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Our DC#1 is in Dalton(2nd grade). We have DC#2 and applying in this fall. I am not sure if she will be accepted. What other schools I should consider applying besides Dalton? We live UES and don't know much about ongoing(DC#1 applied only 2 schools).
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06.12.09, 05:44 PM [ Flag ]
- just call Parents League lady.
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  06.12.09, 05:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- VBA
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  06.12.09, 05:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Well, maybe a couple of SS schools (bec coeds will think you are not so serious but maybe SS will think you feel #2 should go to SS?) and a couple of schools like Trevor, ECFS and Calhoun/CGPS?
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  06.12.09, 05:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Babby will guide you. If she doesn't think she will take #2, she will call in a favor at a good k-8. they play ball with her because they want to get their kids into dalton for hs.
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  06.12.09, 06:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - OP: Will she tell you in September, or later of the process?
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    06.12.09, 06:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np; if you get a phone call in November, she might discuss the other options. Or december.
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      06.12.09, 06:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- are all dalton parents as annoying as you? such false nonchalance and buried show-offiness. "oh, look at us, we applied to only 2 schools and didn't really try and don't know a thing"
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  06.12.09, 06:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - np I have to say, with one kid already at Dalton for 3 years and living on the UES to boot, kind of hard to imagine the OP has no knowledge of other ongoings ...
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    06.12.09, 06:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - I know a lot of minority families who think applying to 5 schools is more than enough and/or not feasible to do bec they can't take that many mornings off for school visits.
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      06.12.09, 06:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - This family is UES and so, regardless of race, probably has the resources (if you're implying financial woes) to take time off as needed. But my point is also that after 3 years in "the system" they would know things even if they didn't at the outset.
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        06.12.09, 06:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        You never know. She only applied to 2 schools for #1 and got into Dalton so she didn't have any reason to look into other schools.
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        06.12.09, 06:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - nnp; woah, you are hyper-sensitive. where do you get that from the OP? I know one family who only applied to 1 school and got in. Not all families are crazy and apply to 15-20 schools.
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    06.12.09, 06:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np Families who want private apply to more than one school. We applied to 7 (but dc had very high erb).
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      06.12.09, 06:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I am telling you that I met one family that applied to only one - they figured if that doesn't pan out, they'd go with public. One of the reasons that work against these schools recruiting diverse families is that the families really do not consider applying to more than very few schools.
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        06.12.09, 06:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Right. I know people (white, no big money or stellar scores) who applied to 4 or 5 schools and were shocked to be shut out.
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        06.12.09, 06:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I know. I keep telling people (friends, neighbors) as gently as possible that they really should apply to as many as they can but for whatever reason, they don't or can't.
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        06.12.09, 06:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- we only applied to 1 private and dc was accepted. were planning on going public until we learned about the private we applied to.
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  06.12.09, 06:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Well la-di-da to OP is right. Please, as said above, she's obviously a smug show-off. It is IMPOSSIBLE to live on the UES and not know about schools - ESPECIALLY if she's using UB. It's like shopping in a store and saying you didn't know you had to pay.
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    06.12.09, 07:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np; knowing what schools are out there and really knowing them are diff.
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      06.12.09, 07:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Really? She knew enough to apply to dalton.
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        06.12.09, 07:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        so? that means nothing.
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        06.12.09, 07:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Means nothing? I guess she threw a dart and came up with Dalton without knowing ANYTHING about it, or any other school? You're serious?
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        06.12.09, 07:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ^^^ and by the way, what do you think the torturous application, tour, interview process is for - enjoyment. Let her do her own research and work like the rest of us.
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        06.12.09, 07:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I don't know but I'm sure she will have help from the school.
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        06.12.09, 07:47 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- OP here. I have been away from computer. Please don't flame. Let me explain why we applied only 2 schools - My DC#1 was in citywide K when we applied to Dalton We didn't mind staying to citywide G&T(we didn't love it though). So we didn't have enough knowledge about private. Yes, we are extremely lucky.
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Our DC#1 is in Dalton(2nd grade). We have DC#2 and applying in this fall. I am not sure if she will be accepted. What other schools I should consider applying besides Dalton? We live UES and don't know much about ongoing(DC#1 applied only 2 schools).

just call Parents League lady.

VBA

Well, maybe a couple of SS schools (bec coeds will think you are not so serious but maybe SS will think you feel #2 should go to SS?) and a couple of schools like Trevor, ECFS and Calhoun/CGPS?

Babby will guide you. If she doesn't think she will take #2, she will call in a favor at a good k-8. they play ball with her because they want to get their kids into dalton for hs.

OP: Will she tell you in September, or later of the process?

np; if you get a phone call in November, she might discuss the other options. Or december.

are all dalton parents as annoying as you? such false nonchalance and buried show-offiness. "oh, look at us, we applied to only 2 schools and didn't really try and don't know a thing"

np I have to say, with one kid already at Dalton for 3 years and living on the UES to boot, kind of hard to imagine the OP has no knowledge of other ongoings ...

I know a lot of minority families who think applying to 5 schools is more than enough and/or not feasible to do bec they can't take that many mornings off for school visits.

This family is UES and so, regardless of race, probably has the resources (if you're implying financial woes) to take time off as needed. But my point is also that after 3 years in "the system" they would know things even if they didn't at the outset.

You never know. She only applied to 2 schools for #1 and got into Dalton so she didn't have any reason to look into other schools.

nnp; woah, you are hyper-sensitive. where do you get that from the OP? I know one family who only applied to 1 school and got in. Not all families are crazy and apply to 15-20 schools.

np Families who want private apply to more than one school. We applied to 7 (but dc had very high erb).

I am telling you that I met one family that applied to only one - they figured if that doesn't pan out, they'd go with public. One of the reasons that work against these schools recruiting diverse families is that the families really do not consider applying to more than very few schools.

Right. I know people (white, no big money or stellar scores) who applied to 4 or 5 schools and were shocked to be shut out.

I know. I keep telling people (friends, neighbors) as gently as possible that they really should apply to as many as they can but for whatever reason, they don't or can't.

we only applied to 1 private and dc was accepted. were planning on going public until we learned about the private we applied to.

Well la-di-da to OP is right. Please, as said above, she's obviously a smug show-off. It is IMPOSSIBLE to live on the UES and not know about schools - ESPECIALLY if she's using UB. It's like shopping in a store and saying you didn't know you had to pay.

np; knowing what schools are out there and really knowing them are diff.

Really? She knew enough to apply to dalton.

so? that means nothing.

Means nothing? I guess she threw a dart and came up with Dalton without knowing ANYTHING about it, or any other school? You're serious?

^^^ and by the way, what do you think the torturous application, tour, interview process is for - enjoyment. Let her do her own research and work like the rest of us.

I don't know but I'm sure she will have help from the school.

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