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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife and I just went through the K admissions process.  We're not originally from NYC and have no connection to any local private schools. Our child was at one of the "Baby Ivies" for preschool and we expected that would translate into excellent admissions choices. However, after completing the process we believe that the excellent exmissions stats of our preschool are largely due to them carefully selecting children who fit the preferred profile of the K-12 schools, and not due to much educational or reputational "value add" on their part. The preferred profile includes children of TT alumni and kids who provide visual but not socioeconomic diversity (think URM with parents in law, finance, medicine, etc.). I suspect the same is true for the high schools with excellent exmission stats. Getting kids into Ivies for college is easier if the parents are alumni and donors.[/quote]

No, TT schools got highly motivated kids who are academically advanced.  Those unfit can go to Avenues[/quote]

At Kindergarten it’s more about the parents than the kids.   It’s difficult to really know yet what type of learner a child is.   The TT schools definitely get very bright kids that have a track record of excellence and can score well on the very difficult ISEE at 6th and 9th grade.  Admittance at those later entry points rely more on the student.

Avenues does not require the ISEE so there is more of a mix of serious and less serious students. I would not call avenues students “unfit”. LOL.  [/quote]

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