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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child got accepted at a preschool with decent exmissions. It is NOT one of the feeder preschools that are usually mentioned in this forum. Child will start in that school in September in their 3's program.

Is it better if we do 3's and 4's program in that preschool?  or is it better if we attend 3's program in this preschool, then try to apply and see if we can get in at a feeder preschool for 4's program? 4's program is child's last year of preschool. After 4's program, child will be in kindergarten. We are an unconnected family by the way. No legacy, no siblings in any of the NYC schools.[/quote]

I'd stay at the non-feeder as long as they've placed kids in independent schools before and are familiar with the process.[/quote]

Thanks for the response. Yes the non-feeder preschool have done exmissions to independent schools and they seem quite familiar with the process.

May I please know why would you choose / advise to stay in the non-feeder preschool instead of trying to move to a feeder preschool for 4's program?

Wouldn't going to a feeder preschool at 4's and doing exmissions from there, increase our chance to get accepted to a top-tier kindergarten program, versus exmissions from a non-feeder preschool? (as an unconnected family)

Would kindergarten programs value our child's application more if they see in the application that child is in a feeder preschool, versus if they see that child is in a non-feeder preschool?

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Couple of reasons. First, moving a child the year you'd apply is a lot of change, not only for your child (who will then also be going on interviews, as well as having schools come observe them in their classroom), but you're an unknown entity at the new preschool-- you're going to have to play catch up. They fill out reports on your child to give to ongoing schools (and they are just meeting them, no teachers from 3s to talk to) and there is a section of the report about parent involvement in the school. It is just a lot to accomplish and juggle that fall-- transition your child to a new school environment, apply to a bunch of schools, volunteer at new preschool, interviews for you and your child, figure out who is around you at the new feeder preschool and figure out where all of those people's connections are...

And speaking of that, at a feeder preschool you are swimming amongst a pretty connected crowd (siblings, legacies, money, etc). Can that work for you? In the right scenario, yes. Feeder preschools have relationships and teachers who know how to write ISAAGNY reports. Can it also work against you? Also yes. If you think you really love X ongoing school and you show up at your new feeder preschool only to find out that there are 6 siblings or legacies of X school in your class, well, that is going to be a hard school for a new family to get a spot in.

So in this situation, I'd apply from the school with a more shallow pool of applicants and fewer transitions for my child and family. Instead I'd dig into this 3s preschool, volunteer your time, build community and relationships, and apply from there.[/quote]

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