Getting into St. Albans

[Anonymous]

You do come across as a cold-hearted shrew, 23:28.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I am not buying that PP is a parent of a child at STA and "applying for a younger sib". It is the end of October. How can you be "unsure of whether he will get over the hump " at this point in October. You should have already been told by the OD at your son't current school. If you were not, you will know in the next several weeks, so why post here ?

Please don't be so mean. I'm not PP, but it is not true that the OD at the current school would have told PP of her son's chances. Not all schools can know their students' chances at STA. When my son was applying, we certainly did not have any idea in October (or November, December, January, or Frebruary). As for why someone would post here -- haven't you ever talked over things with others, hoping to get some reassurance or at least more information? This is a forum for parents. I appreciate the support that just talking with other parents gives.

Not trying to be mean, just think that OP is a troll. Her scenario doesn't ring true. OD do tell you. A lot of it is based on the WISC IV and you are pretty much told whether you should bother applying to Sidwell, Cathedrals, Maret, GDS or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do come across as a cold-hearted shrew, 23:28.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I am not buying that PP is a parent of a child at STA and "applying for a younger sib". It is the end of October. How can you be "unsure of whether he will get over the hump " at this point in October. You should have already been told by the OD at your son't current school. If you were not, you will know in the next several weeks, so why post here ?

Please don't be so mean. I'm not PP, but it is not true that the OD at the current school would have told PP of her son's chances. Not all schools can know their students' chances at STA. When my son was applying, we certainly did not have any idea in October (or November, December, January, or Frebruary). As for why someone would post here -- haven't you ever talked over things with others, hoping to get some reassurance or at least more information? This is a forum for parents. I appreciate the support that just talking with other parents gives.

No OD who knows what they are doing will say that a boy will definitely be an admit at St. Albans. There are too many variables and uncertainties. Besides, who wants to get sued. But you know you're generally on the right track if they are not pushing other schools. If they seem eager to talk about other schools and throw the phrase "good fit" in the same sentence, you should see the writing on the wall . . .

[Anonymous]

Not true that OD knows and tells you. We had no idea until the acceptance letter came from STA.

[Anonymous]

A sociologist could use this board to study how anonymous conversations breed paranoia, or is it always the same poster who suspects everybody of being a troll? Beware, maybe I'M a troll.

[Anonymous]

What are acceptance rates like for non-Beauvoir boys for 4th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I am not buying that PP is a parent of a child at STA and "applying for a younger sib". It is the end of October. How can you be "unsure of whether he will get over the hump " at this point in October. You should have already been told by the OD at your son't current school. If you were not, you will know in the next several weeks, so why post here ?

NP. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Though Beauvoir's OD made comments to us during our December feedback session that "it looks good, etc," we were still quite nervous and worried (like most of our peer parents) up until we received our DS's acceptance letter in January. A couple of families in DS's year who were rejected had been encouraged by the OD and head of the school in December to focus on other schools. Apparently, STA told the OD point black that they weren't going to accept them due to a combination of low grades & test scores, and behavioral issues.

And, then there were a couple more surprise rejections, these families weren't encouraged to apply/focus on other schools in December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I am not buying that PP is a parent of a child at STA and "applying for a younger sib". It is the end of October. How can you be "unsure of whether he will get over the hump " at this point in October. You should have already been told by the OD at your son't current school. If you were not, you will know in the next several weeks, so why post here ?

NP. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Though Beauvoir's OD made comments to us during our December feedback session that "it looks good, etc," we were still quite nervous and worried (like most of our peer parents) up until we received our DS's acceptance letter in January. A couple of families in DS's year who were rejected had been encouraged by the OD and head of the school in December to focus on other schools. Apparently, STA told the OD point black that they weren't going to accept them due to a combination of low grades & test scores, and behavioral issues.

And, then there were a couple more surprise rejections, these families weren't encouraged to apply/focus on other schools in December.

*meant to say point blank, not black*

[Anonymous]

We were told that our son would have no problem being accepted. He was.

[Anonymous]

It makes sense that there are some kids who are pretty much shoe-ins, and the OD would encourage these families with winks and nods.

And there are other kids who are on the margin, and StA won't know until it sees who else has applied. In these cases the OD isn't going to say anything like "you'll definitely get in," especially because that would discourage these families from applying to other schools which they might end up needing as backups.

[Anonymous]

There are probably only a handful of boys/families who the OD deems as shoe-ins and will call them first during the December feedback session to assure them that their son definitely is in and wish them a Happy Holiday.

The OD contacts the majority with a noncommittal, "it looks good," "they really like him," "he did really well on the verbal portion of his exam."

[Anonymous]

We were told categorically by the OD that DS was in and there was no need to apply elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were told categorically by the OD that DS was in and there was no need to apply elsewhere.

Are you a family currently applying or did this happen during a previous admissions year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were told categorically by the OD that DS was in and there was no need to apply elsewhere.

Are you a family currently applying or did this happen during a previous admissions year? [/quote

not the pp, but we were told the same thing this year.