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Originally Posted by Drolefille
It's incredibly class-based. Private school in STL costs more per year than your average college does. And they're also unusual in that most of them are single-sex. It's all who you know-where-you're-from-who-your-parents-are-how-important-are-you.
I nannied for a kid who was interviewing for JR HIGH.. Their plan was that if he didn't get in anywhere, they would rent an apartment in Clayton to establish residency because they were a 'good' public school. I just couldn't fathom dressing an 11-12 year old up in a suit to interview for schools
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There's a pretty funny book about a PR director's experience in a St. Louis private school (he disguised it, but a lot of St. Louisans were pretty sure it was MICDS), called "Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler."
Here in NYC, middle school interviews are a piece of cake. It's the KINDERGARTEN interviews that cause the gnashing of teeth. It's funny, I'm not even mortified by it the way that I might have been when I first moved here. In fact, it's probably going to be part of my life as a parent in NYC.