St Albans vs St Anselm's

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Anonymous wrote:St Anselm's isnt even in the same league as St Albans.

In what sense?

One is the epitome of the WASP DC elite, the other a Catholic, mediocre private. Not the same.

Since you don't know anything about the schools, why would you comment?

I know everything about the schools, that's exactly why I'm commenting. I'm sorry you have a kid who goes to St Alselm's and thought you were suddenly apart of the elite DC private school crowd.

It is safe to say that families who choose SAAS are not going to be concerned about your idea of a DC elite crowd. That is a huge part of the attraction of the school. The monks live a life of humility, and that is one of the actively taught Benedictine hallmarks of the school (and every Benedictine school): recognize your limitations without losing hope, and recognize your gifts without becoming arrogant; seek personal growth for the giving of oneself for the good of others.

This is lovely and a nice message for boys to be surrounded by.[/quot
Marketing, marketing, marketing.

[Anonymous]

SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Bingo! And there were plenty of cheaters and even addressed this with a teacher who got very defensive because he was essentially unintentionally encouraging it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

I’d question why you keep saying this, especially since it’s a straw man. As for “elite schools” providing merit aid, might I suggest you bring this opinion to the colleges thread? They can quickly disabuse you of this notion; this is not the place.

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS 26 AP classes
SA 13 AP Classes

SA 2024-2025 School profile
https://stalbansschool.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/744/download/download_2514345.pdf
SAAS 2025 school profile https://stalbansschool.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/744/download/download_2514345.pdf

Have had kids at both and they are great schools but the depth of really smart kids at STA is greater than SAAS.

Is the sexism and misogyny as "great" at SAAS as it is at STA?

Ask your son who attended STA. If you don’t have a son who attended STA, ask yourself: “what is wrong with me?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Why does this school bother you so much? It's a tiny, humble school in NE with less than 40 kids per class. How could it possible rile you up so much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Nothing wrong with those colleges. My kids applied to three of them.

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Why does this school bother you so much? It's a tiny, humble school in NE with less than 40 kids per class. How could it possible rile you up so much?

Neither the school nor the kids rile me up. The parents suffering from delusions of superiority over schools with infinitely superior outcomes is the comical part.

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Nothing wrong with those colleges. My kids applied to three of them.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of them. Concurrently, none of them are de facto evidence of "Abbey Boys" being intellectual superior, subject to more academic rigor or seen as a hot commodity by admissions officers more than any other Catholic school in the metro area. Their grads are ending up at the same place as Gonzaga, SJC, OLGC, BI, DJO and all of the rest. Not bad and nothing wrong but not quite the divinely appointed holy school that the parents impute.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS 26 AP classes
SA 13 AP Classes

SA 2024-2025 School profile
https://stalbansschool.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/744/download/download_2514345.pdf
SAAS 2025 school profile https://stalbansschool.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/744/download/download_2514345.pdf

Have had kids at both and they are great schools but the depth of really smart kids at STA is greater than SAAS.

Is the sexism and misogyny as "great" at SAAS as it is at STA?

Ask your son who attended STA. If you don’t have a son who attended STA, ask yourself: “what is wrong with me?”

Sure, Jan!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Why does this school bother you so much? It's a tiny, humble school in NE with less than 40 kids per class. How could it possible rile you up so much?

Neither the school nor the kids rile me up. The parents suffering from delusions of superiority over schools with infinitely superior outcomes is the comical part.

NP here. It is possible that “outcomes” that Abbey parents value are different from yours. As an alum of one of the most elite universities you undoubtedly would deem “worthy” who regularly interviews applicants for admission, I would much prefer my DC exude the kindness, humility, and inner intellectual curiosity and discipline that SAAS tries to value over the bratty elitism, animosity, and entitlement that you seem to want. Sure, the Abbey could do a better job marketing its unusual curriculum and student body to some of the more elite schools, and that is a criticism I have heard even from some off the parents who are friends there. The value of the education is nonetheless exemplary and the socioeconomic diversity brings an education that is much needed in this world today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Why does this school bother you so much? It's a tiny, humble school in NE with less than 40 kids per class. How could it possible rile you up so much?

Neither the school nor the kids rile me up. The parents suffering from delusions of superiority over schools with infinitely superior outcomes is the comical part.

NP here. It is possible that “outcomes” that Abbey parents value are different from yours. As an alum of one of the most elite universities you undoubtedly would deem “worthy” who regularly interviews applicants for admission, I would much prefer my DC exude the kindness, humility, and inner intellectual curiosity and discipline that SAAS tries to value over the bratty elitism, animosity, and entitlement that you seem to want. Sure, the Abbey could do a better job marketing its unusual curriculum and student body to some of the more elite schools, and that is a criticism I have heard even from some off the parents who are friends there. The value of the education is nonetheless exemplary and the socioeconomic diversity brings an education that is much needed in this world today.

Braggy bit bratty

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAAS parents have convinced themselves that their kids are somehow smarter, kinder, more intellectual and generally more academically elite than their other independent school peers. When you question why these "special boys" from "The Abbey" are going to Xavier, St. Johns, Fordham, Loyola and Providence College, you'll be lectured on no one really caring about academic prestige. You'll then be told that the economic diversity of the student body means that kids go to school at less expensive places. They usually don't choose to include that the elite schools that they pretend to not want provide merit aid, financial aid and scholarships. So, there's that.

Why does this school bother you so much? It's a tiny, humble school in NE with less than 40 kids per class. How could it possible rile you up so much?

Neither the school nor the kids rile me up. The parents suffering from delusions of superiority over schools with infinitely superior outcomes is the comical part.

I don’t think SAAS parents are saying anything is superior; they are more questioning the legitimacy of “superiority” in terms of the perception of schools. There is a difference. But if your instrumental vision of school outcomes is what drives you, I think we can all agree that SAAS would not be the place for you or your kids.

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Genuine question to the poster who is negative on the Abbey: can you share what information you have that allows you to opine? I'm interested in the Abbey for my son and would really love to understand if there are issues that I'm not seeing. Did you have a son there that wasn't challenged in the way the school claims to do? Or is it just what you see from college outcomes?

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Anonymous wrote:Genuine question to the poster who is negative on the Abbey: can you share what information you have that allows you to opine? I'm interested in the Abbey for my son and would really love to understand if there are issues that I'm not seeing. Did you have a son there that wasn't challenged in the way the school claims to do? Or is it just what you see from college outcomes?

Not the poster who is asking, but it is clearly college outcomes (which are, in reality, far better than this poster is implying; kudos to parents on not taking the bait there — lest it erode into a discussion on that poster’s faulty terrain).