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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We turned down one of the top 3 SHSAT schools for a 2T private and know multiple other families that did the same. We only applied to one TT and didn't go through the required butt kissing to get in (we knew families who could have helped but decided it wasn't the right place for our child).

Our child and the other similar ones are top of their classes at the 2Ts and a lot less stressed than if at a TT or SHSAT. Top kids from their schools do just as well as kids from the other schools.

Everyone runs their own raise and makes their own decisions.[/quote]

my sense is that SHSAT schools are pretty stressful.

what are some 2T schools - is this the Trevor/CGPS/Nightingale type of school?   what others?[/quote]

Stuy isn’t really stressful if your child is competitive and is the top of the class since elementary. If anything they live for the challenge. It is only stressful if you try to turn them into something they are not or expect them to turn it on when they arrive at HS. [/quote]

Yes, but it is 30+ kids in a classroom, most of whom are the "what did you get, what did you get?" types. Many of whom are children of immigrants carrying a lot of pressure to succeed so lacking the "act like you've been there before" instinct and comfort in social situations that we take for granted. Particularly for a kid coming from private school, it would be a huge culture shock.

2T schools include the ones you mentioned, Friends, Grace, Packer, Dwight Englewood, Avenues, UNIS? Some of those might be called 3T by some, but they all send a decent number of top kids to Ivies.[/quote]

many people we speak with talk about growing up in a immigrant family with the intense pressure to succeed - and not wanting to put their kids thru the same stressor by sending them to a SHSAT school and prefer a private school instead.

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