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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the names of the other local schools with similar philosophies?[/quote]

St. Pats, NPS.[/quote]

You should definitely consider St. Pats. Their nursery program is warm, welcoming and play based like Beauvoir.  Remember Pre-k 4 is a heavy sibling and faculty family acceptance year.  If you are wait listed, apply for K.  [/quote]

This year if I had to estimate I would say about half of the PreK class is siblings or faculty kids. So that means about 30-32 kids were
Regular admits. Conversely, they add an entire class in K admitting about 21 kids, and typically those kids won't be siblings or faculty kids. Looking at the numbers I would say a non-affiliated child's chances of being admitted in PreK are still higher than in K.
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30 sibling/faculty kids?? Thank God you don't have to estimate for a living (you would be broke and out of a job!)[/quote]

I don't understand what you are saying.  Her estimate seems solid.[/quote]

Agreed. I think the PP was questioning the calculation that half of the PK kids are either siblings or faculty kids. However, I think that's a pretty good estimate, especially given that parents of siblings are told that they will receive preferential consideration only for Pre-K. Not so for K.[/quote]

Admittedly, I don't know if the actual number of siblings/faculty kids admitted into the PreK class is exactly 50%. I will say based on the few events we have had thus far it is a fairly high number. Nonetheless, the poster with the snarky comment missed my point which is that EVEN if half of the kids admitted are siblings/faculty kids, a child's odd of being admitted to Beauvoir is still higher in PreK than K. Beauvoir estimates receiving 100-120 applications for their K class. That's roughly the exact same number they get for their PreK class. So it's basic math, the total percentage of kids admitted in PreK will be higher than the total percentage of kids admitted into K. Now if you are comparing a child's chances of being admitted to Beauvoir for K over say Maret (where they don't have PreK) I would agree that you have a better chance at Beauvoir as some of the Maret K spots will be going to siblings and faculty kids. However, if you compare Beauvoir to any other top private school with a PreK the chances of being admitted to any of them are roughly the same.[/quote]

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