Anonymous wrote:We toured Grace and they spoke a lot about a 10th grade independent project that everyone does. It takes much of the year and if structured properly is a great "passion project" that looks really good on an application. It seemed like some kids treated it this way and did some interesting, meaningful work while others kind of punted on it. Which I think is Grace in a nutshell - its top kids are very strong but it has a more broad student body with some kids who are a bit less academic (though not dumb).
I think they also had parents offering internships, and some connections to NYU and Cooper Union.
Overall, it is nice that some schools facilitate these things but realistically, these are children of the privileged movers and shakers of NYC, so if the school didn't help, it still wouldn't be that hard for the kids to find something through mom, dad, a neighbor, etc.
I think the key is that whatever a kid does can be presented sincerely and not just as something an overpriced consultant told them to do for college and will be dropped like a bad habit the day they get in. If you started some charity, why did you need to start your own rather than build on an existing one (I have heard several colleges say that in some ways they would rather you go to an existing organization and make it better than start your own) - if you build a new one, will you really continue it? Highly doubtful. There are also tons of passionate violinists and fencers who are done the second it has fulfilled its purpose...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map
I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.
Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice
I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.
Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.
BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly
Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.
Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that
I’m the “Poly hater” and didn’t write that. I like how upset you are. Now go to the racist student population and parents. Or just crybaby to Jeff, per your uzh.
The biggest whiners on the planet. It’s crazy.
“Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better".” That was you, and very few would think of BC as better academically. Next time, don’t describe a school’s students as “morons.” What’s the average SAT or exmission at your kid’s school? And name one private school with decent academics and a hefty price tag that couldn’t conceivably have an un-PC scandal (you haven’t provided a link to it, no one believes poly students are burning crosses in black face like you say)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map
I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.
Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice
I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.
Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.
BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly
Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.
Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that
I’m the “Poly hater” and didn’t write that. I like how upset you are. Now go to the racist student population and parents. Or just crybaby to Jeff, per your uzh.
The biggest whiners on the planet. It’s crazy.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map
I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.
Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice
I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.
Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.
BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly
Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.
Exmissions aren’t the point. The point is that poster said Poly has way more neurodivergent students and BC was more competitive to get into. Both are far from the reality and the exmissions reflect that
Anonymous wrote:so raises an interesting question - put exmissions to the side for now -
do the TT teach better? have better resources? more opportunities? versus 2/3 T schools
anyone have kids in several different tiers of schools and can they share thoughts on the question?
Anonymous wrote:so raises an interesting question - put exmissions to the side for now -
do the TT teach better? have better resources? more opportunities? versus 2/3 T schools
anyone have kids in several different tiers of schools and can they share thoughts on the question?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map
I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.
Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice
I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.
Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.
BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly
Why is this the only thing people care about? Exmissions results can change year to year. I also don’t understand why a handful of less than optimal results has to tarnish a schools reputation. Yes, some kids will go to CUNYs or SUNYs or the Elon’s of the world and maybe they’re doing it because it’s the right fit or that’s where they’re getting the most money. Clearly the good students can get into good colleges of any of these places, including the 3T and 4T.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map
I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.
Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice
I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.
Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.
BC’s exmissions are way worse than poly
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Why are you so against it? Most youth would be well served going there. What comparable options are there in the area? It puts that area on the map
I don’t believe Poly put Park Slope on the map. Park Slope has been on the map for brownstones and decent public schools for decades. For private schools many neighbors send their kids to Berkeley Carroll or Parker, Saint Ann.
Without those schools and poly, the blockbuster home sales wouldn’t happen. People spending 5mm+ on those brownstones aren’t using the public schools. And they are the ones who make the neighborhood nice
I'm older so those brownstones were def 2-4 mm in my years with grade school kids, but my friends def did 321 if they were zoned. even when they paid cash for the brownstone. Maybe in the last 10 years it's changed, but I doubt it.
Poly would take kids with LD when BC wouldn't so the lower school was never thought of as "better". it was just accessible to more families.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:but are not worthy of tens of thousands per year.
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people can decide how they want to spend their money; you just are not able to understand that concept.
That wasn’t your point until just now, you moved the goalpost. You went on rants about how it is filled with racist morons. It’s mean and untrue. It may or may not be worth the tuition (people have different goals and incomes), what you said initially is a different matter
not sure what you are talking about - i was only responding to the poster who again brought up Trevor and how it's not worth the money.
you might be confusing me with another poster.
I misread, apologies. There is someone going off on poly in an unfair way. It’s a great place and most people would be fortunate to attend
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m in Brooklyn and had no idea Poly was impressive. I have a very negative view of the school and the academics there. There’s more to life than exmissions and the lifers who are now adult and the children I know there are not academic, not particularly bright, not community minded at all.
A lot of reputation and cache starts as unfounded folklore on social media and website like this and just kind of catches on because people “read about it”. So a lot of hidden gems get missed and conversely other schools have overinflated and hyped up expectations
Sorry to hurt your feelings. I live close to the lower school and know the private scene quite well. If you have a slightly stupid jock or a self-serious future Broadway stah who won’t get to higher level math or an unweighted A in humanities courses, I’m sure its great.
Sorry but I really wasn’t thinking about you and I wasn’t even referring to any specific school, not even Packer which I can infer you are referring to but it doesn’t matter anyway. So don’t worry about my feelings, just your own lol. Anywho my comment applies to a general swathe of schools. And no two people will have the same impressions of a school. But my point is when someone labels or brands a school a certain way on places like this, that is the only thing the clueless and uninformed can hang their hat on
It was clearly about poly. It adds value to park slope, idk why that neighbor would attack it. Many high income people would never live there or south Brooklyn without such an esteemed educational option.
No one moves to south Brooklyn for that nothing school.
Your tone is childish and not OK. It is not appropriate for any school. Please stop.
The school is not a delicate human child or puppy. It’s a business catering to a clientele.
Poly is an overrated school that held no interest for us, that we never considered, that produces morons that we know, that had a blackface scandal, and I will post that, because it’s true. No one is insulting you or your kids. I have no idea of anything about Trevor and we haven’t applied there, ever. It’s ok for people to say directly that some of these schools might appear to have a good exmissions page, but are not worthy of tens of thousands per year.
Other people can write whatever the hell they like, ladies. Get a grip.
your DC school is all rainbows and unicorns i assume
Based on their complaints about cost and privilege, their kid probably goes to some quasi-segregated public school with just enough diversity that they feel good about themselves, unlike those racists at a genuinely diverse private