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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's just sensation.  Makes for good reading. And also a natural follow up to the Bloomberg article last month about $70,000 tuition... if that article hadn't gotten so much attention, this article never would have been written.

Was it very competitive this year? Yes.  Is it very competitive every year? Yes.  Keep in mind, that by the author's own admission, these private schools don't publish statistics, so it's anyone's guess what the real numbers looked like.  And just because you can drum up a few rejection stories doesn't make it true.[/quote]

We had a call with someone from Parents League who said that applications were up 25% due to COVID baby boom and uncertainty around the new mayor. The article was definitely very bombastic but I do think it's going back to pre-COVID levels of competition, which had dropped off with families leaving the city during COVID. [/quote]

Agree with this. Also just talking to my PSD who said admissions was absolutely crazy this year in comparison to even last year. Last year multiple kids got more than one offer, this year only one kid got two offers, everyone else got one offer and even one kid got completely waitlisted everywhere. This wasn’t the case last year.

I think people in it now don’t realize how competitive getting in to K was pre-COVID. After Covid admissions dropped in all private schools. Admissions is now slowly climbing back up and even though this year was s “bloodbath” just wait for next year and the next following few years. [/quote]

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