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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is currently in the 9th grade. What are the NYC equivalents to DC's private schools? Any other tips are welcome. Thx![/quote]

Are you working with your current school for placement?  That should be your 1st conversation.[/quote]
DD has been homeschooled for the previous year after she had a major problem last year with her previous school[/quote]
And i do realize this complicates things [/quote]

Wait.  Your child has been homeschooled and you're going to RENT (as in not buy into a coop) in HOBOKEN and you're applying to the top private schools in Manhattan?  Are you crazy?  Why not just shoot for the Swiss boarding schools?  [/quote]
I was just browsing this forum.. but hold on, we know a couple of formerly [b]homeschooling families in dc [/b]whose kids now attend schools like sidwell, gds, maret, etc... is NYC snobbier?![/quote]

OP doesn't even plan on living in Manhattan.  She's not from some wealthy family moving to the UES and purchasing a coop. She's talking Jersey.  She doesn't even know the names of the schools.  I didn't even grow up in manhattan and I know the names at least.  I doubt OP has the money or prestige to get her kids in such a school.   [/quote]
I said we were *considering* it[/quote]
Ohhhh NOOOOO!!! Not JERSEY! *faints, crosses self*. [b]Where did she say she didn't know the names[/b]?[/quote]

There's nothing wrong with New Jersey, but it's highly unusual to live in NJ and attend private schools in NYC.  For one thing, your paying high property taxes in NJ FOR private schools.  Also the commute into the city is hellish for a child to endure on a regular basis.  It simply doesn't make any sense.  Add on top of that the competition and prep needed to even get into one of these schools.  The kind of people who live in the suburbs are different than those who live in the city.  It's like moving to Gaithersburg and trying to send your kids to sidwell.

Regarding the names, thats  what this entire thread is about.  [/quote]

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