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New York’s 4-Year-Olds Are Mastering Zoom to Get Into Elite Kindergartens
Private schools that charge north of $55,000 a year are using a shared video assessment during the pandemic.
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Sending a 4-year-old to “interview” at a New York City private school is difficult at any time. But these days admission to some of the city’s most competitive kindergartens could be influenced by the outcome of a single Zoom call.
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced admissions officers at the institutions, which can cost more than $55,000 a year, to think about new ways of evaluating preschoolers. The deadlines for applying for some schools’ fall 2021 kindergarten classes are as early as this week, with decisions generally sent to parents in February.