How to Get Your Child Into a Good School

Steps

1. Don't be fooled by those "enlightened" individuals who tell you they allowed their son or daughter to pick their own high school. This is not going to be an area in which your 7th or 8th grader has ANY experience or knowledge. If you think a private school is the best choice, stick to your guns. However, this does not mean keeping them out of the loop. Discuss with them your wishes and their wishes. Convey any relevant facts and why you want to send them to a good school.
2. Have your child read books. Most interviewers ask the student about the last book she read.
3. There are three thing which get your child into a competitive school: talent, money, connections. Use them to your advantage.
4. Sit down with your child at least 1 hour a day.
5. Offer strategic rewards and punishments for getting into a school of choice.
6. Emphasize to them the importance of getting along well with their present teachers. Many a cheerful, polite, nice kid gets a better recommendation than their obnoxious-but-brilliant grade-hound peer
7. Make nice with their teachers. Don't be a noodge. Their recommendations will reflect that you are a pain and it may damage their chances.
8. Make sure your children understand the work and are concentrating on what you are telling them.
9. Buy Spectrum books or some other practice test resource if it will help your student to fell better prepared for entrance exams.
10. Send your children to a recommended private tutor or an accredited/licensed commercial tutoring center (e.g. Huntington Learning Center)

Tips

• Give your child a reward if he or she is doing well.
• Tell them they can do it.
• Make sure they have handwriting practice because the examiner says "messy handwriting leads to a messy mind."
• Make sure your child feels good on the day, has a good breakfast and has their stationery.
• Make your child look smart on the day.

Warnings

• You will need to watch out for laziness of your child.

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