What's the most elite and exclusive K-12 School?

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Anonymous wrote:You can't bet on any of these schools. We know our kid is vying for one of maybe 5 spots, we will see.

Exactly. The numbers are pretty depressing at many schools.

How many TT schools do you have to apply to in order to have a reasonable chance of getting into one? What if you applied to 8 or 10, would it be likely you get into one?

Assume full pay.

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We applied to 10 for ninth grade a couple of years ago. It was exactly like college. Reaches, targets and likelies. We got into 4, one TT.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't bet on any of these schools. We know our kid is vying for one of maybe 5 spots, we will see.

Exactly. The numbers are pretty depressing at many schools.

How many TT schools do you have to apply to in order to have a reasonable chance of getting into one? What if you applied to 8 or 10, would it be likely you get into one?

Assume full pay.

Assuming you’re talking about kindergarten, acceptance rates at some schools are less than 10%, while at others they might hover closer to 15-20%.

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity is exclusive because they screen for plutocrats. Thats who got in from our preschool- the signal among other things is giving tons to the preschool for reporting up the chain.

We gave almost nothing monetarily to preschool and we’re definitely not plutocrats. Sometimes normal people get into Trinity (and we’re not the only normal family in the community).

Sometimes normal people get in - but how often? Did they another attractive aspect of their family that made them more special, if not money and connections? How many of those are there? Maybe 5 per year? Out of hundreds applicants. So sure it happens but can’t necessarily bet on…

Many more than 5 in our grade.

As a kindergarten applicant, you can't bet on any "TT" school. It is simply a numbers game. Trinity is tough because lower school is small (compared to peer schools), it is co-ed and prioritizes qualified siblings, and it gets 500+ applications every year. But to say it is filled with plutocrats and the doorway opens wider if you donate heavily to your preschool-- that just hasn't been my experience. And I'm sorry that it is what you witnessed at your preschool.

5 or 20 normal families … point is just acceptance rate is low. Probably lower at Trinity but it’s true for most of the competitive schools.

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How many TT schools do you have to apply to in order to have a reasonable chance of getting into one? What if you applied to 8 or 10, would it be likely you get into one?

Assume full pay.

Sorry, but there aren’t 10 of them; this is a bit like asking how many Ivies you have to apply to to get into an Ivy. If you lower your standards you can probably get your kid in somewhere, but only a handful of private schools have smarter kids than you would find at a top public school.

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(By “top public school” I mean like PS 6 or Wagner or Roosevelt, not Stuy or Hunter)

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity is exclusive because they screen for plutocrats. Thats who got in from our preschool- the signal among other things is giving tons to the preschool for reporting up the chain.

We saw a similar story play out at our preschool for Trinity, Brearley and Collegiate. Kids who received less than stellar feedback from teachers and had known issues got in, while many very bright children without any "hooks" were fully shut out. I would suggest applying very broadly to 10+ schools. We were a legacy, so didn't have this experience, but I felt very bad for many other families during the process.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity is exclusive because they screen for plutocrats. Thats who got in from our preschool- the signal among other things is giving tons to the preschool for reporting up the chain.

We saw a similar story play out at our preschool for Trinity, Brearley and Collegiate. Kids who received less than stellar feedback from teachers and had known issues got in, while many very bright children without any "hooks" were fully shut out. I would suggest applying very broadly to 10+ schools. We were a legacy, so didn't have this experience, but I felt very bad for many other families during the process.

Wow, really? Why would a school want to take a kid with known issues? What kind of issues are we talking about?

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Which schools are in that handful?

Anonymous wrote:

How many TT schools do you have to apply to in order to have a reasonable chance of getting into one? What if you applied to 8 or 10, would it be likely you get into one?

Assume full pay.

Sorry, but there aren’t 10 of them; this is a bit like asking how many Ivies you have to apply to to get into an Ivy. If you lower your standards you can probably get your kid in somewhere, but only a handful of private schools have smarter kids than you would find at a top public school.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools are in that handful?

Anonymous wrote:

How many TT schools do you have to apply to in order to have a reasonable chance of getting into one? What if you applied to 8 or 10, would it be likely you get into one?

Assume full pay.

Sorry, but there aren’t 10 of them; this is a bit like asking how many Ivies you have to apply to to get into an Ivy. If you lower your standards you can probably get your kid in somewhere, but only a handful of private schools have smarter kids than you would find at a top public school.

Brearley, Collegiate, Dalton, HM, Trinity.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools are in that handful?

Trinity, HM, and Dalton for co-ed, Brearley and Collegiate for SS. And even a very smart unconnected kid applying to all of those is much likelier to be rejected by them all than to get into any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

How many TT schools do you have to apply to in order to have a reasonable chance of getting into one? What if you applied to 8 or 10, would it be likely you get into one?

Assume full pay.

Sorry, but there aren’t 10 of them; this is a bit like asking how many Ivies you have to apply to to get into an Ivy. If you lower your standards you can probably get your kid in somewhere, but only a handful of private schools have smarter kids than you would find at a top public school.

Trinity Dalton Collegiate Riverdale HM St B Chaplin Spence Brearley St Anne. That’s more than ten. Now go nitpick about how Riverdale or St Anne isn’t TT

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity Dalton Collegiate Riverdale HM St B Chaplin Spence Brearley St Anne. That’s more than ten. Now go nitpick about how Riverdale or St Anne isn’t TT

Even if I stipulated that all 10 are TT and ignored the fact that St B's only goes through 9th grade, the maximum number of schools any girl can apply to from that list is 8, and boys 7.

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Anonymous wrote:We applied to 10 for ninth grade a couple of years ago. It was exactly like college. Reaches, targets and likelies. We got into 4, one TT.

What were your kid's grades and ISEE scores like? We're applying to 11 for 9th and, while I think my kid is a pretty good candidate, I have no idea what the acceptance rate is at many of these schools. Only applying to one true TT but I'm guessing that even places like Friends and Packer get a lot of applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity Dalton Collegiate Riverdale HM St B Chaplin Spence Brearley St Anne. That’s more than ten. Now go nitpick about how Riverdale or St Anne isn’t TT

Even if I stipulated that all 10 are TT and ignored the fact that St B's only goes through 9th grade, the maximum number of schools any girl can apply to from that list is 8, and boys 7.

Buckley. Grace. St David’s. Friends. There’s a lot of highly competitive schools and making it seem like half a dozen is inaccurate.