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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on how you and your child “perform” at K interviews.  At our “TT” (I dislike that term) school, 20-something percent of our class is siblings/legacies.  That percentage is much higher at other schools.  And lower at others.  Then you add in additional URM students and those who add to the diversity pool.  Then they figure out where those kids fit (in terms of class makeup with birthdays, behaviors/temperaments), and try to balance out those kids with the remaining kids.  Some years, certain schools are only looking for certain candidates (for example, girls with early birthdays), and other years the criteria is totally different (based largely on the sibling/legacy/faculty child makeup).  How likely you are to get in to a particular school hinges mostly on this, and secondarily on how your family interviews/performs on the personality/skills/interview assessments.  Join Parents League if you’re interested in having an advisor help you with your list.

For the cost, it depends on the school and programs.  Some schools have after-school programs in the hundreds, and other in the thousands.  Multiply that by five days a week, and the range is huge.  There are also so many off-site activities - you can sign your kid up for a $5500 year of tennis or $2000 year of generic sports (or random sports classes for a few hundred $ per semester).  Some people spend and extra $10k or more per year on extracurriculars, and others spend less than $1000.[/quote]

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