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Getting into Beauvoir.

Your friend may be right about the phone call/letter from a current Beauvoir parent, but I would not stress.  It is of course helpful to have a letter from a family which is a sincere testament to your parenting and how this child is a natural match for Beauvoir.  I do think they take this into consideration.  But I wouldn't start flooding the admissions office with phone calls.  Absolutely not.  Feels like an 11th hour plea.

Okay, back to how to get into Beauvoir.  This is what I know.  Firstly, and this may depress you all, it was only after my son got into Beauvoir that I realized that his preschool was a gigantic feeder into Beauvoir.  There are a few of them -- Little Folks, NCRC, and Aiden Montessori.  And I'm going to say, in hindsight, that getting into the right preschool clearly influenced his chances for Beauvoir.

Secondly, he took the WPSII and did well. You can't prepare for it, but I understand they are being evaluated for how they express themselves and how they learn.  As for expressing himself, my son has a good vocabulary, which I'm sure was aided by me speaking to him in adult language (not crazy adult language, like, "My! How serendipitous that it is raining!"...adult language, like, "Grab that cup before it topples.").

He had a playdate, and I don't know that they would have gotten much out of him there, except that he has a good vocabulary and he has a nice smile.  So in the end, if there is perhaps one piece of advice for preparing for that process, for goodness sake, enrich your child's vocabulary by using complex, rich words.  And always look for opportunities to talk with your child.

That's all I can offer.
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