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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello everyone! This has been such an informative thread as we’re applying to Kindergarten for our son. So thank you to everyone for keeping this thread going! The comment about thriving in a 2T school vs being one of many in a TT school really hit home - I don’t think the pressure cooker approach is necessarily the right one (depends on the kid of course).

I’d love to hear more general thoughts, positive and negative, aside from what tier they are as that’s not a guiding factor for me, on the following schools:

Collegiate 
Browning 
St. David’s 
Allen-Stevenson 
Buckley

Many, many thanks as we navigate this unfamiliar process!

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Having done the K admissions process recently, I think a lot of this will come down to your own feeling on fit and not what someone can tell you. Various parents are going to resonate in different ways with each school.

As an alum of one of these schools, I don't place much stock in what graduates of these schools from 20+ years ago tell me about their experience. One thing that became clear in doing tours is that while the schools all have a deep sense of tradition and heritage, there's definitely been evolution in the last 10 years (as there should, no institution however hallowed stays static). And kids will have vastly different experiences even within a school that has a certain reputation. These are variables outside of the parents' control.

There has also been a notable retiring of several long-tenured admissions leaders and heads of school at many of these schools in the last few years -- and I can imagine the new guard is bringing in a different set of viewpoints too. [/quote]

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