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Siblings as a knock against a school’s placement is also a little weird.  I get legacies.  But with siblings, that just means the preschool successfully got the older sibling placed into the school too?  Which is a good thing.  It’s not like the older sibling gets in to a good kindergarten, then the parents switch the younger child to a different preschool.  Or at least is exceedingly rarely the case.[/quote]

NP - You are attributing the success to the preschool rather than 1. extremely gifted child, 2. family (donor potential / letter of recommendation), 3. luck (less demand during covid). There is a story in the press on how even Rupert Murdoch worried his child wouldn't be admitted to Brearley from TT preschool. [/quote]

Which is really true of every step along the process.  Did you get into Harvard because you went to Trinity or because you are smart/connected?  Did you get that post-college job at McKinsey/Goldman/Google because you went to Harvard or because you are smart/connected?  And so on.

I think the reality is a little of both.  And the best path is to pick the spot that is the best individual fit that maximizes your chances of learning/growing/being “smart”.  Within reason though, meaning the school still needs to be “good enough” reputationally - you still want to be at a feeder, but ranking #1 vs #5 is a little ridiculous [/quote]

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