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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could it be that the non-Beauvoir boys coming into St. Albans have higher math scores because the admissions committee can be more selective in choosing them?  It's pretty hard to tell (at the K level) who is going to be an academic superstar (and yes, while St. Albans can reject some Beauvoir students, they do seem to accept most of them).  It becomes easier at the 4th grade level, and probably progressively easier on up through the grades.  It would be interesting to look at St. Albans' top tenth percentile and figure out when they were admitted.  Just a thought.....[/quote]

I think you got it!  The range in performance comes from the Beauvoir boys and they cherry pick the "best" from other schools.  Therefore many Beauvoir boys look poorly prepared relatively.  Most National Merit Semi-finalists come from the LS and of that majority half start in 4th.  Some of the strongest came from Beauvoir!  Look it up![/quote]

2008, 6 out 10 of the National Merit semifinalists from STA are Beauvoir alum.  Unclear when the remaining 4 on the list were admitted at STA.  There were two finalists in '08 one was a Beauvoir alum and the other a non-Beauvoirian. [/quote]

In my view, the academic "super stars" are members of STA's Cum Laude Society (academic honorary).  Of the 16 members in '08 who were inducted, 7 of the 16 were Beauvoir alum.  Many of its members were also '08 National Merit semifinalists.   Again, unclear when the other members (9) were admitted at STA.  [/quote]

For people who have access to the numbers - can you say 7 Beauvoir alum out of x.  9 non-Beauvoir alum out of x.  It seems that if the sta class is mostly Beauvoir-alum then proportionally, the non-Beauvoir students outperform.  [/quote]

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