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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trinity parent who wore normal clothing (pants, flats, sweater) for both our k tour and interview. Did not interview with head of admissions (Jennifer) or associate head of admissions (was Drew, is now Jaclyn). Unconnected and got lucky.

The couple we toured with was outwardly flashy, dad was pompous and talked over everyone and argued with his wife and tried to dismiss her questions. They probably thought we were the odd ones, but we never saw them again. ;)[/quote]

Wow, unconnected? Nice. Any tips [/quote]

Luck. Honestly. My kid is very bright, but NYC is [u]filled[/u] with very bright kids. I am confident that many applicants would have checked the same boxes and been equally successful in the school.

I wish I had meaningful tips. Be yourself. Be kind. Hope that your 4/5 year old has a good day on that visit. Know why the school is of interest to you and why you think your child would be a good fit and communicate that well. We focused a lot on the lower school experience at every school because it felt impossibly hard to predict who our kid would be in middle or high school. That is all I've got.

The rest is just luck.[/quote]

Thank you. We don’t know at families at Trinity. Everything has gone well so far but feel like an outsider. Guess we will see[/quote]

You’re welcome to ask me questions if you’re applying for k. My oldest isn’t in upper school yet, so I can’t speak to that process or experience, but happy to share.

If you applied for k, did you talk to parents at the Open House? The diversity event? You don’t need to know anyone, I promise! I just found that asking current parents at every school that interested is very helpful.[/quote]

We went to the diversity event and talked to a bunch of the parents in the appropriate affinity group. Everyone was nice. Are you saying this meant something for admissions? [/quote]

No, I don’t think it matters for admissions. You mentioned that you didn’t know any families at Trinity and felt like an outsider. I wondered if you attended and were able to speak to current parents and if it was helpful at all for you. Not for admissions (like I said, that’s a lot of luck), but to get to know the school more and ask the real questions you have that you might not ask admissions.[/quote]

Everyone was so nice. I noticed that people say so many hoity things about Trinity and I didn't find the actual parents there to be like that at all. [/quote]

It is an incredibly warm and down to earth community. Not all parents, but most! I’m glad you felt that.[/quote]

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