Anonymous wrote:If you are happy with public school, skip the whole thing and do it later when you know what kind of learner your kid is. These places get so small over 13 years and honestly, any real academic differences don’t kick in until later on. I was unimpressed with my kids K12 elementary. The teachers were mainly young and not very good. I found out half way through fourth, most of the kids were being tutored on the source, and I don’t think it was to keep up, I think it was because they weren’t being taught phonics or achieving math fluency. Ask if they have standardized tests and if they let parents see the results to track year by year. K12 is a mixed bag even in TT and no school is more important than your kid.

Anonymous wrote:Because each of the TT have different approaches to education

Anonymous wrote:OP, if that’s the case, why did you ask? Why did you ask about philosophy if you only care about TT?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a ridiculous list? Trinity, Dalton, Spence, Brearley, Chapin. Are the schools so different from one another that we should be applying for schools that are more similar in philosophy? Thanks in advance!

An unconnected family at our UES "connected" preschool did this, and ended up nowhere. They moved to West Chester and applied to the schools, people said, every single year until their daughter finally got in. I think it was 2-3 years of applications and rejections. If you're happy at your local public school, you should go for it. There is no sense in applying to additional schools you don't want to pay $70,000 to attend.

OP here again: sorry did not mean to offend anyone at Trevor or NBS. We are shooting for those top tier schools and if we don’t receive an offer, we have a strong d2 zoned school that we would be happy with. We know families who left after fourth grade to attend TT schools in fifth grade and would be okay to try again then for DD.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a ridiculous list? Trinity, Dalton, Spence, Brearley, Chapin. Are the schools so different from one another that we should be applying for schools that are more similar in philosophy? Thanks in advance!

An unconnected family at our UES "connected" preschool did this, and ended up nowhere. They moved to West Chester and applied to the schools, people said, every single year until their daughter finally got in. I think it was 2-3 years of applications and rejections. If you're happy at your local public school, you should go for it. There is no sense in applying to additional schools you don't want to pay $70,000 to attend.

Anonymous wrote:This is our list too (except with Collegiate and St B's). My child is also a late July birthday so understand we're likely to be fully shut out. I'm not interested in doing private for the sake of private, and we will try again in middle or high school if need be.

Anonymous wrote:Is this a ridiculous list? Trinity, Dalton, Spence, Brearley, Chapin. Are the schools so different from one another that we should be applying for schools that are more similar in philosophy? Thanks in advance!

Anonymous wrote:OK so the list of Schools Where Somebody Will Chime In To Attack Them Absolutely Every Time They're Mentioned now includes both Brearley *and* Trevor.

Anonymous wrote:Add Nightingale and Trevor Day. You may find that you like their philosophy and facilities just as much as, if not more than, the others.

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Anonymous wrote:This is our list too (except with Collegiate and St B's). My child is also a late July birthday so understand we're likely to be fully shut out. I'm not interested in doing private for the sake of private, and we will try again in middle or high school if need be.

This was our list with a strong public (suburban) backup. Worked, but it felt stressful because by January, we realized we didn’t want to move but it was too late to apply more broadly. Good luck!

Where’d you end up?