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Accepted to NYC Private School, Now What?

by NYC Private Schools on March 17, 2010

As a NYC Private School Parent, or a hopeful Private School Parent, the past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and anxiety. Not knowing if your child was accepted to a certain school, waiting for the mail to come in, tracking others’ acceptance letters through a network of parents in chat groups and online associations, all of these moments come to your own mailbox in March.

By now, you know if your child has been accepted to the NYC Private Schools for which you applied. Whether your child was young and waiting for the very first Pre-K or Kindergarten program acceptance, or if your older child was waiting for acceptance to a High School program, the answers are in. This moment actually leaves most parents in a sort of quandary of what to do next?

Accepted, Now What?

  1. After your child has received their acceptance letter, the Private School will give you a deadline date by which you must respond. You will need to respond with either an acceptance or a refusal of their admission. For those parents with children who applied to and were accepted by multiples schools, this will be decision time! For those who received an acceptance to the one school they wished for, the response is an easy one.
  2. When you send back your formal acceptance, you will need to send the acceptance forms in together with a payment or a deposit for next year’s tuition. For many Private Schools, this is usually 10% of the fee charged for tuition. As an example, if next year’s tuition is $24,000, you will need to return the acceptance forms with a payment of $2,400.
  3. Remember that you have a limited window of time to send an acceptance letter back to the school. If you do not reply within the deadline time, your child’s spot will almost certainly be given to a child who was waitlisted.


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The Private School Choice is Now

by NYC Private Schools on March 15, 2010

With tightened budgets, many young families are struggling with the decision to put their young child in a NYC Private School or start them in a public school and assist in their educational development as much as possible.

One group of parents recently gathered to talk about their upcoming choices for education beyond the preschool years and into university years ahead.

We can pay for Private School, but it will mean that there’s nothing left to put aside for college. I’m not sure I can justify spending all that money now and then when its time for college have nothing to give our kids. If I save now, I can afford to put money away for college while they are in public school.

That reasoning has been repeated by worried parents all across the nation in recent years. For many, the choice seems like a trade – a This or That but not Both scenario. It is not quite that simple, however. The basics that are laid forth now in your child’s formative academic years are the groundwork for a lifetime of loving to learn, knowing how to learn and wanting to excel. The early years are important, vitally so, and the best possible education is a gift that every young child can take with them to middle school, high school, college years and Grad school and beyond.

My daughter attends private school and what’s more important to me NOW is her education. We do try to save a little for college, but realistically they will have to explore their financial options for college in the future. Their time is now; college is where they will reap the rewards of their hard work and learn the meaning of financial aid.

Private School Education during the early years provides a solid foundation and basis for good work habits and advanced academic training


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NYC Private School Need-Based Grants

March 10, 2010

Many families are looking for more information about different types of Financial Aid. Just as a family plays it smart and helps their child apply to more than one NYC Private School, so too do families check off all of their Financial Aid options and make sure that every base is covered. If [...]

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Too Young for School

March 9, 2010

One of the most important decisions we make for our children occurs before the first day of school. When will we send them is a question that is more important than most parents give it credit for. A quick and reflexive response detailing chronological age is not an appropriate response. Commonly, there [...]

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NYC Private School Focus on Village Community School

March 8, 2010

Founded in 1970, the Village Community School has been dedicated to a diverse and globally influenced educational mission with the goal of developing self-motivated students with a desire to learn. The Village Community School is an alternative, nonsectarian school serving children in Kindergarten through grade 8. The school believes in a diverse community [...]

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NYC Private School Waitlisted But Moving

March 5, 2010

Many schools have unofficially closed out their waitlists, telling parents who call that the upcoming admissions are now complete and no more acceptances will be made. Other schools still have their waitlists open. There seems to have been less movement off the waitlists than there has been in previous years but there are [...]

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Rejection Blues for NYC Private School Families

March 3, 2010

Now that the NYC private school acceptance and rejection letters have been mailed out, some parents are thrilled and relieved and some are sorely disappointed. The children may not know or care what school they’ll be attending, but they are also feeling the effects of their success or failure to get into [...]

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Choices in Private School Admission

March 2, 2010

Having options is a basic factor in our society and having and selecting between your NYC Private School options is important even down to the very last minute of your decision. If your child has received an acceptance from their Top Choice school then there probably isn’t too much of a decision left. [...]

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NYC Private School Responses Coming In

March 1, 2010

The end of February is a time when the cyclical nature of NYC Private School Admissions gives this year’s applicants an answer to questions and applications that have been a family-wide focus for months. Many Private Schools have contacted their applicants and either offered them a seat, declined to accept them, or offered a [...]

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Private School Admissions Tales

February 26, 2010

The tests used by many schools to determine admissions to private schools can offer up conflicting and sometimes unexpected results. There are different tests for just about every age group and school type. There are tests for elementary, middle and high school Private Schools, tests for Catholic Schools and Public School gifted and talented programs. [...]

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