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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]np. If you cared [b]only[/b] about academic rigor, my opinion would be:
Trinity &gt; Hunter &gt; St. B &gt; Dalton &gt; Riverdale &gt; Town

Private k-12, vs UES k-8, vs Hunter are going to be very different though. Hunter will be the most different, with fewer wealthy families and more immigrants. FWIW, going through 12th grade wasn't important to us, so we're at a boys' k-8.[/quote]

For purely academic rigor, I agree with this order.[/quote]

Can’t speak for the current situation but judging from the forum not much has changed…I went to St B’s then Collegiate (in 2000) along with two boys from my class.   We were all towards the top of our Collegiate class from the get go, St B’s is probably more academically rigorous grades 1-8 than Collegiate, perhaps due to the fact that its reputation must be made by then.  My former St B’s classmates who went to Trinity felt the same.  Collegiate and St B’s are both great schools, but St B’s is a really special place which truly fosters intellectual curiosity.  All the classmates I have kept up with over the years (a lot) agree it was the best school they’ve ever gone to, including university. [/quote]

I went to Trinity back when it was just coed in the HS but not entirely so in the lower and middle schools - so all of the girls were new but the boys had all been there since at least K. This meant that there were not many spots for boys in the HS so the ones who got in had to be smart. There were about five boys in my class who came from St. B’s and all were super super smart and graduated at the top of our class. Same goes for the Spence girls. All very impressive.[/quote]

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