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I think people don't apply to HM as much because of the commute for dc, without a car, it's a pain for the parents to get there by public transportation for school involvement, and after 9/11, people are thinking about what to do in case of terrorism (given the distance)...
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07.28.08, 01:25 PM [ Flag ]
- thanks for sharing
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  07.28.08, 01:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- HM has no shortage of applicants.
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  07.28.08, 01:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - From Manhattan, I meant.
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    07.28.08, 01:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np: Her statement still stands.
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      07.28.08, 01:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - does anyone have any real numbers? what was the number of applicants last year and how does it compare to other schools? an earlier post suggested that Dalton received 1500 applications.
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        07.28.08, 01:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I don't know if anyone has real numbers, but I imagine the "hill" schools have fewer applicants for K.
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        07.28.08, 01:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        FWIW - PSD told me fewer Manhattan applicants for FL versus ECFS for K. But we declined HM in part because of the distance and DC's age. Long bus ride is prob fine for middle or HS.
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        07.28.08, 02:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        yes, but also fewer spots. there are literally 6 spots at FL for manhattan applicants, vs. 36 spots at EC which almost all go to manhattan kids. So unless 6x the number of kids apply to EC, it is still much, much harder to get into FL from manhattan than EC.
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        07.29.08, 07:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        OP: I was merely talking about Manhattanites who apply to all the TTs except for HM bec of geography. I'm sure HM receives a lot of applications. They get applications from Westchester and other burbs, too.
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        07.28.08, 01:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        a lot of natives do not apply to HM bec it is traditionally very jewish. contend with their waspyness
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        07.28.08, 01:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        np - Are you saying that natives are mostly WASPs and not Jews?
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        07.28.08, 03:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ewwww, Jews? In New York? I can deal with black people, gays, and hispanics, but jews just skeeve me out. I didn't think they were allowed at the good private schools!
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        07.28.08, 03:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- you're trying to scare everyone away from applying. nice try.
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  07.28.08, 03:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I didn't apply to HM because I was not interested at all. It had nothing to do with the location.
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  07.28.08, 03:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Gotta say, we didn't apply to any Hill Schools for that very reason. The 9/11 disaster and then the blackout. We were very happy that older dc was in a Manhattan school at those times!
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  07.28.08, 04:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ummm...but the attack was in Manhattan, across the street from a couple of schools. Riverdale was fine. I'm just sayin'...
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    07.28.08, 05:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np - In my case, when I applied during 2001, I wanted a school I could walk to in an emergency. During 9/11, all I wanted to do was to hold my dc and I walked for 45 minutes from midtown to uptown. It was easy. Not so easy if dc were in Riverdale that day.
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      07.28.08, 05:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - But all the jews would have kept your child safe from harm!
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        07.28.08, 05:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        you are a sicko
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        07.29.08, 05:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - the blackout was in August
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    07.28.08, 06:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Ever heard of camp myou moron?
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      07.29.08, 06:04 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - np: Nice language, but camp was out already, it always ends by the first week of August.
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        07.29.08, 06:18 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        np. I think the poster was saying that stuff happens and that she'd rather have her child on the island. Chill
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        07.29.08, 06:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

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I think people don't apply to HM as much because of the commute for dc, without a car, it's a pain for the parents to get there by public transportation for school involvement, and after 9/11, people are thinking about what to do in case of terrorism (given the distance)...

thanks for sharing

HM has no shortage of applicants.

From Manhattan, I meant.

np: Her statement still stands.

does anyone have any real numbers? what was the number of applicants last year and how does it compare to other schools? an earlier post suggested that Dalton received 1500 applications.

I don't know if anyone has real numbers, but I imagine the "hill" schools have fewer applicants for K.

FWIW - PSD told me fewer Manhattan applicants for FL versus ECFS for K. But we declined HM in part because of the distance and DC's age. Long bus ride is prob fine for middle or HS.

yes, but also fewer spots. there are literally 6 spots at FL for manhattan applicants, vs. 36 spots at EC which almost all go to manhattan kids. So unless 6x the number of kids apply to EC, it is still much, much harder to get into FL from manhattan than EC.

OP: I was merely talking about Manhattanites who apply to all the TTs except for HM bec of geography. I'm sure HM receives a lot of applications. They get applications from Westchester and other burbs, too.

a lot of natives do not apply to HM bec it is traditionally very jewish. contend with their waspyness

np - Are you saying that natives are mostly WASPs and not Jews?

ewwww, Jews? In New York? I can deal with black people, gays, and hispanics, but jews just skeeve me out. I didn't think they were allowed at the good private schools!

you're trying to scare everyone away from applying. nice try.

I didn't apply to HM because I was not interested at all. It had nothing to do with the location.

Gotta say, we didn't apply to any Hill Schools for that very reason. The 9/11 disaster and then the blackout. We were very happy that older dc was in a Manhattan school at those times!

ummm...but the attack was in Manhattan, across the street from a couple of schools. Riverdale was fine. I'm just sayin'...

np - In my case, when I applied during 2001, I wanted a school I could walk to in an emergency. During 9/11, all I wanted to do was to hold my dc and I walked for 45 minutes from midtown to uptown. It was easy. Not so easy if dc were in Riverdale that day.

But all the jews would have kept your child safe from harm!

you are a sicko

the blackout was in August

Ever heard of camp myou moron?

np: Nice language, but camp was out already, it always ends by the first week of August.

np. I think the poster was saying that stuff happens and that she'd rather have her child on the island. Chill

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