How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?
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Anonymous
We actually heard that about Spence not accepting as many siblings this year given the record high interest in girls schools. Meanwhile at our preschool all the D, HM siblings got in |
Anonymous
Beginnings did well overall getting most people their first choice. That said, most families prefer staying downtown so it’s a big contingent to Friends and Grace Church. Number of kids also got into Dalton. Also heard people got into Riverdale, HM, Chapin, Brearley etc (not legacy/siblings). |
Anonymous
That said- and I don’t know if this is a problem for connected preschools in general- I know many families had to make a choice on schools like Dalton and Trinity and if they did not send those schools a FC letter they were waitlisted. I see other people who are contemplating offers from these and other TT schools and I find it surprising since that seems impossible at a Beginnings. |
Anonymous
It really depends on the kids. Some kids with a summer birthday could be more mature and articulate than someone with a jan/feb/march birthday. My friend's child- a sibling with a March birthday, got rejected this year. One of the parents also went to Dalton. Then another child (NOT a sibling) with a July birthday got in. |
Anonymous
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That said- and I don’t know if this is a problem for connected preschools in general- I know many families had to make a choice on schools like Dalton and Trinity and if they did not send those schools a FC letter they were waitlisted. I see other people who are contemplating offers from these and other TT schools and I find it surprising since that seems impossible at a Beginnings.
That surprises me too, typically you don’t get multiple TT offers, esp cause all these places are awaiting for their FCL. Guess those who got them have a.very advanced kids who interview great, b. their families might be so prominent, they’re billionaires or whatnot, c. They sent multiple FCLs without getting caught 🤣 |
Anonymous
| Of course its a feature of connected preschools. The PSDs tell the K admissions directors what the families are thinking. It’s not magic that once you indicate a FC that interest from the other schools that previously said they loved your child dissolves. |
Anonymous
I'm not sure this was the full story. They have 8 girls going to Chapin alone. I believe the issue that they had this year was the sheer amount of sibling and legacy applicants to the TT schools. Non-legacy and sibling applicants were shut out completely bc of the need for the schools to add diversity into their incoming classes. |
Anonymous
All Souls posted their exmissions results online. It looks like they had a really strong year despite the major increase in K applicants this year. But also keep in mind that this is where families ended up choosing to go. It’s not a comprehensive list of where they got acceptances from. One can only assume that it was more than what’s shown here. https://www.allsoulsschoolnyc.org/about/exmissions |
Anonymous
The issue with this data is there are no numbers attached to the schools. Given the number of students All Souls has to place, there are variations of this same list they are very good and variations that are mediocre to bad. So, not very meaningful. |
Anonymous
I believe they are looking for a certain "type". Not sure they focus all that much on advertising exmissions. |
Anonymous
And that “type” is “my family has gone to St B / Chapin for generations so why would we worry about exmissions stats” |
Anonymous
5 unconnected girls going to Spence and I think 4 to Brearley. Huge amount to Sacred Heart, Buckley and St. D. At least 4-5 Trinity (though some of those were connected). |
Anonymous
Wow! How many PreK kids does Episcopal have? |
Anonymous
All Souls parent here who’s child just went through exmissions a got in to our First choice TT (we are unconnected). There are two PreK classes at All Souls (each with 17-18 kids). One class is a bit younger and one is a bit older. The younger one about half decided on Public school because they would be deemed too young for private K this coming year, then there were a few sibling/ legacies and some unconnected families. The oldest class, everyone was placed in either their first or second choice schools. Some of the kids got in to more than one TT. There were also a bunch of schools that All Souls didn’t list, that children also got acceptances to (i.e., Trevor, Town, Geneva etc.). It seems like schools like Episcopal have a lot more PreK kids than All Souls, if they have 8 girls going to Chapin and 4 going to Spence. I think my child’s class only has 7 girls in it alone. 🤣 |
Anonymous
All Souls parent here who’s child just went through exmissions a got in to our First choice TT (we are unconnected). There are two PreK classes at All Souls (each with 17-18 kids). One class is a bit younger and one is a bit older. The younger one about half decided on Public school because they would be deemed too young for private K this coming year, then there were a few sibling/ legacies and some unconnected families. The oldest class, everyone was placed in either their first or second choice schools. Some of the kids got in to more than one TT. There were also a bunch of schools that All Souls didn’t list, that children also got acceptances to (i.e., Trevor, Town, Geneva etc.). It seems like schools like Episcopal have a lot more PreK kids than All Souls, if they have 8 girls going to Chapin and 4 going to Spence. I think my child’s class only has 7 girls in it alone. 🤣 I am a bit surprised that there are that many All Souls pre-k students that decide to go to public school because they don’t meet the private school age cutoff. At our private UES preschool, the summer/fall birthdays typically stay another year (“redshirt”). Those that opt for public school do so more for financial reasons. |