New STA parent seeking advice, suggestions, or just plain "I wish I had known X" info
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Anonymous
True |
Anonymous
Such good analysis! Thanks for that. |
Anonymous
But can they spell? ("Ablans") |
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| How supportive is the current lacrosse coach during the college recruitment process? |
Anonymous
Not PP. Our non-Beauvoir DS fit in, but it was because he knew a handful of boys from Chevy, and another handful from club lacrosse. Without those common threads, I believe it would have been a very tough transition year. |
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| We applied this year as well (not hopeful as they only have 7 or so open slots for non-Beauvoir/siblings/alumni kids). But if we do get accepted, I'm hoping my DS' group of very close friends outside of school and his confidence will make up for his lack of STA connections. |
Anonymous
+1 |
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| Is the lacrosse team on the upswing? Or should my kid just focus on his club team? |
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| Toured the school. Expected to be "wowed" but, meh. Thought the teachers would be more impressive. Staff throughout the open house, tour, etc. seemed so impressed with the place themselves. Just seemed inflated and, well, silly. |
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| This thread is so full of first world problems. |
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If you don't like the vibe, and had the reaction that you had, just don't apply. It really is that simple. Applications are involved enough that you should not bother to include a school if you did not like it. Not everybody likes every school. If you are on the fence and still somewhat interested, your child may have a different experience when he is visiting (particularly if he is applying for the older grades where there is a shadow day). But honestly, it sounds like you have efectively made up your mind so there's no real decision involved here. |
Anonymous
If your child is very into lacrosse, he should focus on his lacrosse club team regardless of what school he goes to. If he's at St. Albans, sports is required, so presumably lacrosse will be his spring sport. If somebody wants to play in college and does track and field at his high school instead of lacrosse they'd see that as a red flag (although if he were good enough it wouldn't matter). Good coaching staff, nice kids, some strong players, and Ivy League schools like the STA top players if they are also good students (they've got kids playing lacrosse at Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth for example). They also have plenty of kids play D3 in college. A couple of nice wins last year (over undefeated Georgetown Prep in the regular season and SSSAS in the tournament) had them ending the season on a high note. STA does not recruit as aggressively for sports in general or lacrosse in particular as some of the other IAC teams, so you probably won't see a powerhouse team. But it's a worthwhile lacrosse experience -- and for any HS lacrosse player, playing for the school is something the kids enjoy and value. |
Anonymous
All good points. What is not yet clear is whether Walsh will be aggressively showcasing and advocating for his players who do want to play at the college level. |
Anonymous
WHy?????!!!!>........ WHY.....????!!!!! WHY????????!!!!!!!!!!! |
Anonymous
Mmmmm. Awful as it may sound, that's life. Mock. Deride. Snark all you want. That's just life, and such madness is not reserved for the independent school moms. |