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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Methinks this recent talk about two different tests - one for Beauvoir boys and another for "the others," as well as the talk suggesting Beauvoir feeds a lower percentage than one might think, is yet additional evidence of a hobby around here . . . to bash and diminish Beauvoir.

Fact 1.  All C form applicants take the same admission's test.

Fact 2.  For the last 5 years, no more than 3 boys from Beauvoir have been rejected each year.  Yes, some of the 40 boys are advised not to apply for various reasons, and a few always say no after getting the acceptance.  But as a general matter 90% of the Beauvoir boys who apply to STA get into STA.[/quote]

Are you a member of STA's admissions committee?  If not, no way that you can be sure of  "Fact 1."   From the comments of non-Beauvoir parents and my son's comments after the test clearly the material was on a more difficult scale for non-Beauvoir applicants, i.e., the math section.   [/quote]

Ridiculous. Who cares if the Beauvoir boys take the same test or a different test than the non-Beauvoir boys?  My son took the test this past weekend and he told us that it was the "easiest test I have taken in all of 3rd grade"  and he specifically commented that the Math section was the easiest section and that he finished it in 15 minutes.  He described the problems to us as adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers and some simple word problems.

Now, who knows how he actually performed on the test... but I'm just saying that not every boy that took the test on Saturday thought it was awful.

I'm sorry if your son had a difficult time with the test.   Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.  Saying that the test administered on Saturday was a "harder version" sounds like a lame excuse.

I do believe that Beauvoir boys have a huge advantage because it is a feeder school, but such is life.  I don't think that STA is out to make the application process any harder for the non-Beauvoir boys than it already is.

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