Getting into St. Albans

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info re. kids coming into 4th from various places. It definitely seems like the boys are from all over the DC metro region. I am one of those families that wish we could finish elem school instead of transitioning at 4th grade. Oh well, I guess it doesn't really matter since we probably will not get admitted!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in the current 4th grade, there is a mix, as always of kids from all over the area. about 50% live in Dc and 50% out of DC. Out of the 20 or so kids from non DC, there is a wide spread, with a majority in Bethesda and chevy chase, but several from fairfax county (mclean usually) and arlington VA as well as some from silver spring and even PG county. And then the DC kids are also spread out -- some from "east of rock creek" as people say, but most from NW, but still all over NW.

re their previous schools, about half the boys are from beauvoir, but kids come from a huge mix of public and private. Some of the other private schools which kids come from in 4th grade this year are WIS, WES, NPS, St Patricks (not sure if anyone this year actually), Flint Hill, and many different public schools. 7th grade entry has even more private schools (and as well the same publics) feeding as many families want to stay in public school through elementary.

Can anyone post some specific numbers for 2008?

[Anonymous]

This is upsetting to read. I Think its wrong that pushy moms and dads like yourselves would push your child so hard to go to a very fancy school instead of letting your child choose his or her own school. You try to hard to make your child a millionaire Yale graduate and letting them be what they want to be.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes people sicken me. Parents wonder why their kids get hooked on drugs or end up pregnant. It's because parents push them too hard and and don't understand the struggles of being a kid. I mean, come on people, it is fourth grade. Stop planning for college. Yes, give them a good education, yes push them to be the best they can be, but that is it. Do not make them feel terrible about themselves because they aren't what mommy and daddy wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes people sicken me. Parents wonder why their kids get hooked on drugs or end up pregnant. It's because parents push them too hard and and don't understand the struggles of being a kid. I mean, come on people, it is fourth grade. Stop planning for college. Yes, give them a good education, yes push them to be the best they can be, but that is it. Do not make them feel terrible about themselves because they aren't what mommy and daddy wanted.

You're right. Look at any inner city and the problems of drug use and teen pregnancy. All that pressure to get into Harvard.

[Anonymous]

You're right. Look at any inner city and the problems of drug use and teen pregnancy. All that pressure to get into Harvard.

Obviously, I didn't mean EVERY kid that gets into drugs. I just meant the privileged kids whose parents wanted them to get into a school such as Harvard. The inner city is a totally different problem, having to do with role models and a lack of people getting decent educations. I am directing this to the parents who have good intentions, but carry them out poorly.

[Anonymous]

Why isn't anyone addressing the truth? The trick to getting your child in is to start contributing $ to the school for several years before your child is going to apply there.

[Anonymous]

Not true for me. Got in, no money, no name, no shmoozing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true for me. Got in, no money, no name, no shmoozing.

Beauvoir grad?

African-American?

Off the charts testing?

Which entry year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why isn't anyone addressing the truth? The trick to getting your child in is to start contributing $ to the school for several years before your child is going to apply there.

If there's any truth to this at all, then it would be true at all the other big privates too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true for me. Got in, no money, no name, no shmoozing.

Beauvoir grad?

African-American?

Off the charts testing?

Which entry year?

Hold on! Off the charts testing is not at all the same thing as giving money or shmoozing. It is wrong to conflate the two. We want to encourage schools to admit people with off the charts test results!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true for me. Got in, no money, no name, no shmoozing.

Beauvoir grad?

African-American?

Off the charts testing?

Which entry year?

Hold on! Off the charts testing is not at all the same thing as giving money or shmoozing. It is wrong to conflate the two. We want to encourage schools to admit people with off the charts test results!!

I think PP was trying to figure out how the earlier PP got in. So, no conflating of the two.

[Anonymous]

Giving money works -- it doesn't get simpler than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Giving money works -- it doesn't get simpler than that.

We sent 5K to Beauvoir. Do you think we'll need to pony up for STA too? Is 5K okay, or would that be considered an insult?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Giving money works -- it doesn't get simpler than that.

Do you speak from experience?