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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both entry levels are hard.  In 6th grade you are competing with the very smart public school kids looking for a change.  In 8th you are looking at very smart and very rich private school kids looking for a new school, as well as smart public school kids looking for a private high school.

But many of the kids coming from other schools have a hard time at Holton in 9th grade.  There is a lot of prep in 7/8th to get them ready and having a core set of friends to depend on helps too.  Not to mention 6th grade is still lower school at Holton.  I would want to move then.  Much less of a stressful transition.  [/quote]

Nonsense. I know many girls who transition at 9th grade with no issues whatsoever. [/quote]

PP, you may know many girls with no issues (cool), but that doesn't mean there aren't many girls who have transition issues.  No reason to be so dismissive.

OP, regarding entry year, barring the PP who seems to know only girls with no issues, there seems to be consistent thought that Holton tends to ramp up in difficulty going into 9th.  The thing I would think about is that the earlier your DD makes the transition, the sooner she can start becoming involved in the community and getting to know friends at the new school.  I'm sure Holton makes a concerted effort to make incoming girls feel welcome and get the support they need, but the earlier you are there, the earlier you start to do that.[/quote]

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