Anonymous wrote:Agree-- if you're interested in the girls' schools it's worth adding Nightingale. It's a little smaller than the other three, but really close to C/S in every way that matters (teaching, curriculum, rigor, exmissions). We go to a different girls' school but we debated a long time.

Anonymous wrote:This was our list minus Trinity plus Nightingale as we didn’t want to commute to UWS. I completely understand that if we are paying 70k, I only want TT. We did fall in love with Nightingale along the way (though didn’t get an offer). It’s worth checking out! We are not connected, not from a well known feeder school. Eventually we got offers at 2 out of 5 and chose Dalton. Very, very happy here. After we started Dalton, we discovered how it’s uniquely diverse and down to earth. The parents are much chiller than the girls schools. I can’t recommend it enough!

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

OP was just asking what the differences were between the five schools, aside from the obvious SS or coed. Interested in current families' thoughts on this too. Are B/C/S so different from one another that we should apply to all or just one? Unconnected here, but according to PSD, they are very supportive of S and B for DD, but not C so much.

Why does your PSD think C is not a good fit? In general you should apply to all to maximize your chance.

She mentioned DD as having a strong personality and a bit competitive. Not sure what this ultimately means. Also PSD mentioned high number of past siblings at current school for C. God help us I guess

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

OP was just asking what the differences were between the five schools, aside from the obvious SS or coed. Interested in current families' thoughts on this too. Are B/C/S so different from one another that we should apply to all or just one? Unconnected here, but according to PSD, they are very supportive of S and B for DD, but not C so much.

Why does your PSD think C is not a good fit? In general you should apply to all to maximize your chance.

She mentioned DD as having a strong personality and a bit competitive. Not sure what this ultimately means. Also PSD mentioned high number of past siblings at current school for C. God help us I guess

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

OP was just asking what the differences were between the five schools, aside from the obvious SS or coed. Interested in current families' thoughts on this too. Are B/C/S so different from one another that we should apply to all or just one? Unconnected here, but according to PSD, they are very supportive of S and B for DD, but not C so much.

Why does your PSD think C is not a good fit? In general you should apply to all to maximize your chance.

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

OP was just asking what the differences were between the five schools, aside from the obvious SS or coed. Interested in current families' thoughts on this too. Are B/C/S so different from one another that we should apply to all or just one? Unconnected here, but according to PSD, they are very supportive of S and B for DD, but not C so much.

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: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.

Which k-12 did your kids go to?

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?