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Is Spence considered academically superior to Chapin? How?
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02.22.09, 08:51 AM [ Flag ]
- the only people who will answer this are spence and chapin moms. what do you think they will say?
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  02.22.09, 08:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- No, not at all. Both are academically strong
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  02.22.09, 08:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I don't think so.
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  02.22.09, 08:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- neither is superior but they do have academic differences. If you talk to families who are at least near the end of lower school or in middle school you will be able to parse the academic differences. In brief, Spence tends to have a more pregressive appraoch and Chapin a more traditional approach. I am not saying that Spence is a progressive school or that Chapin is full of rote learners but at the margins the schools have a different philosophy and if you are choosing between them you need to think about your dd's learning styles and fit.
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  02.22.09, 09:43 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - As a parent at one of those schools - I'd say you have it wrong.
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    02.22.09, 12:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - ^^^ both are academically rigorous
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      02.22.09, 12:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - np I don't think she's saying they're not.
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        02.22.09, 01:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - wow, I did not say not rigorous. they are both very rigorous places. I said that Chapin has a more traditional focus and Spence slightly less so although they are both tradittional schools. Spence is a little more creative and Chapin a little more deliberate. They are both quite rigorous. THey have a very different style in getting there.
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        02.22.09, 04:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - This is what a few educators have told me.
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    02.23.09, 05:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- When I was in high school there was a saying: "Brearley girls become doctors, Chapin girls become nurses, and Spence girls become doctors' wives." Obviously a joke, but that reflected the "ranking" back then. I have no idea which is better today.
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  02.22.09, 10:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - LOL
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    02.22.09, 12:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I heard it: "Brearley girls become doctors, Chapin girls marry doctors and Spence girls sleep with doctors..."
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    02.22.09, 12:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - maybe that was it - I don't remember!
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      02.22.09, 12:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I thought it was that the Chapin grad was your wife, the Brearley grad your doctor, and the Spence grad your mistress.
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    02.22.09, 01:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Ah, I think we've got it...
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      02.22.09, 02:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I think that was the version they told at Collegiate!
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        02.22.09, 08:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        i think you have Spence and Chapin crossed
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        02.23.09, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ? This is what people used to say - none of us are making this up.
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        02.23.09, 01:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Their college placement is dead even and percentage wise is above Dalton and HM and a touch below Brearley and Trinity (meaning that maybe three girls will do better there). They are both top ten in the country. Distinctions between them are more about style, atmosphere and culture.
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  02.22.09, 03:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - . . . or lack thereof, as the case may be.
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    02.22.09, 08:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Hi crazy B mom.
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      02.23.09, 07:33 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - np Huh? I don't see Crazy B at work here at all.
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        02.23.09, 07:35 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Don't believe the recent Spence mom attack on this board. They're both good and equally so.
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  02.23.09, 01:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - the Spence Mom doth protest too much...
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    02.23.09, 02:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Spence is superior because the dials on their A/V equipment and other machines all go up to "11".
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  02.23.09, 02:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]