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New private school admissions article on The Daily Beast: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-11/private-school-parents-confess/

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  • New private school admissions article on The Daily Beast: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-11/private-school-parents-confess/

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    02.11.09, 06:19 AM Flag ]

    • I so didn't need to read that.

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      02.11.09, 06:51 AM Flag

    • It sounds like the author spent a lot of time here!

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      02.11.09, 07:03 AM Flag

    • now I know we don't have a chance, August dd ( will be 6), Wall St career, etc. Hello public 1st grade!

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      02.11.09, 07:21 AM Flag

    • I hated the quote about kids born in August, September, October being SO. I'm kind of stressing now. September dd- shut out last year and hoping that being the oldest this year will help matters.

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      02.11.09, 07:25 AM Flag

      • how can sept dd be SO LAST year if the cut off for most schools is 9/1? how many could you have applied to last year? and I have never heard of a problem with a Sept or Oct kid. I hear about problems with July & Aug kids and occasionally a June boy.

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        02.11.09, 08:15 AM Flag

        • applied for preK last year and applying for K this year

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          02.11.09, 08:20 AM Flag

    • That article is just over-the-top ridiculous - e.g. the claim that sibs and legacy don't count anymore

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      02.11.09, 08:03 AM Flag

    • Something like this appears in one of the local papers every year ... par for the course to stoke the hysteria.

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      02.11.09, 08:06 AM Flag

    • The article is pure bullshit

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      02.11.09, 08:08 AM Flag

      • Why are you saying that? It sounds exactly like she got all the information here. Why are you hanging out here then???

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        02.11.09, 08:37 AM Flag
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