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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]STA does this all the time. One way they do it is the Skip Grant program. [/quote]

As an STa parent I’m disgusted.  Lack of transparency is appalling.  Does not make it feel like it’s a school where true brotherhood exists but rather where preferential treatment and lies abound.  How long has this been the practice?  During the pandemic some families were given aid while others where a parent lost his/her job were not.  Really Eye opening and sad to see how the school treated families so unequally and callously.  [/quote]

This is not at all what the Skip Grant Program is or how it works. You can have whatever opinions you want to have about financial aid at private schools and at St. Albans in particular. But it’s simply wrong to suggest that the Skip Grant program is some sort of racket to give aid to undeserving families. SGP isn’t even about financial aid. It’s about admissions and academic support once you’re admitted. [/quote]

Skip grant program aside, STA and other privates are not transparent and fair about financial aid.  It is indeed as the OP suggests a farce.  Not based on need per se but at the whims of the admissions office and their cause du jour.  Bottom line it weakens the school and the trust of the student/parent body.  The way the initial pandemic layoffs were handles was disgisting.  [/quote]

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