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[quote=Anonymous][quote][b]Why are people so dead set on finding fault with this school's admission process[/b]? A [b]conspiracy theory [/b]at every turn. So what if the school has a wide variety of what it views as a boy's strengths? Seems pretty accurate to me that we all contribute differently.

And to posit an extraordinary donor, and then to guess that his/her son would be admitted with bad grades, etc., seems to be both guesswork and beside the point. Couldn't the same question be asked of any private school, or of any institution in which donors could be viewed as influencing decisions? That it is possible to imagine a financial gift that might cause anyone to consider giving a preference for a student, why assume the worst of St. Albans?

If you are interested in the school for your son, educate yourself on what's relevant to him and apply. If not, just stop already with assumptions about how this [b]school's process must somehow be corrupt or unfair[/b]. There are lots of terrific schools, and if you believe you have actual reason to believe that [b]someone else has done anything unethical [/b]or not in keeping with the stated admissions process, then feel free to share that information and then send your kid wherever you like. [/quote]

Textbook case of paranoid ideation.  
None of the recent posters have made any of these claims (only this poster).  In fact, she fails to understand that fund raising and individual tailored admission criteria, are legal and ethical at private educational institutions like STA.[/quote]

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