Saint Albans for 10th Grade

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

Is STA more rigorous than SAAS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

Is STA more rigorous than SAAS?

The boys at SAAS are all extremely brainy. STA has a lot of brainy boys but it's also a very sports minded school and social pressure cooker. That's the added "rigor" as far as I see.

[Anonymous]

SAAS average SAT is 1400
STA is 1430.

They're really similar which is why even if STA does have 10th grade spots they won't be jumping to take an "average" SAAS student.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

Is STA more rigorous than SAAS?

The boys at SAAS are all extremely brainy. STA has a lot of brainy boys but it's also a very sports minded school and social pressure cooker. That's the added "rigor" as far as I see.

The sports minded boys are all brainy too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They took 4 new boys for 10th grade in the 2021-22 school year.

That’s because several families have left that grade going. They only have openings in 10th ton fill spots.

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Anonymous wrote:They took 4 new boys for 10th grade in the 2021-22 school year.

That’s because several families have left that grade going. They only have openings in 10th ton fill spots.

True. 10 grade at sta is not an entry Year. Only spots for 10th are to fill spots for student that have left.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

No, but there’s a difference between getting in and then getting B’s, at which point you have invested in the school and the school has invested in you versus trying to get in with just B’s. Consider, for instance, a lifer at sidwell. Tons of lifers will make B’s. Sidwell isn’t going to counsel them out for B’s; they’ve invested in them, and the kid has invested in the school. But sidwell wouldn’t likely take someone with all B’s with no existing investment. All of these top schools admit kids they think have the potential to do really well, and obviously they know that not everyone will get straight A’s. Is there a chance someone with B’s from SAAS could get in? Probably, at least without knowing more. But whether they get in or not won’t have anything to do with whether someone already at the school is making B’s…of course someone is.

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

Is STA more rigorous than SAAS?

No.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

Is STA more rigorous than SAAS?

No.

Better parties though.

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP question, your chances are highly unlikely. Your son is not doing well at an academically rigorous middle school. St. Albans would assume he’s not going to do well at their school. Unless you have a very convincing story about why he can do better at St Albans, it’s not going to happen. Perhaps your son has an outstanding sports talent or other hook for St. Albans entry, but from the original post details I’d say not likely at all.

So there are no boys at STA with mostly Bs? Are those boys all counseled out then?

Is STA more rigorous than SAAS?

No.

Better parties though.

No doubt. Seriously though, SAAS graduates well-educated, and just as importantly, really good, young men. They work the boys hard, but it pays off in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Would it be relatively easier to get into Gonzaga from SAAS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would it be relatively easier to get into Gonzaga from SAAS?

There is a better chance of open spots since it is a much bigger school than STA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would it be relatively easier to get into Gonzaga from SAAS?

Still only a few spots in sophomore year - 2-5 in the years my kids were there.

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Anonymous wrote:Would it be relatively easier to get into Gonzaga from SAAS?

There is a better chance of open spots since it is a much bigger school than STA.

Yes! Gonzaga has 225 per class, STA has 75.
Much greater chance of Gonzaga having spaces in 10th.