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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, speaking as the son of a private school principal and an Ivy admissions officer:  *for a given kid* I think there's very little difference between most of the TT/2T schools in terms of what colleges they'll get into. 95% of the kids at HM / Riverdale would likely get the same offers if they'd attended the other one; everybody's got amazing facilities and student:teacher ratios and they're all hiring from the same pool of faculty. Take a kid who'd get into Harvard if she went to Brearley and put her in Nightingale for 6-12 instead and she'll almost certainly still get into Harvard.

The more important thing is finding a good culture fit - if your kid is going to thrive in a pressure cooker environment then they'll probably be happier at a school with really aggressive academics like HM or Trinity or Brearley, if not then they'd probably be happier at Riverdale or Dalton or Chapin. (if you don't get into any of those and your kid ends up at Trevor or Friends, they still have a very bright future ahead of them)[/quote]

I almost wonder if that same kid would have a better chance to go to Harvard from Nightingale rather than Brearley. Would presume less competition and more of a chance to standout. Something to be said about being a big fish in a small pond. 
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