Here in Greenwich, choosing a private school is never really about one year. It is twelve. Twelve years of social circles, identity, weekend plans, the families you end up sitting next to at everything. Which is why so many people I know call Dr. Sarah Suria before they call a single admissions office.
She starts long before there is a school list. She looks at the child at home, at school, and one on one, and she says the gaps between those three are usually where the real story lives. What she hands a family is not a recommendation. It is a thesis about their kid, and everything after it follows from there.
The part that stayed with me: she is clear that none of this is about being impressive. Schools have plenty of impressive children.
