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People don't "clamor" to get into ATS, nor do they "agitate" to get into HB. They just fill out a single piece of paper to enter the double-blind lottery. Just like anyone else who wants to.[/quote]

They fill out the piece of paper and then they wind themselves in knots about whether they'll get in and post here to say "We're 312th on the waiting list, what are our chances."

And honestly, if you sent your kid to ATS and can't stop talking about how it was the greatest thing ever and then applied to HB, you are fixated on something other than educational philosophy when picking schools. [/quote]

The philosophies of the two schools are polar opposites. I always wondered about ATS families that then embrace the culture at HB. [/quote]

As one ATS parent, I'm happy to explain my thought process. For us, it seems that ATS provides a wonderful start where smaller kids can learn the fundamentals, develop good habits, focus on character education etc. H-B seems appealing because kids may have different needs at different points in their lives. I don't think it makes sense to assume that small kids and adolescent kids need the same style of learning environment. The world out there is varied, and they're going to need to know how to get along in a lot of different environments. I don't know yet if we'll appy to H-B, but it deosn't seem like a really crazy thing to do after ATS. We've heard that a lot of ATS kids do well there because they have developed the self-discipline to handle that style. Of course, a lot of non-ATS kids have developed that too, so please don't jump down my throat about that comment. [/quote]

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