Best private schools in NYC?

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[quote=Anonymous]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?[/quote]

Avenues has a spanish immersion program

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They are more expensive because operating everything in NYC is more expensive- real estate, staff pay, services for anything like maintenance, and also because the market of customers will bear price levels at $65,000 a year.

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It seems impossible to get into Brearley, Spence and Chapin these days for K. I heard last cycle was a bloodbath- barely any spots unless legacy/sib.

On a separate note, does Dalton have the highest number of entering K students out of the TTs?

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Brearley was in the NY Times this week bragging that that more of its students enrolled at Harvard than any other college. Lots of big donor kids and legacies.

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Anonymous wrote:Brearley was in the NY Times this week bragging that that more of its students enrolled at Harvard than any other college. Lots of big donor kids and legacies.

Removing the big donor z list and legacies, TT schools are no different from other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems impossible to get into Brearley, Spence and Chapin these days for K. I heard last cycle was a bloodbath- barely any spots unless legacy/sib.

On a separate note, does Dalton have the highest number of entering K students out of the TTs?

Last cycle was ridiculous for all entry points, but it feels like it always is.

I think it’s Dalton, Horace Mann and Riverdale. Although Riverdale lower school feels like the curriculum is quite easy. It ramps up in Middle and it’s impossible to get in at Middle School so if that is your favorite school get in at kindergarten!

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Anonymous wrote:

I think it’s Dalton, Horace Mann and Riverdale. Although Riverdale lower school feels like the curriculum is quite easy. It ramps up in Middle and it’s impossible to get in at Middle School so if that is your favorite school get in at kindergarten!

Thanks for the information. Seems like Riverdale is very popular these days.
Is SS for boys easier to get into than co-educational? Thinking Collegiate, St. B's vs. Dalton, HM, R

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Thanks for the information. Seems like Riverdale is very popular these days.
Is SS for boys easier to get into than co-educational? Thinking Collegiate, St. B's vs. Dalton, HM, R

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Thanks for the information. Seems like Riverdale is very popular these days.
Is SS for boys easier to get into than co-educational? Thinking Collegiate, St. B's vs. Dalton, HM, R

Not Collegiate.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any top tier Kindergartens that are less stuffy/snobby than others? We would be a full pay family but we definitely don't go to a second home, summer out east, ski out west. Just saw a posting on facebook UES moms group where mom was talking about her daughter in a top tier school but had no friends because of the social differences

In my experience - went to trinity, subs went to dalton, nephew just started dalton kindergarten - they’re not snobby really at all. Some of the families are quite snobby, but the schools are just good schools. I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience. there were cliques like there are anywhere else, but there were fewer actually than there were after I transferred to Andover. And my best friends at trinity - one is the son of someone who has become a billionaire, one is the son of a well-known figure, one is the daughter of a journalist, and then the daughter of a doctor and a lawyer.

One of the things that happens is as you get older you recognize that you’re perhaps deprived (not the right word) of some of the luxuries that the super wealthy kids are afforded, but socially there were never any issues back when i was there, and it’s even leveled out more now.

My nephew had his first few days - they gradually start at dalton, first day you’re there for an hour or so, the next day a little bit more, etc. until it officially starts in full after the first week or so - and my brother and sister’s calendar is already packed with birthdays until thanksgiving already just from being there to pick him up. It’s funny - the parents tend to bring more insecurities than the kids. But a lot of the rumors tend to come from people who maybe don’t have first-hand experience with the school or perhaps had a bad experience and projects it on to the school as a whole.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any top tier Kindergartens that are less stuffy/snobby than others? We would be a full pay family but we definitely don't go to a second home, summer out east, ski out west. Just saw a posting on facebook UES moms group where mom was talking about her daughter in a top tier school but had no friends because of the social differences

In my experience - went to trinity, subs went to dalton, nephew just started dalton kindergarten - they’re not snobby really at all. Some of the families are quite snobby, but the schools are just good schools. I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience. there were cliques like there are anywhere else, but there were fewer actually than there were after I transferred to Andover. And my best friends at trinity - one is the son of someone who has become a billionaire, one is the son of a well-known figure, one is the daughter of a journalist, and then the daughter of a doctor and a lawyer.

One of the things that happens is as you get older you recognize that you’re perhaps deprived (not the right word) of some of the luxuries that the super wealthy kids are afforded, but socially there were never any issues back when i was there, and it’s even leveled out more now.

My nephew had his first few days - they gradually start at dalton, first day you’re there for an hour or so, the next day a little bit more, etc. until it officially starts in full after the first week or so - and my brother and sister’s calendar is already packed with birthdays until thanksgiving already just from being there to pick him up. It’s funny - the parents tend to bring more insecurities than the kids. But a lot of the rumors tend to come from people who maybe don’t have first-hand experience with the school or perhaps had a bad experience and projects it on to the school as a whole.

Sibs* not subs

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Thanks for the information. Seems like Riverdale is very popular these days.
Is SS for boys easier to get into than co-educational? Thinking Collegiate, St. B's vs. Dalton, HM, R

None of them are easy to get into. Just try to find the schools which suit your child best and apply broadly.

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Anonymous wrote:Brearley was in the NY Times this week bragging that that more of its students enrolled at Harvard than any other college. Lots of big donor kids and legacies.

Removing the big donor z list and legacies, TT schools are no different from other schools.

Untrue.

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Anonymous wrote:Quick question, do niche rankings matter at all or are they inaccurate.

The most important thing is college matriculation. The ultimate goal is to get in a good college, that's what college prep is about. Got it?

I would say that the most important thing is to get the best possible education and develop your kid into the best and happiest possible human being they can be. Yeesh, what an absurdly cynical way to view education. how come people are so crazy when it comes to nyc private schools?

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I would say that the most important thing is to get the best possible education and develop your kid into the best and happiest possible human being they can be. Yeesh, what an absurdly cynical way to view education. how come people are so crazy when it comes to nyc private schools?

It is a status symbol and social cue. Many familes lead with my child attends a prestigious private school on first impressions.