For the many parents with students applying to NYC Private Schools for the upcoming 2010-2011 school year, there are many News Stories and articles talking about the decrease in students applying to Private Schools all around. At it simplest, this means less competition in schools who have a stable seat offering that has always been minuscule compared to the volume of students vying for it. So the good news seems to be that, yes there does look like there is a decreased percentage of students applying to NYC Private Schools overall.
In the last two years, more parents have dropped plans to send children to private schools for the first time or to keep the kids there, said Robin Aronow, the owner of School Search NYC, a consultant to New York families applying to schools.
“The biggest difference I’m seeing is that I’m having more people talk about public schools, people who were hoping to go to private school,” Aronow said in an interview. “They can’t afford the tuition anymore.”
The news that there is a decrease in the amount of students seeking spots in NYC Private Schools can be misleading, however, when you consider that the immense competition arose because there are so few spots to begin with.
The private schools still have more applicants than they can accept. Grace Church School received three fewer applications for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten after “consistent increases” over five years, Davison said.
‘Over the Top’
“We’ve seen the flood levels drop slightly, but it’s still over the top,” Davison said in an interview. “It is not growing exponentially anymore, at least for now.”
In true NYC style, however, the most sought after schools are still the most sought after schools, and a small decrease in the amount of students applying to them makes no difference overall in the real acceptance rate.
As applications rose, the number of spots to “the most sought-after schools” stayed the same, she said. Schools became as exclusive as top colleges, and parents came to believe that the path to an Ivy League school can begin at age 2, she said. “New York defines the concept of where you start is where you finish, from preschool on,” Uhry said.
There are over 800 NYC Private Schools in the area that can be of service to your child and provide an exemplary education for your child’s unique learning style.
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