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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the Unkind Brigade on DCUM is out in force today.

OP, pre-K admission in this area can be quite competitive if they are the pre-K programs of the "Big 3" and other top schools. There's a limited number of slots, lots of applicants, and preference for siblings, legacies, and people who can donate a lot.

Your child's WPPSI, behavior on the playdate, and the like, affect their chance of admission. But so does the admission committee's opinion on whether your family -- which basically means you and your spouse, really -- will be a "good fit" for the school.

[b]If your child doesn't get in, it's highly unlikely to be the fault of their daycare. It's far more likely to be you -- whether the way that you came off in your application, or the parent interview. Or your kid might just not be a good fit (which is again far more about your family than the daycare). Or they just don't have any slots.[/b][/quote]

You only applied to two schools.  Those applications are incredibly competitive, and frankly, little kids just aren't that different from each other in meaningful ways.  As long as your kid is reasonably well-behaved on the playdate and tests reasonably well on the WPPSI, the admissions comes down to things that have nothing to do with your kid.  Maybe you came off as a bad fit.  Maybe the school was trying to balance boys and girls and temperaments in the class, and there were already many other kids who filled the same "slot" as your kid.  Blaming the daycare just shows that you are insane.  [/quote]

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