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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Overall we are happy with the outcome but it was certainly stressful. Outcome is much more based on the kid than I anticipated.

My family is financially comfortable for Manhattan but by no means are we wealthy or super connected so I had low expectations. Surprisingly we had great opportunities based on our kid’s performance- but being at a connected preschool we ultimately only had one TT offer, one 2T offer and 5 TT waitlists. In January our PSD was called by Dalton, Trinity and SS to see if they were our family’s first choice. Since they were not, we were waitlisted but we were admitted into our TT first choice. We were surprised by the call from Trinity given everything we’d heard.

At the same time, we heard a friend of a friend who is extremely wealthy ($1b+ family money) and used their connections to get recommendations at a few TT schools. I assumed this would guarantee entry. However the kid is spoiled and was unprepared for the activities at visits, and parents did not worry too much assuming connections would work out. Kid was flat out rejected despite these connections. Parents are shocked, scrambling now for something else. I feel bad - he is four after all - but it gave me a little more faith in the system that they don’t just hand out offers based on wealth and celebrity status. [/quote]

You say you're overall happy-- didn't you end up at your first choice? Or am I misunderstanding?

And "only" had one TT offer and one 2T offer. If you can only enroll in one school and you get your first choice, does it matter that you get no more offers? Maybe I'm reading too much into the "overall" and "only" in your post.

We're going through the process next year and if I only get one offer from my top choice school, I'd be drinking champagne.  [/quote]

Oh we are very happy but like the other poster said it’s a rollercoaster. The school that accepted us was the last of our schools to notify so it was a real nail biter. And even in the last weeks as we “turned down” other schools by not giving them first choice we kept second guessing ourselves. You kind of fall in love with a few because you don’t know where things will work out in the end, so it’s also hard to accept after all the work, all the people you meet, all the enthusiasm that you shared — that suddenly you’re not actually going there![/quote]

I know exactly what you mean. There were so many things to love at each school. Every school you turn down means you are giving one experience up so there’s always that feeling of what if. It’s scary to think you are making such a big choice for your child snd family. Plus, you put in all this work, so much mental energy and stress…and suddenly it’s all over. We also got into our top choice but I still have so many mixed feelings about the past six months. [/quote]

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