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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t bring it up in the conversation with the teacher — I think thinking about this stuff that young is basically stupid. I have been surprised by how young the kids are when they start worrying about it. My kid only knows where I went to University because the kids asked her to ask me in fourth grade. They told her she was lucky she had a double legacy. I told her to learn her multiplication tables.

If college admissions is why you are there, the numbers don’t tell the whole story, and you need to know that to play and win the game.
You can believe in the integrity of the Ivy League admissions process all you want, but that’s not going to win you a slot. Ask questions, be quiet, listen to people talk. This stuff is pretty easy to suss out. It is something TT actively discuss and complain about if they think you are safe to vent to. Some embrace it as a fundraising tool, some secretly hate it, but it’s an active part of K12 life.

You can tell your kid’s place in class because they put out a list. It’s called an honor roll. [/quote]

Ummmm...what K-12 NYC private school has an honor roll? For that matter, I don't know top public elementary schools that have them?![/quote]

None. It’s all rage bait. No 2nd grade teacher is advising a parent to change schools if X college is your top choice. No 4th grader doesn’t know their multiplication tables. No honor roll. [/quote]

it's just another way of saying don't send your daughter to Brearley.  [/quote].

Especially if said daughter is a double Harvard legacy who will be forced to bear the envy of fourth graders only to be later “unsupported” in the college application process because the school only cares about wealthy donor families or something. [/quote]

Anti Brearley mom is Harvard legacy?  and her DH as well?  i guess they weren't able to join the ranks of the uber wealthy even with the dual legacy at harvard![/quote]

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