Anonymous wrote:Sorry what is BWL?

Birch Wathen Lenox

Sorry what is BWL?

I have heard in the past that Browning and A-S often have openings in most grades.

Browning usually has spots. Did you apply there? Does your kid have a summer birthday and they’re just a young applicant?

Someone I know told me that BWL is still accepting applications for next year.

My son is at a boys school, and his class has experienced movement, in and out of the school, almost every year so far. He is now in Middle School. People move/get new jobs, and kids change schools (for better fit, learning differences, sibling cohesion, etc.). Yes, it happens.

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t there only 4 all-boys K-8 in Manhattan? Are you asking if they have spots in 1st and 2nd grade because you plan to try and transfer in a non typical entry point? I think Browning and Allen-Stevenson take in boys at every grade, the others not impossible but much rarer

Yes typo - one of them was a k-8.

Aren’t there only 4 all-boys K-8 in Manhattan? Are you asking if they have spots in 1st and 2nd grade because you plan to try and transfer in a non typical entry point? I think Browning and Allen-Stevenson take in boys at every grade, the others not impossible but much rarer

It would be very rare. I would write letters to the waitlisted schools and let them know you are still very interested. I think some of the schools open up spaces in 5th or 6th grade for middle school.

Are there ever spots in 1st or 2nd grade at these schools? We sadly got waitlisted from the five K-8 all boys schools that we applied to, coming from a nursery school that is not a feeder.