When I think about the school interview and application tips, I would say several things to parents. Most schools today have websites. Public schools, Prep Schools, private schools, independent schools all kinds of schools. Do your research first by looking at what the schools say about themselves. What do they say are their core values? What do they say in their mission statement? Does it sound like a place your child would be comfortable? And then don't listen to your friends who've had children in schools and have had bad experiences. Because that child experienced the school for themselves. Your child might have a completely different experience in that school. For the application process, think about not what you think the school wants to hear. Think about putting down on that application what you really want the school to know about your child that you think is important that they take into consideration once the child is accepted. Every parent wants to put their child in the best light on the application. But what we really want to know is how well you know your child, their strengths and their weaknesses, their foibles and the things about them that make them uniquely different from every other child. So take the time on the application to talk about what you love about your child and what you wish you could change. That will humanize you as a parent and let the school know that you could be a good partner to them. Because once you enter a school, and once you're accepted into a school, whether you're walking in the door of a public school and enrolling your child or applying to an independent child, you want the school to know that you're a partner who really understands that your child does have strengths and also weaknesses.