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Re-application: How many got accepted to K after being rejected to Pre-K from the top 3?
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Anonymous
| No flaming please. We're trying to make plans for our dd's education if she is not accepted this year. How many have applied to Pre-K at the top 3, rejected then re-applied for K and got in? Thanks for sharing. |
Anonymous
| Wow, we must be a bunch of mean girls if an innocent post like this needs to be proceeded with "please don't flame me". |
Anonymous
| Sorry, preceded. |
Anonymous
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It's really hard to gauge. We were rejected/waitlisted from the popular three, reapplied at K for the popular four and waitlisted/rejected again. 99% scores. Both big law partners. No connections. Minority-status.
Others have better luck the first time. I am of the same mind with the poster that says admissions is mostly about the parents. If I wrote a blog for the NYT instead of writing anonymous posts here I'm sure that my DC would be at one of those schools now. |
Anonymous
PP, how did your DC do on the playdates? And was your DC at one of the popular preschools? |
Anonymous
| If your child was rejected by all 3 for pre-K, definitely cast a broader net for K. Some people get in on the second try, but you can't count on it. Your chances are probably best at Beauvoir. One of DC's friends was accepted there on the 2nd try (great playdates & scores both times), but it may have helped that the child switched to one of the big-name preschools for pre-K. |
Anonymous
As far as I know DC did fine on playdates. No, DC did not attend one of the royal preschools. |
Anonymous
| OP: Thanks for sharing. That was a helpful suggestion. Our DC is of not coming from a top Pre-K but rather a daycare-K independent facility where children have gone to Top 3 in the past but they don't necessarily groom them for independent schools. Most attend public schools after they leave. We are new to DC and this is our first round of applying. We're not big firm partners. Mom is an assistant professor at a local university in medicine and dad is in finance. Our DC is of mixed culture/race, takes ballet and art however is not a celebrity or the daughter of a celebrity. We don't know any high power people or have a huge inheritance. From what we've read on most of the threads, that what seems to be required. |
Anonymous
So there are daycares that prep children for top schools? didn't know you could begin the grooming process when they're infants I'm not flaming; I'm just in shock. And my impression from these boards - particularly on these school threads - is that these kids are being "bred," so to speak. They have to come from good stock - lawyers, doctors, CPAs. It's madness. |
Anonymous
So, you are applying for pre-K? Just apply to the schools you really love then. If applying for K, think about applying to at least 6 schools if you are focusing on Maret/Sidwell/Beauvoir/GDS. And remember there are other schools that may be just as good or even better for your child (and indeed for many children) even though they are not as prestigious. |
Anonymous
| 12:36, did you mean to say not minority status or that you are a minority. If the latter, that sure would burst the idea that minorities with top scores and 2 successful parents are a shoe-in. |
Anonymous
| I don't think this belief is nearly as widespread as you seem to imply. |
Anonymous
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Here's my question:
Why would you you bother? Why suffer through the humiliation of possibly being rejected again from the "Top 3" schools? It's freaking preschool! I find this topic completely ridiculous, and I only read it for laughs! |
Anonymous
| Actually a primary reason for the desirability of most of the top schools is that they go through high school. |
Anonymous
| As to the comment it's only Pre-K, why bother? Pre-K is typically the level at which there is the most number of openings at these schools and most go through to 12th grade so yu don't have to go through the rigorous application process again. This is also the time when your child needs smaller student to teacher ratios. Most private schools have a 10:1 ratio vs most public schools where it's 25-30:1. The majority of the students at private schools have been selected because they are bright and interested in learning. Having gone through public school, where the teacher spent a good deal ofher time disciplining the student, we would prefer to pay for private school for our daughter. Those are some of our reasons. Other parents may have other reasons. |