Anonymous
12/17/2020 23:57
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir boys have an accept rate of 8O+% at 4th grade. That’s going to skew the numbers some.
If you have a NCS kid, will it be easier for her sibling to get into St. Albans? Does it treat as a sibling? Thanks.
Yes. They may not tell you that flat out, but I have seen this exact scenario play out too many times to think it's just coincidental.
When DS applied, had sister at NCS, STA told us flat out that is not sibling preference. It is one factor taken into account but not treated like sibling, legacy or Beauvoir which are real preferences.
Anonymous
04/30/2020 14:52
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Uh, okay, do the math yourself.
St. Albans College Matriculation 2014-2018
American University
Amherst College (9)
Auburn University
Babson College (3)
Bates College (7)
Birmingham-Southern College (2)
Boston College (6)
Boston University
Bowdoin College (6)
Brigham Young University
University of British Columbia, Canada
Brown University (9)
University of California at Berkeley (7)
University of California at Los Angeles
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University (3)
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University of America
College of Charleston
University of Chicago (34)
Claremont McKenna College (2)
Clemson University
Colby College
Colgate University (3)
University of Colorado
Columbia University (12)
Connecticut College
Cornell University (4)
Dartmouth College (11)
Davidson College (9)
Denison University
Drew University
Duke University (4)
University of Edinburgh, UK (3)
Elon University
Emory University (5)
Georgetown University (9)
George Washington University (3)
Hamilton College (3)
Harvard University (10)
Haverford College (4)
Hillsdale College
Imperial College London, UK
Indiana University (7)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
Kenyon College (2)
Lehigh University (2)
London School of Economics, UK
University of Maryland (2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Miami (7)
Miami University (2)
University of Michigan (6)
Middlebury College (3)
Montgomery College
Morehouse College (3)
Mount St. Mary's University
New York University (5)
University of North Carolina (4)
Northeastern University (2)
Northwestern University (3)
University of Notre Dame (3)
Oberlin College (3)
Occidental College (5)
University of Oxford, UK
University of Pennsylvania (11)
Pennsylvania State University (3)
Pomona College
Princeton University (9)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
University of Richmond
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Santa Clara University
Sewanee: University of the South (2)
University of Southern California (5)
Southern Methodist University (2)
University of St. Andrews, UK (4)
St. John's University (2)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stanford University (5)
University of Stirling, UK
Swarthmore College (5)
Syracuse University
Temple University
University of Texas (3)
University of Toronto, Canada
Trinity College (3)
Tufts University (2)
Tulane University (12)
United States Military Academy (5)
United States Naval Academy
Vanderbilt University (3)
University of Vermont
University of Virginia (6)
Wake Forest University (8)
Washington University in St. Louis (4)
Washington & Lee University
Wesleyan University (3)
College of William & Mary (6)
Williams College
University of Wisconsin (5)
Wofford College
College of Wooster (2)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University (11)
These are amazing numbers. You do not have to be an STA parent to acknowledge that.
It is good -- great even, but no better or really that much different than all of the top schools in the DC area.
Anonymous
04/30/2020 14:49
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Everyone gets lost in lala land when staring at the top schools included on these 5 year matriculation lists. Sure the top group is outstanding (and equally good at many top DMV schools), but it's the lesser schools that 60% (majority) of students feed into. Parents always think their child will fall into the top 20% or, worst case scenario, top 40% of the class. STA hand picks smart students, but not all succeed in achieving the top 20% or even 40% of their class. Parents are often disappointed when their child is in the upper middle of the pack (with like a 3.5 for example) or bottom 60% and don't end up at a top 25 school or even a top 50 or 75 or 100 school. After paying almost $50K per year you need to make sure you are happy with your son attending all the schools on this list (and there are a lot), not just the tippy top ones.
Anonymous
04/30/2020 00:17
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Uh, okay, do the math yourself.
St. Albans College Matriculation 2014-2018
American University
Amherst College (9)
Auburn University
Babson College (3)
Bates College (7)
Birmingham-Southern College (2)
Boston College (6)
Boston University
Bowdoin College (6)
Brigham Young University
University of British Columbia, Canada
Brown University (9)
University of California at Berkeley (7)
University of California at Los Angeles
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University (3)
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University of America
College of Charleston
University of Chicago (34)
Claremont McKenna College (2)
Clemson University
Colby College
Colgate University (3)
University of Colorado
Columbia University (12)
Connecticut College
Cornell University (4)
Dartmouth College (11)
Davidson College (9)
Denison University
Drew University
Duke University (4)
University of Edinburgh, UK (3)
Elon University
Emory University (5)
Georgetown University (9)
George Washington University (3)
Hamilton College (3)
Harvard University (10)
Haverford College (4)
Hillsdale College
Imperial College London, UK
Indiana University (7)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
Kenyon College (2)
Lehigh University (2)
London School of Economics, UK
University of Maryland (2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Miami (7)
Miami University (2)
University of Michigan (6)
Middlebury College (3)
Montgomery College
Morehouse College (3)
Mount St. Mary's University
New York University (5)
University of North Carolina (4)
Northeastern University (2)
Northwestern University (3)
University of Notre Dame (3)
Oberlin College (3)
Occidental College (5)
University of Oxford, UK
University of Pennsylvania (11)
Pennsylvania State University (3)
Pomona College
Princeton University (9)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
University of Richmond
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Santa Clara University
Sewanee: University of the South (2)
University of Southern California (5)
Southern Methodist University (2)
University of St. Andrews, UK (4)
St. John's University (2)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stanford University (5)
University of Stirling, UK
Swarthmore College (5)
Syracuse University
Temple University
University of Texas (3)
University of Toronto, Canada
Trinity College (3)
Tufts University (2)
Tulane University (12)
United States Military Academy (5)
United States Naval Academy
Vanderbilt University (3)
University of Vermont
University of Virginia (6)
Wake Forest University (8)
Washington University in St. Louis (4)
Washington & Lee University
Wesleyan University (3)
College of William & Mary (6)
Williams College
University of Wisconsin (5)
Wofford College
College of Wooster (2)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University (11)
These are amazing numbers. You do not have to be an STA parent to acknowledge that.
Anonymous
04/30/2020 00:14
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
To answer op, last year’s acceptance rate at STA I heard from reliable sources was below 8%. They had a ton of applicants. Not sure about this year.
Anonymous
04/29/2020 23:24
Subject: Re:St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Here’s the STA booster lady. She probably works there and her job is to monitor STA posts
Honestly, they don't need to and they don't bother
Anonymous
04/29/2020 01:42
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Think about it this way:
Andover's acceptance rate is 13%. They pull from all over the country and the world, and are one of the most coveted private high schools.
Aside from some kindergarten classes, where there are simply very few slots, I can't imagine day schools in this area--even the best ones--having an acceptance rate that is that much lower than a top independent boarding school.
My guess is that you have a few schools that hover around 15-25%, and then the rest are significantly higher.
That's fine; acceptance rate is simply NOT a proxy for excellence. UChicago had a very high acceptance rate before they started accepting the Common App, simply because they had a self-selecting applicant pool. As soon as they started taking the Common App, their acceptance rate plummeted and people started talking about how great the school is. The school didn't change; the number of applications did.
OP here. I'm not interested in acceptance rates because of prestige, but for practical planning for my children. And while acceptance rates are fuzzy predictors at best, the difference between a 7% acceptance rate and a 30% rate are huge when it comes to figuring out where my dc can realistically go to school.
OP: Lots of prior threads on this, but trying to answer your question:
If you are wanting best chance for Admit: get into Beauvoir Pre-K/ K and then apply from there ( your DC still has to be a good student and you cant be a wack job PITA parent )
After that window, applying for 4th-6th is next best chance. Still they might only take 10-15 out of hundreds of applicants . It would help if your DC was child of an alum or nephew of one
9th grade or higher: extremely hard
Anonymous
04/28/2020 14:07
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:It's only logical that some STA boys are unhappy and many people have expressed this on DCUM and in other settings. Whether it's the pressure, the academics, the athletics, the social issues, being there for their parents and not for themselves, or the fact that they have been in the same Close environment their whole lives and are over it. Whatever the reason, there are boys who are unhappy or dissatisfied with their experience. Not sure why the STA booster so unwilling to understand this reality, but it's true.
teenage boys unhappy at school. what a revelation.
Anonymous
04/28/2020 13:56
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
It's only logical that some STA boys are unhappy and many people have expressed this on DCUM and in other settings. Whether it's the pressure, the academics, the athletics, the social issues, being there for their parents and not for themselves, or the fact that they have been in the same Close environment their whole lives and are over it. Whatever the reason, there are boys who are unhappy or dissatisfied with their experience. Not sure why the STA booster so unwilling to understand this reality, but it's true.
Anonymous
04/27/2020 19:22
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Boys at STA may be happy with one aspect, but not happy with another. Also, people are not always forthcoming and don't like to admit child is not happy or struggling. They don't want friends and family to suggest maybe child would be happier elsewhere.
Is your point that pp is just wrong? No one is actually happy? Every boy should move? Because I’m pretty sure there’s room for the possibility that, at sta, some boys are quite happy. Some are quite unhappy. Some are in the middle. Unless no boy is happy, you’re just calling people liars.
Calm down, crazy lady. No one said all boys are unhappy. PP knows of boys who are unhappy with one aspect or another. Geez, get a grip.
You ARE pp. so annoying when people have to pretend to be someone else to defend themselves.
Anonymous
04/27/2020 17:13
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Boys at STA may be happy with one aspect, but not happy with another. Also, people are not always forthcoming and don't like to admit child is not happy or struggling. They don't want friends and family to suggest maybe child would be happier elsewhere.
Is your point that pp is just wrong? No one is actually happy? Every boy should move? Because I’m pretty sure there’s room for the possibility that, at sta, some boys are quite happy. Some are quite unhappy. Some are in the middle. Unless no boy is happy, you’re just calling people liars.
Calm down, crazy lady. No one said all boys are unhappy. PP knows of boys who are unhappy with one aspect or another. Geez, get a grip.
Anonymous
04/27/2020 14:46
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Shocking is paying $50k for a school your child is struggling in, especially if you have to pay for tutors in addition to tuition.
Anonymous
04/27/2020 14:11
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Boys at STA may be happy with one aspect, but not happy with another. Also, people are not always forthcoming and don't like to admit child is not happy or struggling. They don't want friends and family to suggest maybe child would be happier elsewhere.
If you’re not a student or a counselor, how would you even know? Did you poll the boys to see if their experienced lined up with what their parent told you? I’m sure there’s a mix. Shocking.
Anonymous
04/27/2020 14:07
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Boys at STA may be happy with one aspect, but not happy with another. Also, people are not always forthcoming and don't like to admit child is not happy or struggling. They don't want friends and family to suggest maybe child would be happier elsewhere.
Is your point that pp is just wrong? No one is actually happy? Every boy should move? Because I’m pretty sure there’s room for the possibility that, at sta, some boys are quite happy. Some are quite unhappy. Some are in the middle. Unless no boy is happy, you’re just calling people liars.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 23:22
Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Boys at STA may be happy with one aspect, but not happy with another. Also, people are not always forthcoming and don't like to admit child is not happy or struggling. They don't want friends and family to suggest maybe child would be happier elsewhere.