Thursday, October 28, 2010

Schools Matter: Legacy Admissions to Manhattan Preschools

Schools Matter: Legacy Admissions to Manhattan Preschools

Legacy Admissions to Manhattan Preschools

That's right--preferential admissions is not just for the Ivy Leagues, anymore. Those trying to get 4 year-old Winthrop and Emily into exclusive Upper East Side preschools that do business with the Eugenics Records Office Educational Records Bureau sometimes get second chances, even though ERB offers a one-time-only intelligence test (most of the time). It depends upon, well, certain connections with and commitments to the school, you understand.

From the NYTimes:
Parents of preschoolers who are applying to New York’s top private schools are now coming face to face with the test universally known as the E.R.B., a nerve-racking intelligence exam made