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My 3 dream schools are Trinity, Chapin, and Horace Mann
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05.22.09, 09:46 AM [ Flag ]
- My three dream schools are Hogwarts, Spence and the Jedi Academy.
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  05.22.09, 09:48 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I don't think my DC is "gifted" enough for Hogwarts
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    05.22.09, 09:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Jedi Academy is waitlisting this year. But I so want to go. Hogwarts is just expensive for the travel.
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      05.22.09, 10:09 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I'm hoping to pull some connections at the Academy
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        05.22.09, 10:48 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        i hear there are some openings at school of rock. dh and i feel it is too progressive, however.
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        05.23.09, 03:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        we prefer horace green. we're doing afterschool at school of rock.
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        05.23.09, 08:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Mine are Collegiate, Collegiate, Collegiate
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  05.22.09, 10:10 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Everybody wants to be part of a club that won't have them.
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    05.22.09, 10:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - np: Me too- not until recently- I live 4 blocks from there and see the boys come out regularly to work out in Riverside park, in packs outside the school, etc. etc. they look exactly like how I envision my ds in 5-10 years- sweet, kind of bookish- not type A alpha jocks- this is the only reason why mind- you- haven't even toured the place - just know what's posted on here.
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    05.22.09, 11:17 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - that pretty much ensures your ds will get dinged
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    05.22.09, 11:40 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I might have thought this when my dc was 5, but I don't think any of these schools are the best for my now 13 year old.
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  05.22.09, 10:38 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Any of those three schools or any privates? How has your view changed over the years?
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    05.22.09, 11:32 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Dc needs a smaller, lower key school with less academic pressure. I know this now--didn't know it when dc was 5. We'll be looking at high schools, but not at Trinity, Chapin or HM.
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      05.22.09, 12:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - How can you tell? My dd is 8 and we're hoping to get into private off year, but I wonder how she would handle a high pressure school, how would I know in advance?
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        05.22.09, 02:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- didn't you already go to school?
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  05.22.09, 11:18 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - yeah, is this creepy or what? "my" 3 dream schools? poor dc.
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    05.23.09, 11:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Will your dc be going to one of these schools? What do you like about them?
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  05.22.09, 12:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- My three dream schools are: 1) Not 2
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  05.22.09, 12:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - 2) In 3) NYC
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    05.22.09, 12:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - ITA!
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      05.23.09, 03:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- All great but different schools
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  05.23.09, 11:32 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Our top 2 was Dalton and HM(Only applied 2). Got accepted to both. Going to Dalton, Thrilled!
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    05.23.09, 02:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Curb your enthusiasm - it's an overated school
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      05.28.09, 11:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I can't think of two schools that are more different than Horace Mann and Chapin...
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  05.23.09, 02:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - We applied to both, got into one of them. I think they are both: 1) great academically, 2) traditional. OK onw is ss and the other co-ed, but I didn't care either way. One more Waspy and the other more Jewish, but I didn't care for that either. The only real difference that I cared about is that Chapin emphasizes (too much for my style) proper manners
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    05.23.09, 03:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - This is not true. My daughter attended middle and upper school. I think what one might label as manners is really the quality of interpersonal relationshipss between peers and between teacher and student. This relationship is what sets the privates apart from the publics.
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      05.24.09, 12:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Then you have a very limited knowledge of schools.
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    05.23.09, 08:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - My dc goes to one of those & they are very different - both great, just different.
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      05.24.09, 05:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Within the range of schools in NYC, they are similar. Within the range of independent schools, they are different.
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        05.24.09, 07:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

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My 3 dream schools are Trinity, Chapin, and Horace Mann

My three dream schools are Hogwarts, Spence and the Jedi Academy.

I don't think my DC is "gifted" enough for Hogwarts

Jedi Academy is waitlisting this year. But I so want to go. Hogwarts is just expensive for the travel.

I'm hoping to pull some connections at the Academy

i hear there are some openings at school of rock. dh and i feel it is too progressive, however.

we prefer horace green. we're doing afterschool at school of rock.

Mine are Collegiate, Collegiate, Collegiate

Everybody wants to be part of a club that won't have them.

that pretty much ensures your ds will get dinged

I might have thought this when my dc was 5, but I don't think any of these schools are the best for my now 13 year old.

Any of those three schools or any privates? How has your view changed over the years?

Dc needs a smaller, lower key school with less academic pressure. I know this now--didn't know it when dc was 5. We'll be looking at high schools, but not at Trinity, Chapin or HM.

How can you tell? My dd is 8 and we're hoping to get into private off year, but I wonder how she would handle a high pressure school, how would I know in advance?

didn't you already go to school?

yeah, is this creepy or what? "my" 3 dream schools? poor dc.

Will your dc be going to one of these schools? What do you like about them?

My three dream schools are: 1) Not 2

2) In 3) NYC

ITA!

All great but different schools

Our top 2 was Dalton and HM(Only applied 2). Got accepted to both. Going to Dalton, Thrilled!

Curb your enthusiasm - it's an overated school

I can't think of two schools that are more different than Horace Mann and Chapin...

This is not true. My daughter attended middle and upper school. I think what one might label as manners is really the quality of interpersonal relationshipss between peers and between teacher and student. This relationship is what sets the privates apart from the publics.

Then you have a very limited knowledge of schools.

My dc goes to one of those & they are very different - both great, just different.

Within the range of schools in NYC, they are similar. Within the range of independent schools, they are different.

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