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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t forget behavior.

Our child was at a private that sent many students to top schools. Children were not prepared for exmissions, but they were generally expected to be considerate and well-behaved. They were also expected to have friendly conversations with adults. The ones who did not meet this expectation did not get into top schools, even when the parents were VIPs and grades were great. [b]The kids who got into top schools were not uniformly smart, but they were uniformly kind.

One very intelligent, career-driven mom’s overachieving child was rejected or waitlisted everywhere because of her own oblivious and obnoxious behavior. [/b]When she found out via the HoS inquiring that she was the reason her child not accepted, she then started explaining how the schools were short-sighted and missing out by not accepting her child. This might all be true, but it also exemplifies the very behavior that might have prevented her from being a wanted member of the community.[/quote]

The exact opposite happened at our K-6. The most obnoxious mom complained about other kids, even as her kid was kicking other kids. My kid got kicked in the shins and the HOS laughed about the other mom and kid. But, that kid got into a top 3... as a sibling.[/quote]
Absurd.[/quote]

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