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Brearley Tops Survey of Private Schools

Submitted by Sam, Jan 31, 2008 21:20

This has nothing to do with the schools themselves and just to do with money. It is gross and rude and not correct at all. Dwight is a Horrible school and it is very high on the list.


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I attended Brearley for 9 years before switching to Columbia Prep (and eventually to UChicago), and from personal experience, I... [MORE]

Former Brearley Student 

Aug 29, 2008 17:33

This is ridiculous. Getting kids into harvard and ivies should have nothing to do with the rankings. Class sizes, dedicated... [MORE]

philip 

May 3, 2008 16:50

You should be more concerned about the racism alive and well at these so-called "pedigree" schools. I'm sure most of... [MORE]

An Independant School Parent 

Feb 14, 2008 13:20

...went to Regis. But so did I!! [MORE]

Regis '83 

Feb 9, 2008 17:25

Your article fallaciously says,MONEY rules the world,and Harvard is the epi-center of that world. In printing such rubbish and judging... [MORE]

Grandma PSL 

Feb 7, 2008 12:25

Did anyone else notice that the writer, Elizabeth Green, went to Harvard? http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethgreen [MORE]

NYC Teacher 

Feb 6, 2008 17:05

you claim 10 Regians (Regis HS) grads are attending Harvard in the past 3 years well, there are 9 in... [MORE]

kelly 

Feb 6, 2008 00:28

one more reason not to take the sun seriously; and not to read it. [MORE]

college counselor 

Feb 5, 2008 19:20

I fail to see the purpose this serves and what exactly this proves. Most student already know that the Upper... [MORE]

sc 

Feb 4, 2008 20:33

Obviously this article is a ploy to increase readership or generate a "buzz" (where none is derserving). To attempt to... [MORE]

NYC Private School Parent 

Feb 4, 2008 17:56

Many responses sound like sour grapes. Their children apparently go to one of those schools that didn't score well. [MORE]

Sigmund Fraud 

Feb 4, 2008 23:39

Thank goodness our school is too small and insignificant to be in the survey. Our endowment is pitiful in comparison... [MORE]

mom4 

Feb 4, 2008 15:50

Ramaz was included in the survey, yet Loyola and Sacred Heart were omitted. Yet Loyola got 3 kids in to... [MORE]

NYCparent 

Feb 4, 2008 13:49

Regis and Sacred Heart belong on the list, as does Marymount. You mention 2 out of 3 in the accompanying... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Feb 4, 2008 11:00

It is what it is, and facts are facts. It is true that the list of New York City Independent... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Feb 4, 2008 10:20

The article basically said that you were in a good private school in New York if your school had money... [MORE]

EZE 

Feb 2, 2008 15:37

... and most of these schools release a list of the colleges and universities to which the graduates matriculate each... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Feb 1, 2008 21:27

I just so happen to go to one of the "D" rated schools and it is filled with brilliant people.... [MORE]

Marquessa 

Feb 1, 2008 21:18

I go to an "A" rated school and I don't give credence to this article. I think that getting into... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Feb 4, 2008 18:07

Six kids to Harvard is an "A" and 0 Kids is a "D". What a mockery. How does a kid... [MORE]

BA 

Feb 1, 2008 16:54

As a Harvard grad and a parent of kids in private schools, I have to say this is one of... [MORE]

Harvard grad and private school dad 

Feb 1, 2008 16:35

The number of students that a school sends to Harvard should absolutely not be a reason to choose a school,... [MORE]

Victoria Goldman 

Feb 2, 2008 21:34

This has ridiculously narrow and snobby criteria. It is also insulting to the poorly graded schools who may have better... [MORE]

Dr. Lee W. Jones 

Feb 1, 2008 14:51

This is an interesting survey, but I believe that all of these schools care and intellectually nourish their students in... [MORE]

Alfredo Kuilan 

Feb 1, 2008 08:45

The author assumes that the entire purpose of a private school education is to ensure a students admission into into... [MORE]

Scott Forsythe 

Feb 1, 2008 08:24

The "New York Sun Private School Index" is obviously a parody. How could anyone take this alleged "ranking system" seriously? [MORE]

Anonymous 

Jan 31, 2008 23:29

Most famous and successful hollywood directors go to film schools, such as USC, Columbia, NYU and Stanford, some of the... [MORE]

Max and Natalie 

Jan 31, 2008 21:59

Harvard is not even the number one school anymore, Princeton is. I know that a ton of kids from your... [MORE]

Sara 

Feb 1, 2008 23:17

Let me begin by saying that there is no greater fan of the Sun than me. Always staunchly on the... [MORE]

Brian Rom 

Jan 31, 2008 21:41

This has nothing to do with the schools themselves and just to do with money. It is gross and rude...

Sam 

Jan 31, 2008 21:20

To say that DWIGHT is on the same level as a school such as Nightingale is quite laughable. [MORE]

John 

Jan 31, 2008 21:05

as one of the sudents that was given an extremely poor grade, i think you should have included more than... [MORE]

william stern 

Jan 31, 2008 19:54

A complete waste of time. Another useless "survey." Why don't you take a survey of the kids who attend these... [MORE]

Slav a Hazin 

Jan 31, 2008 17:11

Dear NY Sun,I am the President of the Guild of Independent School and I am writing to comment upon your... [MORE]

George Davison 

Jan 31, 2008 16:09

What these rankings don't take into account is the disparity in enrollment in graduating classes amongst elite schools. Some of... [MORE]

Stanislaus 

Jan 31, 2008 15:29

It's interesting to see schools reviewed, and sometimes the reviews tell us more about the values and assumptions of the... [MORE]

Peter Booth 

Jan 31, 2008 15:18

Perhaps this analysis should have looked at offers of admission, not matriculations. Of students cross-admitted at H-Y and H-P, many... [MORE]

grb 

Jan 31, 2008 14:40

What about the number of kids who get into Yale? Or Stanford? Or Cal Tech? Or Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Haverford,... [MORE]

Justin Warner 

Jan 31, 2008 14:01

I have to say that as a New York Sun reader who's been a fan from the first issue, and... [MORE]

Adam Beckerman 

Jan 31, 2008 15:23

To say you judge it on the basis of students getting into harvard and the schools net assets makes this... [MORE]

John 

Jan 31, 2008 21:06

As a parent whose child attends one of the "A" ranked schools, I would be curious to know why some... [MORE]

Lisa Kohl 

Feb 4, 2008 10:45

too harvard-focused. much broader circle of top-tier universities out there -- including ones with little applicant crossover w/harvard. [MORE]

NYC Dad 

Jan 31, 2008 12:25

Letter grades in the city began with John Dewey High School in Brooklyn in 1970. Not sure what Bloomberg has... [MORE]

JC Clark 

Jan 31, 2008 11:42

What study worth noting would use such a flawed system? The logic here presupposes that the other 91% of students... [MORE]

J H 

Jan 31, 2008 10:41

the methodology is absolutely flawed. to judge a school soley on how many of its students went to Harvard and... [MORE]

anonymous 

Jan 31, 2008 15:26

As a parent reviewing schools, this helps me cut through the spin perpetrated by students,alumni or parents of competing schools.... [MORE]

NYC mom 

Feb 2, 2008 23:45

Interesting survey in that it takes into account each schools net assets as well as exmissions data. one can argue... [MORE]

thewiseking 

Jan 31, 2008 09:24

Great survey! I would have included more than Harvard if the other top schools also have face books. That way... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Jan 31, 2008 07:08

While the point of this article may have been satirical, it serves to reinforce the designer-label mentality of a lot... [MORE]

Patricia Fry 

Feb 21, 2008 09:53

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