A school like Maret in NYC?
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Anonymous
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Our DC is in the Lower School at Maret, which we LOVE. In particular, the community, focus on the joy of learning, but also the promise of strong academics in high school years but without the constant focus on Big X status.
There is an opportunity for me to look at a job in NYC. For those of you with knowledge of the NYC school scene, what would be a comparable school there? |
Anonymous
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All the elite NYC prep schools are high pressure and status conscience a lot more than DC. In no particular order:
Spence, Chapin, Brearley, Nightengale-Bamford (all girls) Collegiate, Browning (all boys) Trinity, Horace Mann, Fieldston, Dalton (coed) Also, all very difficult to get in. Don't know anything about Maret so can't say which school is most alike, but out of these Brearley, Collegiate, Trinity and Horace Mann send more kids to Ivy or equivalent than most private schools anywhere and are known pressure cookers probably not what you are looking for. |
Anonymous
| NYC schools have an established pecking order. If you are looking for something small and familial, but with rigorous academics, it may be tough. Any place that has a reputation for rigorous academics is overrun with applications, and then going down the path of insufferability is the easiest thing for them to do. You might try Fieldston, Riverdale in the Bronx, or Berkeley Carroll in Brooklyn. |
Anonymous
| Second Fieldston/Ethical Culture. Perhaps St. Ann's in Brooklyn? Although hard to get in, and I'm not sure there is a high school expansion year. |
Anonymous
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Check out Calhoun on the Upper West, it's the most Maret like school I have visited.
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Anonymous
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Not really like Maret, but successful progressive school.
www.lrei.org |
Anonymous
| Third Fieldston/Ethical Culture. I would also take a look at the Little Red Schoolhouse and Elisabeth Irwin High School and Saint Ann's School . |
Anonymous
| Ethical/Fieldston. |
Anonymous
09:56 again the web address above was for Little Red/Elizabeth Irwin |
Anonymous
Tuition for these schools currently avg ~43K+ for K-12. Something else that's different in NYC compared to DC. |
Anonymous
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I went to Trinity and can tell you it's nothing like Maret-and neither are most of the ones listed with it. I would look at Ethical Culture/Fieldston and Friends Seminary. And possibly St Ann's.
NYC private school admissions are a whole different ballgame. Without connections you may be without luck especially if you are looking at a non-entry year. I would cast a wide net. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| St. Ann's of Ethical Culture Fieldston School. |
Anonymous
| ^^ or not of |
Anonymous
This. There are a lot of private schools in NYC besides the ones mentioned and you need to cast a wide net. Private school admissions are a nightmare there starting in nursery school: A few yrs ago there was a billionaire hedge fund manager who was indicted for insider trading or something like that and the whole motive behind it was to get his kid into Horace Mann nursery school. You may want to hire an educational consultant who specialize in applying to NYC private schools. |
Anonymous
| What is Maret? |