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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, the schools don't generally know themselves at this early stage whether they'll have space in a non-entry grade - you're basically signing up to be on somebody's waitlist. You might *occasionally* see somebody confident enough to actually state that this year we're accepting applications in grades X, Y, and Z, but it's rare.

We were in this situation with both of our kids this year, one of them eventually got into one of our top choices - out of the blue, in May - and the other one (whose scores are actually better) didn't because that grade didn't have space.

So the best strategy is to cast a wide net - apply to every school you're OK with, including some that might not be super-prestigious but are relatively easy to get in to (Calhoun, Speyer, Trevor, LREI, Town, a couple of all-girls schools I won't mention by name because people will chime in to insist that actually they are so prestigious), and be prepared to apologize to your kid's teacher and school secretary for all of the recommendation paperwork they're going to have to do. This doesn't mean you shouldn't *also* apply to your top choices, but this is basically a lottery and you want as many tickets as possible.[/quote]

Thank you so much! This is incredibly helpful! I’m also curious, are there any all-boys schools that fall into that category?[/quote]

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