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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AA parents who are interested in Stalbans for their son should talk to OJ Johnson in Admissions.  Stalbans alum who coached and was AD at Wise HS.  He understands.   [/quote]

Does he have influence? Is he helpful?

All I'm getting from some pp's is "we don't want your kind here; go to a sjw school if you want your child to even be accepted." I'm hoping that's not a cathedral parent. [/quote]

I think what people are saying is that, like all schools, the school always wants to improve. I think that they deserve credit for being humbly honest and sincere in those efforts.

That being said, what any parent considering this school should put first and foremost is that it is very very challenging academically- first and foremost it is a college preparatory school. In fact, many grads later comment college was easier academically and that no school afterwards measures up to their experience at Saint Albans.

But many high achieving parents don't apply for their son because they know that for their particular kid they couldn't do the work. There is nothing wrong with that kind of awareness[/quote]

This high and mighty attitude is what irritates and disgusts most people. STA is a strong school academically, great, but so are a good number of other schools in our area and beyond. STA does not have this market cornered. And just because someone doesn't go to STA doesn't mean they can't handle the work. Not to mention there are plenty of boys at STA who are not academic stars, are they smart sure, but not any more exceptional than hundreds if not thousands of other boys in the DMV. Get over yourself.[/quote]

I am not the PP.  Why are you so upset by a post that points out that STA is very academically challenging?  The PP did not say any of the stuff you said.  The PP just stated some facts without any malice. It is true that, in terms of academic standards, STA, Sidwell, TJ, and Blair program are at the same level, though with course by course variations.  For example, it is very, very hard for a 9th grader at STA to get an A from the English class. The writing standard is much higher than that at TJ. Of course, the standard of some science classes at TJ is much higher than that at STA. Some STA students struggle with homework while some stars still find time to do many other extracurricular activities. Most 9th STA students take geometry, but a few 9th graders take pre-calculus or calculus. Some families do not want their kids to go to TJ, and it is similar with STA. [/quote]

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