Anonymous
Post 07/08/2010 08:10     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People don't just go to STA for test scores. We get that public schools are free. For STA - some of us like that it is elite and choosy. We choose to invest in our children.


FYI.

This thread has staying power because it's awesome!


Note that the PP who is quoted said that St. Albans is "elite and choosy," not "elitist and choosy" as at least one other PP has misrepresented. The two words mean different things.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2010 07:04     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

Anonymous wrote:People don't just go to STA for test scores. We get that public schools are free. For STA - some of us like that it is elite and choosy. We choose to invest in our children.


FYI.

This thread has staying power because it's awesome!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 22:21     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone really believe that the OP unwittingly got her child into not one but TWO elite feeder schools without realizing it? Seriously?

I call BS.

And thank god for the poster on page quadrillion who finally said that they want the kid to go to STA because it's elitist and choosy. They said what EVERY STA parent is thinking but for some reason is to much of a coward to say.

If STA were free would you still want to send your kid there? With all the rabble? I doubt it. Why not just speak the truth as to how you really feel?

Oh, because you must realize that it's shameful.

And yet you cling to your shameful aspirations.

God I'm glad I don't have kids!


All right. i give up. Can you paste that post regarding elitist and choosy. It's like looking for a friggin needle in a haystack. The staying power of this thread is amazing.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 20:17     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

I think PPP is mistaken as to what schadenfreude is.

I'm another parent whose son loves St. Albans and very is happy there.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 17:30     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

Nothing shameful about wanting your child to go to a good school. And I'm not sure where schadenfreude enters. My kid goes to St. Albans, he's doing well, and he's happy. I haven't seen too many StA parents posting of other experiences.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 16:59     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

Anonymous wrote:This thread needs to stop visits by creepy people without kids who have irrational interests in how young boys get into St. Albans and are willing to read quadrillion pages of material on it.


What can I say, the schadenfreude can't be beat anywhere except maybe in the nanny forum. But it's been slow over there lately.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 16:29     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

This thread needs to stop visits by creepy people without kids who have irrational interests in how young boys get into St. Albans and are willing to read quadrillion pages of material on it.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 15:40     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

This thread desperately needs a visit from the Third Person Panache. Too bad he's been banned!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2010 15:35     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

Does anyone really believe that the OP unwittingly got her child into not one but TWO elite feeder schools without realizing it? Seriously?

I call BS.

And thank god for the poster on page quadrillion who finally said that they want the kid to go to STA because it's elitist and choosy. They said what EVERY STA parent is thinking but for some reason is to much of a coward to say.

If STA were free would you still want to send your kid there? With all the rabble? I doubt it. Why not just speak the truth as to how you really feel?

Oh, because you must realize that it's shameful.

And yet you cling to your shameful aspirations.

God I'm glad I don't have kids!
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2010 15:56     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

Sorry, ment bona fides. Spell-check doesn't do Latin, I see.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2010 15:55     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does attending St. Albans sponsored summer camps (academic) help at all in the admissions process?


I'm sure it does, in the sense that it provides an opportunity for the administration to know your child. As to how much, I have no idea. But you are always better off if the school can actually spend time with your child (that goes for every school admission).

I disagree--I don't think attending an academic summer program has any effect. Very few STA teachers even teach in their summer school. Maybe if you do a sports camp run by a St. Albans coach that can help with athletic bona fires, but that's about it.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2010 15:39     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

Anonymous wrote:Does attending St. Albans sponsored summer camps (academic) help at all in the admissions process?


I'm sure it does, in the sense that it provides an opportunity for the administration to know your child. As to how much, I have no idea. But you are always better off if the school can actually spend time with your child (that goes for every school admission).
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2010 14:48     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

Does attending St. Albans sponsored summer camps (academic) help at all in the admissions process?
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2010 10:36     Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans

How many kids are leaving STA this year, prior to graduating?
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2010 15:51     Subject: Getting into St. Albans

I think that there is a Transcript Request form that you give to your son's current school and it asks for all grades from the current school (presumably K-3, for application to 4th grade).

I have no idea about how STA compares to Gilman.

Good luck!