by Maurice Frumkin | Mar 21, 2014 | Blog
With NYC high school round 1 results in and round 2 applications submitted, thousands of middle school families are now licking their wounds and asking themselves, “Why didn’t we get matched to one of our preferred round 1 choices, or even get a match at all?” ...
by Maurice Frumkin | Mar 11, 2014 | Blog
Round 1 high school admissions results are in, and you can slice and dice the statistics any way you’d like. Some will spend days and weeks doing just that. But for the thousands of families who are unhappy with their high school match or received no round 1 match...
by Maurice Frumkin | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog
We had a great turnout for our 60-minute webinar on February 25, where I went into detail about preparing for high school Round 1 results, what comes after Round 1 (Round 2, appeals, etc), and what you can do if you are not happy with Round 1 results. (One...
by Maurice Frumkin | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog
It will be interesting to see what kind of school grading and accountability system, if any, is re-introduced to New Yorkers in the days to come. The new administration has gone on record saying they will do away with the current system, which gives schools A-F...
by Maurice Frumkin | Jan 24, 2014 | Blog
It’s January, roughly halfway through the school year, a critical one for 7th graders and the high school admissions process. I recently met with a roomful of anxious 7th grade families and offered them some of my top tips for what to accomplish the rest of the year....