<p>@tigerdad I agree but doing that would cost more money than sending kiddos to NE boarding schools for me.</p>
<p>I think I would have started earlier, how early??
I would have at least looked at where I wanted my kids to go to BS and then try to network with parents and find out what the feeder schools were for that BS. I know a lot has been written on the KG crisis in NYC with parents vying for spotsat the right kindergarten etc. Not sure I would go that far, but I would have started earlier trying to position ourselves. I naiively thought all great students would have an equal chance to get into BS from any middle school. Not so. Other considerations are geographic diversity, and alumni kids, this last one out of your control. Geo diversity is in your control along with choosing a house so student may attend as a day student.</p>