[单项选择]Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth realized it had reached a new level. Her wake-up call came when a man called the Dalton School in Manhattan, where Elisabeth is admissions director, and inquired about the age cutoff for their kindergarten program. After providing the information, she asked about the age of his child. The man paused for an uncomfortably long time before answering. "Well, we don’t have a child yet. We’re trying to figure out when to conceive a child so the birthday is not a problem"
Worries are spreading from Manhattan to the rest of the country. Precise current data on private schools are unavailable, but interviews with representatives of independent schools all told the same story: an over- supply of applicants, higher rejection rates. "We have people calling us for spots two years down the road," said Marilyn of the Seven Hills School in Cincinnati. "We have grandparents callin
A. we have people calling us for parking space two years ahead of time
B. people called us for permission to use the places two years ago
C. we received calls from people down the road two years ago
D. people called us for school vacancies two years in advance