram for their accepted students. Like half the class is going Ivy. It puts our Big 3 schools to shame/

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trinity alum here w/ other family at various other top private schools.

here’s the thing: the differences are so marginal. every year, one school might be on top, the next it’ll be another. the only differences between them are location, single sex vs. coed, and school philosophy.

they all send an absolutely absurd proportion of their students (including myself) to ivies, etc. If your kid gets into one of these schools, and they do well, they’ll get into a good school. But i implore you: find a school where you’ll kid will be happy. Make that your priority.

I’d also like to add that riverdale sucks. Kidding. Sort of. No. Kidding.

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Anonymous wrote:Why Brooklyn Friends over Friends Seminary?

neither are good.

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Anonymous wrote:Urban Baby was a website like this one for NYC. This question was asked many times there:

Top Tier: Trinity, Horace Mann, Dalton, Collegiate, Brearley, Chapin and Spence.

Next Tier: Fieldston, Riverdale, St. Ann's

Then there was a tier below.

This may not be exactly right.

Riverdale is absolutely tt and likely considered better than collegiate.

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Anonymous wrote:trinity alum here w/ other family at various other top private schools.

here’s the thing: the differences are so marginal. every year, one school might be on top, the next it’ll be another. the only differences between them are location, single sex vs. coed, and school philosophy.

they all send an absolutely absurd proportion of their students (including myself) to ivies, etc. If your kid gets into one of these schools, and they do well, they’ll get into a good school. But i implore you: find a school where you’ll kid will be happy. Make that your priority.

I’d also like to add that riverdale sucks. Kidding. Sort of. No. Kidding.

Agreed. Riverdale has a gorgeous campus but my 5th grade daughter has friends from Riverdale, Horace Mann, Dalton, Avenues, Brearley and Chapin and guess what…they are consistently given the same homework.

I’m actually most impressed by Chapin and Horace Mann kids…

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Agreed. Riverdale has a gorgeous campus but my 5th grade daughter has friends from Riverdale, Horace Mann, Dalton, Avenues, Brearley and Chapin and guess what…they are consistently given the same homework.

I’m actually most impressed by Chapin and Horace Mann kids…

why chapin and HM kids?

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Anonymous wrote:trinity alum here w/ other family at various other top private schools.

here’s the thing: the differences are so marginal. every year, one school might be on top, the next it’ll be another. the only differences between them are location, single sex vs. coed, and school philosophy.

they all send an absolutely absurd proportion of their students (including myself) to ivies, etc. If your kid gets into one of these schools, and they do well, they’ll get into a good school. But i implore you: find a school where you’ll kid will be happy. Make that your priority.

I’d also like to add that riverdale sucks. Kidding. Sort of. No. Kidding.

Omg hilarious. I’m an HM grad and was also going to say Riverdale sucks. Kidding not kidding. lol. Leftover from HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is testing the IQ of their 5 year old?? That seems insane to me

Very common for NYC kinder admissions.

No it's not. You should IW already know from when you applied to pre-K before it was too late.

ditto we applied to many preschools and no one asked for this

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When we applied to schools in NYC the schools used to have their own tests (not WPPSI like DC schools). Yes, even for Kindergarten.

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All the aforementioned private schools are amazing options with fantastic academics if money is no issue. You won't have to worry about teacher-student ratio, etc.

BUT - I would ask you to consider what kind of community you want your child to be raised in and what they think the norms are. The wealth at these schools are outrageous and completely removed from even upper middle class lifestyle. You have the money so your kid will fit in, but you will also be raising them where they think summering somewhere is the norm. Summering, period. Let alone, summering in the hamptons. Don't get me started on skiing.

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What grade? I had/have one DC at Nightingale and the other at Horace Mann for high school if you have questions about either