Why do St. Pat's people keep saying they are a feeder school to STA and NCS when they are not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If not Sta/NCS, where do they place?

Other private schools around here and east coast boarding schools although this will probably change once they solidify their plans to expand through high school. Wish they stay a nursery to 8th grade school and not setting a definite time table but announcing their intent to expand is just plain irritating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If not Sta/NCS, where do they place?

Other private schools around here and east coast boarding schools although this will probably change once they solidify their plans to expand through high school. Wish they stay a nursery to 8th grade school and not setting a definite time table but announcing their intent to expand is just plain irritating.

You and OP (or maybe you are the OP) seem to get irritated very easily. Try more exercise and, if necessary, chocolate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, why do you care?

I find it annoying and I care because it is not true. Just because a few students go to the Cathedral schools from there every year does not mean it is a feeder school. I don't think they should be selling themselves as a feeder school to the Cathedral schools.

Get over it. ISIS is a problem. Some parent allegedly describing St. Patrick's as a "feeder school"? Ummm, no.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Aside from Beauvoir, they probably do send more kids to the Cathedral schools than any other single school does. Which would make them . . . a feeder school. Maybe not as big as Beauvoir, but a feeder nonetheless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Beauvoir, they probably do send more kids to the Cathedral schools than any other single school does. Which would make them . . . a feeder school. Maybe not as big as Beauvoir, but a feeder nonetheless.

"Feeder" doesn't mean what you think it means

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Beauvoir, they probably do send more kids to the Cathedral schools than any other single school does. Which would make them . . . a feeder school. Maybe not as big as Beauvoir, but a feeder nonetheless.

"Feeder" doesn't mean what you think it means

Different poster . . . so, what do you think it means?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This may be one of the best original post I've ever read on DCUM. And love the PP who pointed out that ISIS, not this spurious St. Pat's claim, is the problem.

So, St Pat's is a feeder to ISIS? Got it.

[Anonymous]

Lol

[Anonymous]

Because it is everyone's goal to connect with the glory that is STA/NCS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Beauvoir, they probably do send more kids to the Cathedral schools than any other single school does. Which would make them . . . a feeder school. Maybe not as big as Beauvoir, but a feeder nonetheless.

"Feeder" doesn't mean what you think it means

Different poster . . . so, what do you think it means?

http://www.amazon.com/Skipping-Towards-Gomorrah-Dan-Savage/dp/0452284163

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Beauvoir, they probably do send more kids to the Cathedral schools than any other single school does. Which would make them . . . a feeder school. Maybe not as big as Beauvoir, but a feeder nonetheless.

Oh please. Several schools send a lot of children to the Cathedral schools and I have never heard them brag about their supposed tight relationship with the school etc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it so annoying whenever St. Pat's people keep saying they are a feeder school to NCS/STA. There is only one feeder school and that is Beauvoir. There are so many wonderful school and students applying and I am sure the STA is taking a good look at all of these schools and students. St. Pat's is a good school but not the only good school.

Actually, St Pats does align very well with STA and its head is a very highly regarded former member of the STA Administration. St Pats will only send up the kids it thinks will do well and I think the Cathedral schools generally honor P.B's recs in that regard. This is handled probably more smoothly than any other entry to STA. Leave it be.

[Anonymous]

See the stats on their website over the last 5 years ---http://www.stpatsdc.org/who_we_are/beyond_st_patricks/index.aspx

National Cathedral 39 applied 24 accepted

St. Albans 68 applied 42 accepted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, why do you care?

Seriously. Who cares?

[Anonymous]

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See the stats on their website over the last 5 years ---http://www.stpatsdc.org/who_we_are/beyond_st_patricks/index.aspx

National Cathedral 39 applied 24 accepted

St. Albans 68 applied 42 accepted

Sounds like a feeder to me!