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Submitting a First Choice Letter - Worthwhile?
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Anonymous
| We have just submitted our applications for PK at the Big Three - which I now realize - having just discovered this forum a few days ago - was a huge waste of time because we have no connections, no significant money, and a child who scored high 90s but not 99.99 on WPSSI - so we apparently haven't a chance to get in. Nonetheless, we do have a strong preference between the three. Is worth writing a separate letter to the school declaring our preference? |
Anonymous
| Sure, can't hurt and maybe it will help. |
Anonymous
| I think it is more of a NYC thing, but I don't think can hurt. Write a sincere letter of why you like the school for your child. Good luck. |
Anonymous
| I'd write the letter! Please make sure you write "among the three." (My posts here often contain errors, spelling and grammatical.) |
Anonymous
| It's common in DC, too. |
Anonymous
Yes, we got wait listed at what I thought was our back-up because we did not specify it was our first choice. Fortunately, we got into our first choice and we did tell that school it was our first choice. |
Anonymous
| If your child has a friend at that school -- there is nothing more charming than a heartfelt letter from a friend stating how much your child would like it there. It worked for us (GDS). |
Anonymous
| What's missing here is causality. Can posters really know for certain that they got in or were waitlisted because of a "first choice letter" or lack thereof? |
Anonymous
| Of course not, 14:00! |
Anonymous
| Well -- don't be too sure pps --- if the school told us the letter from the student made a difference -- then yes -- we know that it did! And, our child LOVES!!!! GDS |
Anonymous
| um, horseshit |
Anonymous
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In re causality, I can only speak in our case: we were told that a certain school only admits folks in whom they are interested IF the family indicates it is a first choice. School is not a Big 3, but is highly regarded.
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Anonymous
| We had none of those things, wrote a first choice letter, and got in. |
Anonymous
I don't understand what you are saying here. |
Anonymous
| NP here. What exactly constitutes a first choice letter (aside from stating that said school is first choice...)? Can't one make that apparent in the parent statement (as we have) rather than send a separate letter? Seems redundant to me, and possibly annoying to ADs, or am I way off here? Many thanks for your insight! |