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art facilities, to hire top-notch teacher talent and in that way they care about whether alumni are contributing the school. i won't say that that hasn't made a difference in some cases but overall i think schools need to maintain the integrity of the academic rigor of the classes because they need their alumni to do well. >> all right. kim, thanks for helping me out. >> thank you. up next, the close talker. the drunk. the angry spouse. the liquor-fueled love festive. how not to act at an office party. >> toure. >> what? new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want,
>> brutal. >> there may be very few spaces for kids just applying out of the blue and siblings. a lot of times getting a school starting potentially at ninth grade and potentially half of those spots could already be gone or already be earmarked for the siblings of children at that school. >> krystal, earmarked your unborn. >> we're host all the way around. >> you know, kim, i don't have any kids but i care about toure's and krystal's. >> that's nice. >> thinking about what you said and identified there's a squeeze just in terms of, you know, okay, you're in the right kindergarten. you need the right grade school and high school and something else that jumps out at me and all the stories of people with wealth and people with family connections. the story that always jumps out is donald trump's son-in-law. he used to be my boss i guess.
does the child play nicely with other kids? can the child sit in structured activities like circle time and get a sense of how ready the child is for the classroom environment offered at that school. >> kim, maybe this is just something that new englanders have grown up hearing but there is this idea that, you know, getting in to the right preschool means you then get in to the right prep school and then get in to the right college. please, for krystal's sake, debunk this mythology for us. >> and then you have the right life. >> yes, of course. of course, of course. it is all toward having the right life. >> unfortunately, there's some truth to that. >> oh! >> great. >> here's why. it's because the very best schools don't have very many spots and what happens is, you know, if you have a kindergarten, for example, to admit 30 students, well, if they had a preschool, chances are 70% to 90% of the students admitted in to that kindergarten went to the preschool beforehand.
right path and navigating application process, it is absolutely insane. we have essays, interviews, meetings. lots and lots of paperwork and keep in mind i'm doing this with a 4-year-old. for kindergarten. >> yep. >> i can't even imagine what it's like for her getting in to college so the idea of a tv show is to help you with the problems and me with my problems, too. >> that's the idea? >> why not. >> okay. so we booked kim vilasio, former applications director and author of "from preschool to grad school, strategies for success at any level of competitive admissions." so, kim, what are sort of the top keys for getting in to a school, really, at any level? >> well, the top advice is to find a school that's a great fit. i think that most parents and most students if they're aplaying to grad school focused on getting in to the school with the best rankings they think gives them the best chance of success but what's likely to
a family do your family values align with the cultural values of the school? do you meet other parent who is you think you would get along well with? >> yeah, kim, let's talk about the lower grade levels. i have a 5-year-old and a 3 1/2-year-old and one of the things we saw as he sort of play date admissions sort of deals where you just throw the kids in a room and they play with the other kids and the admissions director and teachers roaming around and my wife and i are like, what are they looking for? what are they testing on here? like, what should we be trying to look for and get out of in these situations? >> well, it's difficult for the schools to assess where children are at ages that young. you know, at ages 3 and 4, your child is really still a toddler. some kids at home with mom and grand mom their live and other children in day care since they were very young so part of what the schools are looking for is to determine how well does the child separate from the parents?