Schools on the rise.

GemmaV
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:42:56 +0000

No, PARENTS want to keep their children (who are siblings) together.

SCHOOLS know that every child is different, and that just because your older brother or sister went to one school, it might not be the right school for YOU.

In addition, giving siblings preference is completely unfair to (a) ONLY children and (b) OLDEST children.

Being a younger sibling is NOT a significant hook, it just makes you more likely to matriculate.

Trust me, the HADES schools of the world can fill their entire entering classes with younger siblings. But they don’t. Many day schools have sibling policies giving preference (especially day schools with lower and middle schools in addition to an upper school), but the most competitive boarding schools do not. At all.