K Feedback / First Choice Letter

[Anonymous]

Our 1st choice letter to a TT school was responded to within 24 hours with a nice note saying they are happy to get our note and that they'll add it to our kid's file and they look forward to staying in touch. It could mean absolutely nothing. It was a nice acknowledgement. Our love letters weren't responded to at all. We'll see!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering the same. For anyone who's been through this before, in hindsight were there any clues in the replies (or lack of reply) that meant something?

It depends on the ongoing school and your preschool. We were told by preschool to write a letter and get it to the ongoing school by the end of the week. We did, there was a phone call to preschool after they received the letter, and that was that. Deal was made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no direct responses to FC letters. They MIGHT hint to the PSD, and that PSD might tell you. Both have to be true.

I don’t think this is universally true. We got a very nice direct response to our first choice letter (email). This was a few years ago, not this cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no direct responses to FC letters. They MIGHT hint to the PSD, and that PSD might tell you. Both have to be true.

I don’t think this is universally true. We got a very nice direct response to our first choice letter (email). This was a few years ago, not this cycle.

Do you send it to the Head of Admissions or to your interviewer?

[Anonymous]

Our PSD said to always send it to our interviewer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no direct responses to FC letters. They MIGHT hint to the PSD, and that PSD might tell you. Both have to be true.

I don’t think this is universally true. We got a very nice direct response to our first choice letter (email). This was a few years ago, not this cycle.

Do you send it to the Head of Admissions or to your interviewer?

We had met with the head of admissions during our interview, so we sent it to her. Had we met with someone else, I probably would have sent it to the interviewer, but I am not sure tbh.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard feedback from Brearley?

[Anonymous]

Bumping here. There was some mention that Brearley would provide a "more comprehensive" feedback in January. Did anyone receive that? What did it look like?

Also curious about the other girls schools in UES, specifically spence and chapin. Did anyone receive feedback?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard back any feedback from Dalton ?

We heard positive feedback from Dalton from PSD. Unconnected preschool.

How did you get the feedback if they're unconnected? We're at a UPK in a DOE school and its a black box.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping here. There was some mention that Brearley would provide a "more comprehensive" feedback in January. Did anyone receive that? What did it look like?

Also curious about the other girls schools in UES, specifically spence and chapin. Did anyone receive feedback?

We heard from Spence and Chapin in December before break. Brearley we got feedback right after winter break.

We have weekly conversations with our director, our next is beginning of next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard back any feedback from Dalton ?

We heard positive feedback from Dalton from PSD. Unconnected preschool.

How did you get the feedback if they're unconnected? We're at a UPK in a DOE school and its a black box.

Unfortunately, you can’t get a feedback unless you have a consultant who helped you with the application and the process. We were also from public school. We did not know how much negotiation and game goes on behind the scenes with private preschools and schools. We blissfully did not know when we applied. We got lucky. We are at one of the tts mentioned here. We also know some families from the same grade and other grades who are from public. Some had consultants and some did not. We did not use a consultant. People who used consultants seem to have had feedbacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard back any feedback from Dalton ?

We heard positive feedback from Dalton from PSD. Unconnected preschool.

How did you get the feedback if they're unconnected? We're at a UPK in a DOE school and its a black box.

Sometimes they do call UPK school directors. those calls are positive indicators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping here. There was some mention that Brearley would provide a "more comprehensive" feedback in January. Did anyone receive that? What did it look like?

Also curious about the other girls schools in UES, specifically spence and chapin. Did anyone receive feedback?

We got feedback from Brearley about 3 weeks ago. There’s another thread where several people mention their feedback from B.

[Anonymous]

Did you all email your FC letters?
Also is it ok for someone to skip the love letters? How useful are these since they’re signaling in fact school isn’t your first choice due to wording?

[Anonymous]

Emailed. Got no response.