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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

We were asked varying questions depending on the school but here is a few that I wrote down, and most of them were similar or the same:

- Who is she/he now compared to a year ago?

- What kind of extracurricular activities do they do?

- What are your child's strengths?

- What are your child's challenges? How do you/ your child deal with those challenges?

- What does your child do at home when there is down time?

- What is your parental philosophy?

- How do you think your family connects with _______ (fill in blank with school) mission statement? What parts do you connect to the most?

- What are your child's strengths and what do you expect from ________ (fill in blank with school) environment to support them?

- What would be a perfect family day for you if you had no other commitments?

- What would you want to do if you didn't have to worry about work or school, and had no other commitments?


I would say make sure you review your parent statement before the interview because most admissions people will reference it during your in person interview. So make sure what you are saying matches up with the questions they ask. Also make sure you know the main and most important points of the school's mission statment, and even some parts from your tour. They may ask "what was your favorite part of the tour?" This can be easy to answer if your interview is right after the tour but sometimes it isn't. So just take note.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

how many comma's is your net worth?

Absolutely false.y husband and I are by far not uber rich, not connected, and our daughter is going to a TT SS school.

I feel like people who make comments like this are very bitter for some odd reason.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

how many comma's is your net worth?

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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.

As did we. It's a nice school.

I have heard some issues with the math department but that could just be random noise.

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

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Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

Connected families get priority, the amount of seats remaining compared to the amount of applicants turns it into a lottery with bad odds. You are asking a lot for such young children to be able to differentiate themselves at that age range. Some people do win the lottery and it was easier during COVID when many families left the city.


At MS and HS it is straightforward as the kids need to have the stats and not about future potential.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

I don’t know but would letters of support (is thing a thing?) or emails to admissions from current families help an applicant?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.