In fact, Nursery University provides a great window into the many sides of the Nursery School admissions process in New York City, showing the process through the eyes of six different families plus an amazing peek from the Admissions Director's point of view as well.

For sure, the best part of this film from a parent's point of view will be the scenes that take place in the admissions office of the Mandell School. You actually get to see the private conversations that the admissions team has as they evaluate and select parents. These scenes alone will be worth seeing the movie for the insight of scenes like he one where you see an application being set aside because the parent was pretentious enough to put their letter on David Letterman Show letterhead. These are the details that every parent salivates over finding out and there are a lot of them in the film.

Nursery University provides the most balanced, honest, informative and complete picture of the New York City preschool application process that I have seen anywhere. It's the message that I have been trying to promote in our own preschool guide and I hope that this film will help make the park bench wisdom a little wiser.

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