Please tell me everything about St. Andrew’s Episcopal

[Anonymous]

lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

[Anonymous]

PP, so the education was poor quality, you got a low GPA in HS but you were prepared to succeed in college. How is your peer group doing post college? Especially since none of you went Ivy League.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

Sorry you have such bad memories. If that was the case, it’s a 180 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do the teachers have a masters degrees?

No lol. The teachers educational backgrounds were significantly more impressive at St albans and NCS

I had a Spanish woman as a French teacher and she barely knew the language. All my other teachers only had Bachelors degrees from public / mediocre universities

The price of tuition is absolutely ludicrous for the quality of education and access to resources

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

Respectfully: Is she smatter than you? Athletic? Why did she get into NCS and you rejected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do the teachers have a masters degrees?

No lol. The teachers educational backgrounds were significantly more impressive at St albans and NCS

I had a Spanish woman as a French teacher and she barely knew the language. All my other teachers only had Bachelors degrees from public / mediocre universities

The price of tuition is absolutely ludicrous for the quality of education and access to resources

Thanks for the info. This is disturbing as the tuition is one of the highest in the area - perhaps even in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, so the education was poor quality, you got a low GPA in HS but you were prepared to succeed in college. How is your peer group doing post college? Especially since none of you went Ivy League.

I'm not sure she could know where every one of her peers went to college. I went to Brown and kept it low key. I mean I told the minimal amount of people. Many of my college friends did, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone think about this for the 2023-24 year?
Tell me everything

We pulled our DC out. They are not what they sell themselves to be.

Would you please share why?

[Anonymous]

Here is where the class of 2023 is going. There are some IVYs:
https://www.instagram.com/saes2023decisions/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

Sorry you have such bad memories. If that was the case, it’s a 180 now.

Well it was less than ten years ago…so idk how much could have changed tbh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, so the education was poor quality, you got a low GPA in HS but you were prepared to succeed in college. How is your peer group doing post college? Especially since none of you went Ivy League.

I'm not sure she could know where every one of her peers went to college. I went to Brown and kept it low key. I mean I told the minimal amount of people. Many of my college friends did, too.

They published a list of colleges students would attend in our schools magazine. The most “prestigious” school anyone was accepted to was Georgetown lol. I knew where every student was going…we had fewer than 80 kids in my grade

There was two Hispanic kids in the entire school (younger than me) and they were accepted to some Ivy League schools. But maybe affirmative action helped idk, and they didn’t graduate my year. And some really smart Jewish kid went to Yale (I saw in the alumni magazine…not my class tho)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

Sorry you have such bad memories. If that was the case, it’s a 180 now.

Well it was less than ten years ago…so idk how much could have changed tbh

Now that you're and adult, have you thought about sharing your experience (in a productive way of sharing) with the Head of Schools (all that you attended - lower, middle, upper)? Your feedback could help the school improve. These things- like feedback-- really matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

Respectfully: Is she smatter than you? Athletic? Why did she get into NCS and you rejected?

I didn’t want to dox myself, but I originally attended NCS. I was such an awful student that they strongly advised me to leave lol. St Andrews was the only private school to accept me….so I guess that tells you all you need to know lol

I’m being harsh, there were some nice teachers & the students were pretty nice and fun overall. But it’s not a serious academic environment lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, so the education was poor quality, you got a low GPA in HS but you were prepared to succeed in college. How is your peer group doing post college? Especially since none of you went Ivy League.

I'm not sure she could know where every one of her peers went to college. I went to Brown and kept it low key. I mean I told the minimal amount of people. Many of my college friends did, too.

They published a list of colleges students would attend in our schools magazine. The most “prestigious” school anyone was accepted to was Georgetown lol. I knew where every student was going…we had fewer than 80 kids in my grade

There was two Hispanic kids in the entire school (younger than me) and they were accepted to some Ivy League schools. But maybe affirmative action helped idk, and they didn’t graduate my year. And some really smart Jewish kid went to Yale (I saw in the alumni magazine…not my class tho)

You are contradicting your earlier statements. FYI: makes you less credible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol I’m not a mom, but I attended St. Andrews before the new building was constructed. The quality of education is extremely poor and literally zero kids from my grade went to Ivy League schools. I graduated from University with close to a 4.0 gpa though…..so the rigor of private schools does help prepare students for college. My roommates who had 4.2 GPAs from public high schools and sub-par SAT scores failed multiple classes and graduated with below 3.0 gpas. My SAT score was also in the 93rd percentile, but my high school gpa was abysmal lol. I was a very lazy student tbh and disliked most of the teachers.

Also, they pumped all our tuition money in to constructing the new building for future students. We used to sit on the floor like dogs during free periods while people would step over our legs in the hallways. It was so ridiculous. Sooo not worth the money. Pubic schools had way nicer resources, much much easier to get high GPAs, and shitty students were accepted to way more prestigious universities with lower SAT scores.

I have a sister who graduated from NCS and the school had nicer facilities, but not many acceptances to top universities. Very competitive with many Asian and Indian students. Meanwhile, my brother attended St Albans and he went to Columbia (Ivy league) and sooo many of his classmates went to Ivy League schools too. The bullying is apparently terrible though, since we had many smart guys transfer to St Andrews to escape it. And my brother got a black eye one time after he fought with a kid.

Respectfully: Is she smatter than you? Athletic? Why did she get into NCS and you rejected?

I didn’t want to dox myself, but I originally attended NCS. I was such an awful student that they strongly advised me to leave lol. St Andrews was the only private school to accept me….so I guess that tells you all you need to know lol

I’m being harsh, there were some nice teachers & the students were pretty nice and fun overall. But it’s not a serious academic environment lol

How did you get in to NCS? It's selective. Connections??