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A Guide To The Private School Admissions Process
Use this guide to help plan the admissions process.

Choose the Right School for Your Child: Research not Rankings
ADVIS stresses that your own independent research on a school is what matters, not some organization's rankings!

Choosing The Right Private School
Choosing the right school for your child is a process which consists of five steps.

Finding The Right Independent School
AIMS steps you through the process!

Nobel Education
"Who is Nobel Education Dynamics?" Nobel runs one hundred ten private K-8 schools 'for profit', and with hours which fit working folks' schedules!

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On Choosing a School: First Steps
Should be a first stop for parents beginning the school selection process. From NYAIS.    

Performance by ISACS Seniors On SAT's
"This report summarizes information for 5469 ISACS 2000 seniors who took SAT I or SAT II Tests any time during their high school years."

Prep for Prep
"Prep for Prep is a long-term investment strategy to develop the leadership potential of able young people from segments of society grossly under-represented in the leadership pool from which all of our major institutions draw."

SchoolFair.tv
"Wish you had a "magic carpet" that would let you visit a dozen schools in just an hour or two? Let SchoolFair.tv introduce you through video to the people, programs, voices, and values of many top private secondary schools."

Seven Point Checklist
Useful organizer for choosing the right school. From TABS.

The Condition of Education: Public and Private Schools
"Exactly how do public and private schools differ? To address this question, at least in the aggregate, national data are assembled here to compare public and private schools along a number of important dimensions."

The Parents League of New York
A 'find' for busy Manhattan parents! Advisory services, after school activities and much more!

The Truth About Boarding Schools
A compelling presentation of the comparison between public, private day and private boarding schools.

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