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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much talk about college placements and rigor but how do the TT schools rank in terms of happiness? I would never send my kid to a HM or Brearley because of the horror stories I hear about stress. Is Chapin or Riverdale best in that sense, because you get academics without kids working themselves into a frenzy over homework, etc?

The recent tragedy at Chapin did give me pause in this sense, but not sure it's representative of a climate of anxiety/stress. Maybe just a horrible situation specific to that poor child.[/quote]

When we went through the middle school application process, our favorites were Riverdale and Chapin because they seemed to offer a nice balance of academcis and healthy social dynamics.  The kids just seemed so happy to be there.  Our kid was lucky enough to get into Horace Mann and Chapin and we went with Chapin.  We're also a downtown family and didn't want her. traveling so far uptown so there is that. [/quote]

Opposite for us.  Chapin girls seemed miserable when we toured.  Happiest seemed to be Marymount, and then Spence and Brearley pretty equal after that.  We liked Nightingale as well.  We thought Horace Mann and Riverdale seemed similar as far as how the students seemed, and neither was right for us.  [/quote]

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