St. Albans C Form

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were about 80 kids taking the test for 4th grade and, after Beauvoir student acceptance, only 7 or so spots left open. That's a very low percentage if you're not coming from Beauvoir.

My recollection is C Form is 45 boys. Roughly 27-33 will be Beauvoir. Maybe 5 will be Siblings or Legacy which is a big thumb, but not determinative.

So its more like 10 slots that are wide open. Some who took the test and are admitted will go to Sidwell and such, or not get the Aid package they hoped for and go elsewhere. Its a tough school to get into, but its not sub 10% either who have bright boys without connections to the school. I would say closer to a third to half who are qualified will get offers. Qualified meaning well rounded in academics, leaderships and reasonably athletic with top test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were about 80 kids taking the test for 4th grade and, after Beauvoir student acceptance, only 7 or so spots left open. That's a very low percentage if you're not coming from Beauvoir.

My recollection is C Form is 45 boys. Roughly 27-33 will be Beauvoir. Maybe 5 will be Siblings or Legacy which is a big thumb, but not determinative.

So its more like 10 slots that are wide open. Some who took the test and are admitted will go to Sidwell and such, or not get the Aid package they hoped for and go elsewhere. Its a tough school to get into, but its not sub 10% either who have bright boys without connections to the school. I would say closer to a third to half who are qualified will get offers. Qualified meaning well rounded in academics, leaderships and reasonably athletic with top test scores.

Not being snarky -- they don't care about the athletic piece for the younger grades. Could help with high school admissions if someone is an affirmatively strong athlete, but they don't impose any sort of "reasonably athletic" requirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were definitely fewer than 80 boys there on testing day. I would put it at closer to 50 and that was applicants for both 4th and 5th grades.

The Beauvoir kids take the test on a different day. If you saw 50 boys, that was for 7 spots

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and I think they had to accept by the end of January.

No, Saint Albans doesn't ask that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were definitely fewer than 80 boys there on testing day. I would put it at closer to 50 and that was applicants for both 4th and 5th grades.

The Beauvoir kids take the test on a different day. If you saw 50 boys, that was for 7 spots

I read the first quoted post as saying the outside applicants for 4th grade (as in non-Beauvoir) AND the 5th grade applicants were taking the test on the same day. So not all 50 kids were applying for the non-Beauvoir 4th grade spots, because some of them were applying for 5th grade slots.

[Anonymous]

Early applicants (Beauvior kids) were asked to make a decision by January 9. That is how they know how many spots they will have for other kids. Yes, testing was given to 4th and 5th grade applicants the same day. The testing notices were pretty clear on that.

[Anonymous]

Anybody hear any new intel?

[Anonymous]

Website open earlier than advertised - our son was admitted for C Form.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Website open earlier than advertised - our son was admitted for C Form.

Are you a sibling?