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[quote=Anonymous]
I'll bite. I know lots of speyer families. It's what the other poster said already, but to say it more explicitly - why would someone end up at speyer over a TT school? Usually some combo of:
- kid is smart but not "ready" for TT in some other way (summer birthday, ESL, social issues etc)
- Parents just want acceleration above all else
- Parents were not savvy enough to navigate the system and get into TT (didn't send to feeder preschool, didn't write first choice letter, etc)
- Parents were unappealing to TT school for some reason (eg annoying)
- Kid is SO smart they were bored out of their mind at TT and transferred to speyer. (Most kids smart enough to get into speyer would be just fine at a TT but some kids really need the acceleration)

And then why would you choose TT over speyer if you have a smart kid? More focus on extracurricular/well roundness while still getting to a similar place academically by the end of high school. And also resources/reputation etc etc.

I'll say the parents I know are an even split between 1) at speyer because couldn't get into TT, 2) at speyer by choice, 3) at TT. Many even have one kid at speyer and one at TT. [/quote]

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