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08-23-2010, 09:00 AM
Here is an excerpt from the guest post on the blog Beyond the Brochure (http://beyondthebrochure.blogspot.com/2010/08/applying-to-john-thomas-dye-our-guest.html) by Jenny Heitz on her experiences applying to John Thomas Dye:
Before I begin this tale of very civilized rejection, I should note that my daughter had an ultimately happy ending: she got into a private school for fourth grade. But it wasn’t John Thomas Dye.
When we began the search for a private school, we were very discriminating (if also naïve. Ok, that’s being kind. We were, as I’ve said in my previous post, idiots). We didn’t apply to ten schools, some of which were safety schools; we only applied to two. And one was, of course, John Thomas Dye.
When I was in elementary school (in public school, no less), I didn’t know anyone from JTD. No one I knew went there. The only impression I had of the place was that it seemed somehow, at least in my mother’s mind, connected to old money and the L.A. Country Club. In other words, they don’t let “our kind” in there (‘our kind” being residents of Beverlywood?).
My impression of the school only changed when two different families I know from Eva’s preschool (Montessori Shir-Hashirim), got in. The first lucky entrants were very bright identical twins for kindergarten (a tough and unenviable job, gaining twins entrance anywhere). The second entrant was another girl who got in for third grade.Seemingly, JTD entrance was a breeze, right?
To read the rest of the post, click here (http://beyondthebrochure.blogspot.com/2010/08/applying-to-john-thomas-dye-our-guest.html).
Before I begin this tale of very civilized rejection, I should note that my daughter had an ultimately happy ending: she got into a private school for fourth grade. But it wasn’t John Thomas Dye.
When we began the search for a private school, we were very discriminating (if also naïve. Ok, that’s being kind. We were, as I’ve said in my previous post, idiots). We didn’t apply to ten schools, some of which were safety schools; we only applied to two. And one was, of course, John Thomas Dye.
When I was in elementary school (in public school, no less), I didn’t know anyone from JTD. No one I knew went there. The only impression I had of the place was that it seemed somehow, at least in my mother’s mind, connected to old money and the L.A. Country Club. In other words, they don’t let “our kind” in there (‘our kind” being residents of Beverlywood?).
My impression of the school only changed when two different families I know from Eva’s preschool (Montessori Shir-Hashirim), got in. The first lucky entrants were very bright identical twins for kindergarten (a tough and unenviable job, gaining twins entrance anywhere). The second entrant was another girl who got in for third grade.Seemingly, JTD entrance was a breeze, right?
To read the rest of the post, click here (http://beyondthebrochure.blogspot.com/2010/08/applying-to-john-thomas-dye-our-guest.html).