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Is Spence considered academically superior to Chapin? How?

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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
    • No, not at all. Both are academically strong

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      02.22.09, 08:54 AM Flag
    • I don't think so.

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      02.22.09, 08:57 AM Flag
    • 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
      • 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
        • ^^^ both are academically rigorous

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          02.22.09, 12:06 PM Flag
          • np I don't think she's saying they're not.

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            02.22.09, 01:01 PM Flag
          • 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
      • This is what a few educators have told me.

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        02.23.09, 05:54 AM Flag
    • 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
      • LOL

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        02.22.09, 12:05 PM Flag
      • 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
        • maybe that was it - I don't remember!

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          02.22.09, 12:59 PM Flag
      • 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
        • Ah, I think we've got it...

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          02.22.09, 02:43 PM Flag
          • I think that was the version they told at Collegiate!

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            02.22.09, 08:21 PM Flag
            • i think you have Spence and Chapin crossed

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              02.23.09, 12:34 PM Flag
              • ? 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
    • 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
      • . . . or lack thereof, as the case may be.

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        02.22.09, 08:23 PM Flag
        • Hi crazy B mom.

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          02.23.09, 07:33 AM Flag
          • np Huh? I don't see Crazy B at work here at all.

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            02.23.09, 07:35 AM Flag
    • 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
      • the Spence Mom doth protest too much...

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        02.23.09, 02:35 PM Flag
    • 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
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