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Anonymous

02/27/2026 20:48 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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All Souls parent here who’s child just went through exmissions a got in to our First choice TT (we are unconnected).

There are two PreK classes at All Souls (each with 17-18 kids). One class is a bit younger and one is a bit older. The younger one about half decided on Public school because they would be deemed too young for private K this coming year, then there were a few sibling/ legacies and some unconnected families.

The oldest class, everyone was placed in either their first or second choice schools. Some of the kids got in to more than one TT. There were also a bunch of schools that All Souls didn’t list, that children also got acceptances to (i.e., Trevor, Town, Geneva etc.).

It seems like schools like Episcopal have a lot more PreK kids than All Souls, if they have 8 girls going to Chapin and 4 going to Spence. I think my child’s class only has 7 girls in it alone. 🤣

I am a bit surprised that there are that many All Souls pre-k students that decide to go to public school because they don’t meet the private school age cutoff. At our private UES preschool, the summer/fall birthdays typically stay another year (“redshirt”). Those that opt for public school do so more for financial reasons.

Anonymous

02/27/2026 16:29 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how UES feeder preschools did? Specifically Brick Church, All Souls and STMPG?

All Souls posted their exmissions results online. It looks like they had a really strong year despite the major increase in K applicants this year. But also keep in mind that this is where families ended up choosing to go. It’s not a comprehensive list of where they got acceptances from. One can only assume that it was more than what’s shown here.

https://www.allsoulsschoolnyc.org/about/exmissions

The issue with this data is there are no numbers attached to the schools. Given the number of students All Souls has to place, there are variations of this same list they are very good and variations that are mediocre to bad. So, not very meaningful.

Anonymous

02/27/2026 14:03 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:How are exmissions from Episcopal these days?

I know two families there. Episcopal is more a feeder school for K-8 boys schools. One of the two families didnt get any offers, only wl...Parents are devastated. They were told this year was extremely competitive...

That’s insane. I thought the whole reason for a feeder is you won’t get shut out

I'm not sure this was the full story. They have 8 girls going to Chapin alone. I believe the issue that they had this year was the sheer amount of sibling and legacy applicants to the TT schools. Non-legacy and sibling applicants were shut out completely bc of the need for the schools to add diversity into their incoming classes.

5 unconnected girls going to Spence and I think 4 to Brearley. Huge amount to Sacred Heart, Buckley and St. D. At least 4-5 Trinity (though some of those were connected).

Wow! How many PreK kids does Episcopal have?

Anonymous

02/27/2026 00:49 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are exmissions from Episcopal these days?

I know two families there. Episcopal is more a feeder school for K-8 boys schools. One of the two families didnt get any offers, only wl...Parents are devastated. They were told this year was extremely competitive...

That’s insane. I thought the whole reason for a feeder is you won’t get shut out

I'm not sure this was the full story. They have 8 girls going to Chapin alone. I believe the issue that they had this year was the sheer amount of sibling and legacy applicants to the TT schools. Non-legacy and sibling applicants were shut out completely bc of the need for the schools to add diversity into their incoming classes.

5 unconnected girls going to Spence and I think 4 to Brearley. Huge amount to Sacred Heart, Buckley and St. D. At least 4-5 Trinity (though some of those were connected).

Anonymous

02/17/2026 07:56 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are exmissions from Episcopal these days?

I know two families there. Episcopal is more a feeder school for K-8 boys schools. One of the two families didnt get any offers, only wl...Parents are devastated. They were told this year was extremely competitive...

That’s insane. I thought the whole reason for a feeder is you won’t get shut out

Not every feeder is the same. When we did tours, Episcopal was upfront about not wanting to discuss exmissions and focusing on the whole child (play based). If we had went with them, I knew we would have had to supplement academics if we wanted to be competitive.

I believe they are looking for a certain "type". Not sure they focus all that much on advertising exmissions.

And that “type” is “my family has gone to St B / Chapin for generations so why would we worry about exmissions stats”

Anonymous

02/17/2026 07:04 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are exmissions from Episcopal these days?

I know two families there. Episcopal is more a feeder school for K-8 boys schools. One of the two families didnt get any offers, only wl...Parents are devastated. They were told this year was extremely competitive...

That’s insane. I thought the whole reason for a feeder is you won’t get shut out

Not every feeder is the same. When we did tours, Episcopal was upfront about not wanting to discuss exmissions and focusing on the whole child (play based). If we had went with them, I knew we would have had to supplement academics if we wanted to be competitive.

I believe they are looking for a certain "type". Not sure they focus all that much on advertising exmissions.

Anonymous

02/17/2026 06:10 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how UES feeder preschools did? Specifically Brick Church, All Souls and STMPG?

All Souls posted their exmissions results online. It looks like they had a really strong year despite the major increase in K applicants this year. But also keep in mind that this is where families ended up choosing to go. It’s not a comprehensive list of where they got acceptances from. One can only assume that it was more than what’s shown here.

https://www.allsoulsschoolnyc.org/about/exmissions

The issue with this data is there are no numbers attached to the schools. Given the number of students All Souls has to place, there are variations of this same list they are very good and variations that are mediocre to bad. So, not very meaningful.

Anonymous

02/17/2026 00:18 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how UES feeder preschools did? Specifically Brick Church, All Souls and STMPG?

All Souls posted their exmissions results online. It looks like they had a really strong year despite the major increase in K applicants this year. But also keep in mind that this is where families ended up choosing to go. It’s not a comprehensive list of where they got acceptances from. One can only assume that it was more than what’s shown here.

https://www.allsoulsschoolnyc.org/about/exmissions

Anonymous

02/16/2026 23:50 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are exmissions from Episcopal these days?

I know two families there. Episcopal is more a feeder school for K-8 boys schools. One of the two families didnt get any offers, only wl...Parents are devastated. They were told this year was extremely competitive...

That’s insane. I thought the whole reason for a feeder is you won’t get shut out

I'm not sure this was the full story. They have 8 girls going to Chapin alone. I believe the issue that they had this year was the sheer amount of sibling and legacy applicants to the TT schools. Non-legacy and sibling applicants were shut out completely bc of the need for the schools to add diversity into their incoming classes.

Anonymous

02/10/2026 15:40 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

Of course its a feature of connected preschools. The PSDs tell the K admissions directors what the families are thinking. It’s not magic that once you indicate a FC that interest from the other schools that previously said they loved your child dissolves.

Anonymous

02/10/2026 13:25 Subject: How did feeder preschools do with exmissions?

That said- and I don’t know if this is a problem for connected preschools in general- I know many families had to make a choice on schools like Dalton and Trinity and if they did not send those schools a FC letter they were waitlisted. I see other people who are contemplating offers from these and other TT schools and I find it surprising since that seems impossible at a Beginnings.

That surprises me too, typically you don’t get multiple TT offers, esp cause all these places are awaiting for their FCL. Guess those who got them have a.very advanced kids who interview great, b. their families might be so prominent, they’re billionaires or whatnot, c. They sent multiple FCLs without getting caught 🤣