Admissions: Beyond Eighth Grade
The Benefits of a Nursery Through Eighth-Grade Education
Parents in New York City are fortunate to have many wonderful
schools to consider during the application process. When children
are young, parents have the role of deciding which school
complements their values, meets the needs of their child, and provides
a setting that matches their own views of education and
learning.
By the eighth grade, children have grown to understand themselves
both as students and as learners in terms of their learning
style and temperament, so they are able to help make their own
assessments. The size of the school, and its educational
approach; whether it is single sex or co-ed, public or private;
and the quality of its teacher-student relationships can all be
important factors for adolescents when thinking about the school
they want for their high school years. With a sense of who they
are both as students and individuals, the eighth graders at Bank
Street are able to take responsibility for their education, and part
of that academic responsibility is to understand how to choose
and shape a learning environment to their best advantage. It can
be an empowering experience for a fourteen-year-old.
While nursery or kindergarten through eighth-grade schools have
the same academic standards as the comprehensive schools
(kindergarten through twelfth grade), the look and feel of a N/KEighth
school can be very different. With the oldest children in
the school being just fourteen years old, there are few direct influences
on them to act older than they are. There are no older
adolescents to imitate. This, in turn, allows the child in a N/Keighth
school to stay younger longer. In our fast-paced world with
its high stakes and pressures, an environment that specializes in
the intellectual, social, and emotional lives of children and early
adolescents is an important consideration for parents.
Where do our Eighth-Grade Graduates Go?
The process of applying to high school begins in the spring of
seventh grade and continues in the fall of eighth grade. The
Coordinator of High School Guidance works with parents and
students to discuss and formulate a list of schools that are appropriate
for the child to consider. The two lists included on the back
of this page—the high school list and the college list over the last
five years—reflect the wide range of interests and styles of our
students.
High School Matriculation
1999-2006 |
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College Matriculation
Classes of 1998-2002 |
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Bard Early College |
2 |
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Amherst College |
1 |
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Suffolk University |
1 |
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| Beacon |
13 |
Bard College |
1 |
SUNY Binghamton |
1 |
| Bergen County Academy (NJ) |
2 |
Barnard College |
2 |
SUNY Buffalo |
1 |
| Brearley |
1 |
Baruch College |
1 |
SUNY Morrisville |
1 |
| Bronx Science |
11 |
Bates College |
2 |
SUNY Purchase |
1 |
| Brooklyn Friends |
2 |
Bengington College |
1 |
Swarthmore College |
1 |
| Calhoun |
18 |
Boston University |
1 |
City College of New York |
1 |
| Cardinal Hayes |
1 |
Bowdoin College |
1 |
The Curtis Institute of Music |
1 |
| Chapin |
1 |
Brandeis University |
1 |
Trinity College |
1 |
| Collegiate |
1 |
Brown University |
7 |
Tufts University |
2 |
| Collegiate (VA) |
1 |
Bryn Mawr College |
1 |
Tulane University |
1 |
| Columbia Prep. |
17 |
Carleton College |
3 |
University of Buffalo |
1 |
| Dalton |
14 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
3 |
University of Chicago |
2 |
| Dwight |
7 |
Clarkson University |
1 |
University of Connecticut |
1 |
| Dwight-Englewood (NJ) |
2 |
College of Wooster |
1 |
University of Delaware |
1 |
| Elizabeth Irwin |
10 |
Columbia University |
5 |
University of Michigan |
4 |
| Environmental Studies |
1 |
Connecticut College |
1 |
University of New Haven |
1 |
| Fieldston |
23 |
Cornell University |
2 |
University of Pennsylvania |
2 |
| Fordham Prep. |
2 |
Dartmouth College |
1 |
University of Rochester |
1 |
| Frederick Douglass Academy |
1 |
Davidson College |
1 |
Uni.of Southern California |
1 |
| Friends Seminary |
28 |
Dowling/Alfred |
1 |
University of Vermont |
1 |
| George School (PA) |
1 |
Drew University |
1 |
University of Virginia |
1 |
| H.S. for Math, Science |
1 |
Drexel University |
1 |
Uni. of Wisconsin, Madison |
3 |
| Horace Mann |
5 |
Duke University |
2 |
Vanderbilt University |
1 |
| Hotchkiss (CT) |
2 |
Earlham College |
2 |
Vassar College |
4 |
| Kew Forest School |
2 |
Emerson College |
1 |
Washington University |
1 |
| La Guardia H.S. |
17 |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
1 |
Wellesley College |
1 |
| La Salle Academy |
1 |
Fayetteville State University |
1 |
Wesleyan University |
6 |
| Lodi HS (NJ) |
2 |
Franklin Pierce College |
1 |
Whittier College |
1 |
| Loyola |
1 |
George Washington Uni. |
3 |
Williams College |
1 |
| Marymount School |
1 |
Hamilton College |
1 |
Yale University |
1 |
| Masters School |
1 |
Hampshire College |
2 |
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| Miss Porters, Farmington, CT |
1 |
Hampton University |
1 |
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| New Explorer HS |
1 |
Harvard University |
8 |
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| Newton South HS (MA) |
5 |
Haverford College |
2 |
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| Nightingale-Bamford |
5 |
Hobart and William Smith |
1 |
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| Oakwood Friends Academy |
1 |
Hofstra University |
1 |
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| Poughkeepise, NY |
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Howard University |
1 |
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| Packer Collegiate |
1 |
John Jay College |
1 |
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| Phillipsburg HS (PA) |
1 |
Johns Hopkins University |
1 |
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| Poly Prep. |
6 |
Kenyon College |
1 |
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| Punahou (HI) |
1 |
MacCalester College |
1 |
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| Rep. Company H.S. |
1 |
Manhattanville College |
2 |
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| Riverdale Country |
24 |
Mount Holyoke College |
1 |
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| Rudolph Steiner |
1 |
Muhlenberg |
2 |
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| Spence |
6 |
New York University |
3 |
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| St. Ann's |
6 |
NYU Tisch School |
1 |
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| St. Jean Baptiste |
1 |
Northwestern University |
3 |
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| St. Vincent Ferrer |
2 |
Oberlin College |
8 |
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| Stuyvesant |
20 |
Occidental College |
2 |
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| Suffield Academy CT) |
1 |
Pace University |
1 |
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| Tabor Academy (MA) |
1 |
Pennsylvania State University |
2 |
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| The Polytechnic School (CA) |
1 |
Pitzer College |
2 |
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| Townsend Harris |
1 |
Pomona College |
2 |
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| Trevor Day School |
17 |
Princeton University |
1 |
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| Trinity Pawling (NY) |
1 |
Reed College |
2 |
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| Trinty |
17 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
1 |
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| Viscardi |
1 |
Rice University |
1 |
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| Westminster (CT) |
1 |
Roger Williams University |
1 |
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| Winston Prep |
1 |
Sacred Heart University |
1 |
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| Woodrow Wilson Sr. H.S, |
1 |
Sarah Lawrence College |
1 |
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| Washington, DC |
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Stanford University |
1 |
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| Young Women's Leadership |
1 |
Stony Brook University |
1 |
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