<p>I was wondering if any current students, parents, or anyone with knowledge in this matter could provide me with information regarding the following NYC prep schools from a personal perspective (there's only so much that statistics can tell me):</p>
<p>Brearly
Spence
Dalton
Horace Mann
Nightingale-Bamford
Trinity</p>
<p>My cousin is applying for high schools (primarily in NYC as that's where she lives) for the class of 2011 and in the interests of providing as much help as I can, I was wondering what valuable insights you guys at CC might offer. Also, please feel free to suggest other schools she might want to consider (small class size, and all-girls are a plus, but especially academic excellence), my knowledge of NYC preps is rather limited. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Some more information: </p>
<p>My cousin is rather shy and recently moved from Japan (her English is at the native level, however) with a strong aptitude in mathematics, so schools that would support those aspects are of interest.</p>
<p>Any takers? Even the slightest comment will be of help.</p>
<p>Chapin should be on the list. They are all really hard to get into, since there are so few openings every year.</p>
<p>Really? Hmm, I've never heard of Chapin. Although judging by their website it looks very nice. What do you know about it?</p>
<p>I'd strongly recommend the United Nations International School since your cousin is from Japan. I got in and wish I had gone there instead. So much diversity. I had a bad experience at one of the "prep schools" you mentioned. They're amazing academically, but they're not a good fit for everyone, epsecially since you say your cousin is shy.</p>
<p>Actually, she attends UNIS right now but they're looking for another school, not exactly clear on the details there. Maybe it only goes to 8th grade?</p>
<p>Is the social scene at some of the NYC preps kind of cliquey-Mean Girl-ish? Because that certaintly would not be good, and you mentioned you had a bad experience at one of those schools. I heard Mean Girls was partially based on Brearly so I was a little apprehensive about the social scene there...</p>