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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some very powerful folks with STRONG STA ties ( read not Beauvoir) who think the school is outsourcing too much of the admissions process to BVR.  There are also some inside STA folks who think BVR kids are not as well prepared as they should be when they move over.  I bet this will become a bigger deal over the next few years. [/quote]

You sound disgruntled and incorrect. The Beauvoir boys are always majority of the top of the class and do very well at STA. The Beauvoir boys have a very inclusive way about them that was instilled at Beauvoir (regardless of whether their parents do) and STA loves them. Beauvoir is the National Cathedral elementary school and there is nothing anyone can do about that. Not sure if this post is in response to the fact that certain schools or children got shut out of C Form for the Fall, but STA needs inclusive boys and has a diverse community and Beauvoir is very diverse and these boys are inclusive. [/quote]

I am neither disgruntled nor incorrect on the comments I have heard but I may prove to be off with respect to the ultimate outcome.

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My son, a non-Beauvoir, STA upper-schooler, who joined in lower school, says the ex-Beauvoir boys bad mouth Beauvoir and disparage its poor academics and how little it prepared them for STA.  Of course, as I pointed out to him, all teenagers belittle everything they can and I bet he and his belittle their previous private as well.  He agreed but countered that those who went to Beauvoir are more apt to knock down their alma mater as not having sufficiently prepared them academically.  Just one, rather meaningless, anecdote I know but ,his comments have stuck in my mind.

Also, I would firmly say that the Beauvoir boys in his class, which is an outstanding class overall, are the most cliquish and insular of all of the boys.  I have observed this myself and heard it from many others.  I don't believe its the norm across the school but it is in his form.[/quote]

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