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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my son started K at a DC private school, 1/2 of the boys in his class had been held back by their super-competitive parents with Ivy League dreams. With his late May birthday, my son turned out to be the youngest boy in his class. On top of private tuition, we paid extra for tutoring and OT (for handwriting) for 7 years.  Many boys in the grade below him were only one month younger than he was. When he took the SSATs for high school, his scores were mediocre, maybe because he was competing with boys who were so much older.  It's a crazy system but it's reality in pressure cooker cities like DC & NYC.[/quote]

Does this happen with girls? I guess spring birthday is now the youngest?[/quote]

I have a friend who is an AD, and she said that the only kids with summer birthdays that get admitted are first born girls (in general, there are always exceptions). They do tell people this, it's just that so many parents think their child is exceptional (he's so smart, mature, etc!).  [/quote]

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