Brittany Kooienga Wrote An Essay About Her Family’s Experience With The Private School Admission Process

by | August 31, 2026

For Boston Magazine, Brittany Kooienga wrote “a first-person reported essay about the private school admissions process in the Greater Boston area that examined how financial and systemic privilege doesn’t just impact who is accepted into these elite schools; but who is able to apply.”

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