Brooklyn Pre-K Admissions Is Harder Than Harvard
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Does that surprise you? It sure did surprise me. The Daily News published an article today that, 187 students applied to PS 503 in Sunset Park, and just under 5% got spots. Harvard University accepted under 8% of its applicants this year. Of course, not all Pre-K programs are this competitive. The most difficult to get into? PS 503 in Sunset Park is the most difficult, PS 107 in Park Slope is second and PS 163 on the Upper West Side is third. To read the rest of the article, visit this link.
the title is not a joke. it is extremely hard to get a child into a pre-k program. I live in brooklyn and i applied my daughter through the doe to 5 pre-k program school. I did everything correct, filed my application on time,etc. my daughter did not make it into not one of the schools I applied. you would think out of 5 school she would get into 1 at least. the doe response is they didn’t have available seat. needless to say I was really frustrated and heart-broken. I feverishly searched on line for pre-k programs and they have what is called CBO’s community based organizations. they are private-preschools that are funded by the nyc. after looking i manage to find one for my daughter and there were availble seats so if all goes well she will start in sep. keeping my fingers crossed.
IT’S A SHAME! I never imagined that finding a preschool program would be so difficult. I’m in the process of searching for a preschool for my son as well and it is very frustrating. You would think my son was applying to high school or ivy league colleges. According to what I’ve been reading on the DOE website, he doesn’t qualify to apply to one of the public school programs because he will only be 3 in July. Even the paid programs seem to be filling up pretty quickly, the good ones anyway. I have a couple of meetings with some schools next week, hopefully I get some good news.