Anyone shocked by who from your preschool did get in?

[Anonymous]

Actually - I have found the process pretty predictable. Few spots, lots of applicants, and competing not only with other smart kids, but families and their various connections.
It is an imperfect process - try not to take it too personally. Somebody once told me that the cream rises to the top - the older your kids get, the more you will see this is true - no matter where they are at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually - I have found the process pretty predictable. Few spots, lots of applicants, and competing not only with other smart kids, but families and their various connections.
It is an imperfect process - try not to take it too personally. Somebody once told me that the cream rises to the top - the older your kids get, the more you will see this is true - no matter where they are at school.

That cream rises to the top is exactly what the people who use connections are afraid of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give me a break! If you saw my child at school or on the playground you would never get a glimpse of his intellectual ability. First of all, THESE ARE FOUR and FIVE YEAR OLDS, secondly on the playground he would be running around the whole time looking just like any other 5 year old. I have never told anyone his test score (99.9, yes, its true), that he can read (yes, it is true) that he can write etc. etc. He does very well with adults, so he did well on his playdates as far as the in-school "test" goes. However, none of my snobby "friends" at our feeder preschool (yes, we go to one, and let me say that there are nice people there as well) would ever guess he "deserves" to go into one of the two "top three" that he go into, especially since I am yet to wear my Tory Burch's to a class party. But he got in because it he is a good, solid candidate. It is so predictable that some moms might have a wonderful, charming conversation about what he does or does not deserve behind his back. I guess it stinks to be jealous.

Better start wearing your Tory Burch if you are going 'BIG Three"!

[Anonymous]

Nobody at our preschool is talking about it, so I have no idea where anyone else got in. I also have no idea what anyone else's DC scored on WPPSI. My guess, though, is that I'm not going to be too surprised.

[Anonymous]

I remember having a similar experience as a child during the admissions process for a magnet/gifted program here in MoCo. This was in about second grade, and I can't remember the exact program, but all of the G&T kids applied. They took one male and one female student from each elementry school.

The guy they picked was no suprise, but the girl that got accepted blew everyone away. She was on the akward side, socially, and seemed a bit immature. She also had these weird speach patterns and would mumble and stutter, with some odd repetative twitches. Well, fast forward 20+ years....

...She turned out brilliant and I now suspect she would have been diagnosed with Aspergers had we known more back then. The school knew what they were looking for and saw past the oddities that us naive peers and other parents focused on. The program also apparently had the abiliity to provide an environment for her that could deal with Aspergers or whatever learning issues she had and she thrived there.

[Anonymous]

Give me a break! If you saw my child at school or on the playground you would never get a glimpse of his intellectual ability. First of all, THESE ARE FOUR and FIVE YEAR OLDS, secondly on the playground he would be running around the whole time looking just like any other 5 year old. I have never told anyone his test score (99.9, yes, its true), that he can read (yes, it is true) that he can write etc. etc. He does very well with adults, so he did well on his playdates as far as the in-school "test" goes. However, none of my snobby "friends" at our feeder preschool (yes, we go to one, and let me say that there are nice people there as well) would ever guess he "deserves" to go into one of the two "top three" that he go into, especially since I am yet to wear my Tory Burch's to a class party. But he got in because it he is a good, solid candidate. It is so predictable that some moms might have a wonderful, charming conversation about what he does or does not deserve behind his back. I guess it stinks to be jealous.

You didn't happen to post on another thread in this private schools forum telling everyone they could "kiss [your] black 'a$$'," did you? The tone is remarkably similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Give me a break! If you saw my child at school or on the playground you would never get a glimpse of his intellectual ability. First of all, THESE ARE FOUR and FIVE YEAR OLDS, secondly on the playground he would be running around the whole time looking just like any other 5 year old. I have never told anyone his test score (99.9, yes, its true), that he can read (yes, it is true) that he can write etc. etc. He does very well with adults, so he did well on his playdates as far as the in-school "test" goes. However, none of my snobby "friends" at our feeder preschool (yes, we go to one, and let me say that there are nice people there as well) would ever guess he "deserves" to go into one of the two "top three" that he go into, especially since I am yet to wear my Tory Burch's to a class party. But he got in because it he is a good, solid candidate. It is so predictable that some moms might have a wonderful, charming conversation about what he does or does not deserve behind his back. I guess it stinks to be jealous.

You didn't happen to post on another thread in this private schools forum telling everyone they could "kiss [your] black 'a$$'," did you? The tone is remarkably similar.

nah - the spelling and grammar were atrocious on that one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody at our preschool is talking about it, so I have no idea where anyone else got in. I also have no idea what anyone else's DC scored on WPPSI. My guess, though, is that I'm not going to be too surprised.

Nobody's talking about it because they didn't get into the right places. Trust me, if they got to where they wanted to be, you'd be hearing about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give me a break! If you saw my child at school or on the playground you would never get a glimpse of his intellectual ability. First of all, THESE ARE FOUR and FIVE YEAR OLDS, secondly on the playground he would be running around the whole time looking just like any other 5 year old. I have never told anyone his test score (99.9, yes, its true), that he can read (yes, it is true) that he can write etc. etc. He does very well with adults, so he did well on his playdates as far as the in-school "test" goes. However, none of my snobby "friends" at our feeder preschool (yes, we go to one, and let me say that there are nice people there as well) would ever guess he "deserves" to go into one of the two "top three" that he go into, especially since I am yet to wear my Tory Burch's to a class party. But he got in because it he is a good, solid candidate. It is so predictable that some moms might have a wonderful, charming conversation about what he does or does not deserve behind his back. I guess it stinks to be jealous.

Wow. While I agree with the substance of what you are saying (appearances are deceiving), your tone is pretty offensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually - I have found the process pretty predictable. Few spots, lots of applicants, and competing not only with other smart kids, but families and their various connections.
It is an imperfect process - try not to take it too personally. Somebody once told me that the cream rises to the top - the older your kids get, the more you will see this is true - no matter where they are at school.

That cream rises to the top is exactly what the people who use connections are afraid of.

Not entirely true. Because we used connections, and shut you out, now you'll be playing catch up forever. It's all about entry.

[Anonymous]

Not entirely true. Because we used connections, and shut you out, now you'll be playing catch up forever. It's all about entry.

I really, really hope your kid struggles with the academics and is forced to endure hours upon hours of tutoring to keep up with the objectively smarter kids who get admitted in 3rd and 6th and 9th. You know, the ones playing catch up. Then I hope your connected, yet not as bright, kid gets gently counseled out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually - I have found the process pretty predictable. Few spots, lots of applicants, and competing not only with other smart kids, but families and their various connections.
It is an imperfect process - try not to take it too personally. Somebody once told me that the cream rises to the top - the older your kids get, the more you will see this is true - no matter where they are at school.

That cream rises to the top is exactly what the people who use connections are afraid of.

Not entirely true. Because we used connections, and shut you out, now you'll be playing catch up forever. It's all about entry.

Yuck -- I really hope your kid isn't going to the school my children attend. On the other hand, maybe I shouldn't care since the kids who ride their parents' connections are often the ones counselled out at high school. It's not where you start; it's where you finish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Not entirely true. Because we used connections, and shut you out, now you'll be playing catch up forever. It's all about entry.

I really, really hope your kid struggles with the academics and is forced to endure hours upon hours of tutoring to keep up with the objectively smarter kids who get admitted in 3rd and 6th and 9th. You know, the ones playing catch up. Then I hope your connected, yet not as bright, kid gets gently counseled out.

Are you placing a vodoo curse on me and my child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually - I have found the process pretty predictable. Few spots, lots of applicants, and competing not only with other smart kids, but families and their various connections.
It is an imperfect process - try not to take it too personally. Somebody once told me that the cream rises to the top - the older your kids get, the more you will see this is true - no matter where they are at school.

That cream rises to the top is exactly what the people who use connections are afraid of.

Not entirely true. Because we used connections, and shut you out, now you'll be playing catch up forever. It's all about entry.

Yuck -- I really hope your kid isn't going to the school my children attend. On the other hand, maybe I shouldn't care since the kids who ride their parents' connections are often the ones counselled out at high school. It's not where you start; it's where you finish.

As a lifer from an elite private school, let me just say that by high school, the kids at the bottom of the class are [/b]invariably[b] kids who have been there from the start. Other kids who have been there from the start have already been counseled out. Obviously, not all kids who are there from the start do poorly--some are very bright and do quite well. But it is almost always the case that the ones who do poorly were there from the early years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually - I have found the process pretty predictable. Few spots, lots of applicants, and competing not only with other smart kids, but families and their various connections.
It is an imperfect process - try not to take it too personally. Somebody once told me that the cream rises to the top - the older your kids get, the more you will see this is true - no matter where they are at school.

That cream rises to the top is exactly what the people who use connections are afraid of.

Not entirely true. Because we used connections, and shut you out, now you'll be playing catch up forever. It's all about entry.

Yuck -- I really hope your kid isn't going to the school my children attend. On the other hand, maybe I shouldn't care since the kids who ride their parents' connections are often the ones counselled out at high school. It's not where you start; it's where you finish.

Have you done a study on this? Have you tracked the correlation of connected parents to students counseled out? Please share.