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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi! Having not gone to a single sex school myself, I was pleasantly surprised by how the schools I listed don’t reinforce gender stereotypes. I somehow thought that an all male environment might encourage a certain machoism and in the touring and application process, I didn’t get that feeling at all. St. David’s particularly impressed me in this matter. To the previous poster’s point, I think Buckley used to have a more macho (for lack of a better word) reputation, but I saw no evidence of that and felt that my son, who happens to very sweet, would thrive there. 
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I pause at the thought of paying ~$61K a year in tuition for an independent school that has the high school placement of a catholic school (~$10-15K a year in tuition). [/quote]

We're at Saint David's and can add a little color. Exmissions have admittedly varied a lot from year to year, but if you look over time, the average is what you'd expect from a top k-8, with over half of boys heading to very selective high schools. Most boys' sisters are at Convent of the Sacred Heart followed by Spence/Chapin if that helps. The school does have a couple attributes that probably don't help exmissions, but I'd consider them positives. They don't aggressively counsel out, and they place A LOT of emphasis on character. They won't admit intolerable families, even if they have exmissions-boosting high school legacy. I'd also say the school is unlike your typical catholic school. Only half of the boys are actually catholic, and they don't [i]try[/i] tell them what to believe. There is definitely exposure to, and learning about, religion, but we're not catholic and find this acceptable.[/quote]

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