Anonymous wrote:The "no aid but they have a second home" part was priceless. Some people are so oblivious.

That is how I initially read it, but I can see it in three ways and not sure what the writer (or Sara herself) intended.

First, a simple juxtaposition between not getting aid and having a second home, underscoring the ridiculousness of this person's thinking. In this case the not getting financial aid doesn't have a logical connection to the sentence about the second home.

Second, she is trying to explain away why they appear wealthy but actually need financial aid. The important word here being "luck"--due to a family inheritance or something--i.e., they don't have cash flow but they happen to have a second home.

Third, she views herself as a lucky that she has another option of where to live and find a better school situation since NYC didn't work out.

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Anonymous wrote:No paywall version

https://archive.is/20260303115524/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/private-school-admissions-kindergarten-nursery-school-feeders.html

Thanks for sharing.

This is fair and balanced compared to what the NYT puts out. I knew parents like Sara and Mark. I'm glad they included Alina Adams. If only the NYC public schools would welcome all families, instead of platforming LWNJ who favor in-group parents like themselves... that said, some parents would want private regardless.

LWNJ? Maybe the city isn’t for you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No paywall version

https://archive.is/20260303115524/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/private-school-admissions-kindergarten-nursery-school-feeders.html

Thanks for sharing.

This is fair and balanced compared to what the NYT puts out. I knew parents like Sara and Mark. I'm glad they included Alina Adams. If only the NYC public schools would welcome all families, instead of platforming LWNJ who favor in-group parents like themselves... that said, some parents would want private regardless.

Wow. You have some MAGA angst. Step away from the Fox News. Not sure NYC is the right place for you. Betting your response will use one of the following terms: "woke" "TDS" "lib" "Mamdani".

And I find Alina Adams to be extremely hit or miss. I have read a lot of her posts and she is knowledgeable on some things but miles off on others. Wouldn't pay for her "expertise."

Stop it right there! I bet you’re not even a New Yorker! Don’t tell people that have a different opinion on politics they may not belong here. Diversity is New York. You’re free to not like it or fight against it but we’re not gonna have some cookie cutter town because people are getting shamed over their ideas

I read it not as telling you you don’t belong but rather that you’re often not gonna be happy in NYC if you’re MAGA, which in light of your complaining about the schools and “LWNJ” seems fair. Relax there bud.

Thank you. Exactly. They kind of proved my point. New Yorkers embrace diversity. But people who blindly trot out ignorant Fox News Propaganda speak are not embracing diversity. They blindly engaging in group think that is based in hatred of people different than themselves (and blaming these people for all of the world's problems), which runs counter to everything NYC stands for.

I loved having political discussions with true, old school conservatives. Our views might have varied a lot, but I could see where they were coming from. MAGA is far from that. I feel kind of bad for my old Republican friends because they morally can't stand Trump, but the Democratic party is pretty far from what they want also.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No paywall version

https://archive.is/20260303115524/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/private-school-admissions-kindergarten-nursery-school-feeders.html

Thanks for sharing.

This is fair and balanced compared to what the NYT puts out. I knew parents like Sara and Mark. I'm glad they included Alina Adams. If only the NYC public schools would welcome all families, instead of platforming LWNJ who favor in-group parents like themselves... that said, some parents would want private regardless.

Wow. You have some MAGA angst. Step away from the Fox News. Not sure NYC is the right place for you. Betting your response will use one of the following terms: "woke" "TDS" "lib" "Mamdani".

And I find Alina Adams to be extremely hit or miss. I have read a lot of her posts and she is knowledgeable on some things but miles off on others. Wouldn't pay for her "expertise."

Stop it right there! I bet you’re not even a New Yorker! Don’t tell people that have a different opinion on politics they may not belong here. Diversity is New York. You’re free to not like it or fight against it but we’re not gonna have some cookie cutter town because people are getting shamed over their ideas

I read it not as telling you you don’t belong but rather that you’re often not gonna be happy in NYC if you’re MAGA, which in light of your complaining about the schools and “LWNJ” seems fair. Relax there bud.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No paywall version

https://archive.is/20260303115524/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/private-school-admissions-kindergarten-nursery-school-feeders.html

Thanks for sharing.

This is fair and balanced compared to what the NYT puts out. I knew parents like Sara and Mark. I'm glad they included Alina Adams. If only the NYC public schools would welcome all families, instead of platforming LWNJ who favor in-group parents like themselves... that said, some parents would want private regardless.

Wow. You have some MAGA angst. Step away from the Fox News. Not sure NYC is the right place for you. Betting your response will use one of the following terms: "woke" "TDS" "lib" "Mamdani".

And I find Alina Adams to be extremely hit or miss. I have read a lot of her posts and she is knowledgeable on some things but miles off on others. Wouldn't pay for her "expertise."

Stop it right there! I bet you’re not even a New Yorker! Don’t tell people that have a different opinion on politics they may not belong here. Diversity is New York. You’re free to not like it or fight against it but we’re not gonna have some cookie cutter town because people are getting shamed over their ideas

What do you mean by "platforming left wing nut jobs?" No ideas what you are talking about.

this article seems precipitated by Alina Adams' own posts in these mom groups mentioning it was a "bloodbath"

Though she mostly said it was a bloodbath for middle school, and K was as expected.

Feels like the kind of bait that got her exactly what she wanted -- more public anxiety inducing press that sends rich parents to hire $20k consultants.

The "no aid but they have a second home" part was priceless. Some people are so oblivious.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No paywall version

https://archive.is/20260303115524/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/private-school-admissions-kindergarten-nursery-school-feeders.html

Thanks for sharing.

This is fair and balanced compared to what the NYT puts out. I knew parents like Sara and Mark. I'm glad they included Alina Adams. If only the NYC public schools would welcome all families, instead of platforming LWNJ who favor in-group parents like themselves... that said, some parents would want private regardless.

Wow. You have some MAGA angst. Step away from the Fox News. Not sure NYC is the right place for you. Betting your response will use one of the following terms: "woke" "TDS" "lib" "Mamdani".

And I find Alina Adams to be extremely hit or miss. I have read a lot of her posts and she is knowledgeable on some things but miles off on others. Wouldn't pay for her "expertise."

Anonymous wrote:No paywall version

https://archive.is/20260303115524/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/private-school-admissions-kindergarten-nursery-school-feeders.html

Thanks for sharing.

This is fair and balanced compared to what the NYT puts out. I knew parents like Sara and Mark. I'm glad they included Alina Adams. If only the NYC public schools would welcome all families, instead of platforming LWNJ who favor in-group parents like themselves... that said, some parents would want private regardless.

Rage bait. That education consultants will probably benefit from. And the cycle continues.

I have read NY Magazine articles like this about situations that I am pretty familiar with and the amount of creative license they take is pretty incredible. Stories are usually close enough to reality that they are worth reading, but there is a lot of hyperbole and adjusting facts to make the story more entertaining and achieve the desired narrative.

Anonymous wrote:Where did they find these parents to interview. Yikes! The second home mom mad about not getting aid, the Dad salty about the belt whipping boy. The parents complaining that they can’t figure out who go in because they themselves are wealthy and have connections. Yikes!

I found your comments more entertaining to read than the article itself.

Anonymous wrote:Where did they find these parents to interview. Yikes! The second home mom mad about not getting aid, the Dad salty about the belt whipping boy. The parents complaining that they can’t figure out who go in because they themselves are wealthy and have connections. Yikes!

I mean they could make it up and no one would ever know. There is no recourse

Where did they find these parents to interview. Yikes! The second home mom mad about not getting aid, the Dad salty about the belt whipping boy. The parents complaining that they can’t figure out who go in because they themselves are wealthy and have connections. Yikes!