Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Private & Independent Schools
Reply to "Getting into St. Albans"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lax players or basketball players who can also play football are especially coveted. Send in a highlight tape with your application. I kid you not. Worked for us. [/quote] I was waitlisted last school year. I was told we should try again this admission season but I will not. I am familiar with two of the last bunch of kids admitted last admission cycle. Those kids are excellent students with great scores and grades. They are also great athletes, football, basketball, lacrosse. STA is moving into that direction. The question is, will they be able keep them? These kids have a lot to offer, and from what I’ve seeing of the coaching environment, I am not sure. I for one, will not reapply. [/quote] Well one could ask if they will be able to keep current students that [b]feel their spot on a team was taken[/b] or if they don’t like the values and culture change that could come with changing the focus from academics to athletics. Some boys don’t want that type of culture or else they would have chosen a different school than STA. [/quote] Current STA parent here - this is not an STA attitude, PP. No one OWNs a spot on a team. You earn it. Every season. Every game. If a new boy comes in at 9th who is better at try outs, thats life. Work harder. STA has never been a "trophy for everyone" school and that isnt changing.[/quote] Of course not but if they want to play a sport and the team gets filled with boys that are admitted on athletics, STA could lose some really brilliant kids who will be very successful future leaders. That would be a shame to start filling up STA with a focus on athletic prowess rather than academic and more importantly the values and character of the applicants. [/quote] PP here. My goodness you are so boneheaded. As much as you wish it not to be those are student athletes they are admitting. No one is coming into STA if they don't have the scores. That much was made clear to us. These student are leaders on and off the field. Things may be different if you're so and so kid, or a big donor of some sort, meaning your package may not have to be as stellar. STA has few spaces and lots of qualified applicants. My kid had 91% ssat math score and lower reading, but a 3.9 gpa and impressive EC's. Guess what? We were still waitlisted. Other schools jumped at us. We already have top DI schools checking out dc low-key. Our current school implied that if DC keeps his current academic and athletic focus, the ivies are within our whelm of potential schools, essentially we will have many choices. With that being said, it seems that STA is looking for exceptional students. And again from what I have seen nothing is being dumb down for anyone. You just have to up your game, that's all.[/quote] Why are you so invested in this thread if you are at another school? [/quote] I am still licking my wounds and I'm keeping my options open. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics