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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]

This is super helpful but one note based on my experience is that Trevor has been getting much more popular. Still not near TT but harder to get into than the others you listed.

Though note my frame of reference is 9th grade admit and they are bigger in the lower school (on the UWS) then don’t add a lot at 9th grade. (UES).

All that being said, I wouldn’t just spend $70k a year to go to a meh private school just because they have an off year spot. Park your kid at a really good public and apply on cycle to privates later. I do know kids who apply out of lower tier schools to other ones but it is not easy.[/quote]

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