Anonymous wrote:Here are the final numbers for STA this year: (These are matriculation numbers, graduating class size of 77)

Harvard 6
Yale 5
Dartmouth 4
U Penn 4
Michigan 3
Georgetown 3
Colorado 3
Wake Forest 3
Columbia 2
BU 2
William and Mary 2
Franklin and Marshall 2
Middlebury 2
Northwestern 2
Sewanee 2
GW 2
U of Cal santa barbara 2
UVA 2
1 at Bowdoin,Charleston, Cornell, Princeton, Elon, Hartwick, Kenyon, Macalaster, Purdue, Rhodes, SMU, Stanford, St Olaf, Trinity, Tufts, Tulane, Navy, U of Chicago, Maryland, Ole Miss, St Andrews, Wisconsin, Wash U, Wesleyan

I count 23. Where did this list come from?

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Anonymous wrote:65% did not get into ivies?

No, and 35% don't usually get in. Thus, the post's title, "Big College Admissions Year at St. Albans."

Tjere were SEVERAL legacies this year bringing it up to the 35% (not all were...so congrats to those who earned it the hard way!)..

The legacy pool has a higher admit rate because, on average, they are a more highly qualified pool than the general pool (which one would expect, given their parents' background/education/privilege). Unless you are a huge donor (in the $$ millions these days), being a run-of-the-mill legacy isn't going to do much to boost you. Unless there are multiple so-called "development cases" in this pool, I think all the boys deserve congratulations.

Anonymous wrote:How many were National Merit Semi-Finalists? Just curious---

I can't locate that list on the website. However, there are 11 Finalists. This year's Presidential Scholar is a St Albans' boy. Go Bulldogs!

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Anonymous wrote:65% did not get into ivies?

No, and 35% don't usually get in. Thus, the post's title, "Big College Admissions Year at St. Albans."

My math might be wrong, but... 20 out of 77 is 25%, not 35%. Still a great number. That puts St A's on par with the top NYC schools and Andover/Exeter for the first time this year.

How many were National Merit Semi-Finalists? Just curious---

NP. And, while being a minority is a "hook," unless you're qualified (gpa & test scores, etc) or a recruited athlete you're not getting in applying from STA/NCS.

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Anonymous wrote:65% did not get into ivies?

No, and 35% don't usually get in. Thus, the post's title, "Big College Admissions Year at St. Albans."

Tjere were SEVERAL legacies this year bringing it up to the 35% (not all were...so congrats to those who earned it the hard way!)..

Let's get one fact straight. It has become so competitive to get into certain Universities (Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Standford & MIT) that even the most qualified applicants still aren't admitted into all the Universities. Legacies who are admitted to these Universities (except for a very small number whose parents have built buildings) are more than qualified and have the grades and scores to get in. Being a legacy difference maker in this situation. But, it's not a difference maker if the student is not qualified with the scores & being in a certain quadrant of their class. Or, the universities are confident that legacies at schools like St. Alban's, NCS, GDS, Maret, Holton have the scores & capacity to be successful at their respective institutions. This is where a high school's reputation & cache can be a difference maker for a legacy.

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Anonymous wrote:65% did not get into ivies?

No, and 35% don't usually get in. Thus, the post's title, "Big College Admissions Year at St. Albans."

Tjere were SEVERAL legacies this year bringing it up to the 35% (not all were...so congrats to those who earned it the hard way!)..

Anonymous wrote:65% did not get into ivies?

No, and 35% don't usually get in. Thus, the post's title, "Big College Admissions Year at St. Albans."

65% did not get into ivies?

Anonymous wrote:Here are the final numbers for STA this year: (These are matriculation numbers, graduating class size of 77)

Harvard 6
Yale 5
Dartmouth 4
U Penn 4
Michigan 3
Georgetown 3
Colorado 3
Wake Forest 3
Columbia 2
BU 2
William and Mary 2
Franklin and Marshall 2
Middlebury 2
Northwestern 2
Sewanee 2
GW 2
U of Cal santa barbara 2
UVA 2
1 at Bowdoin,Charleston, Cornell, Princeton, Elon, Hartwick, Kenyon, Macalaster, Purdue, Rhodes, SMU, Stanford, St Olaf, Trinity, Tufts, Tulane, Navy, U of Chicago, Maryland, Ole Miss, St Andrews, Wisconsin, Wash U, Wesleyan

About what you'd expect I guess, but less impressive than TJ in FCPS.

Isn't this expected? How many are legacies?

Here are the final numbers for STA this year: (These are matriculation numbers, graduating class size of 77)

Harvard 6
Yale 5
Dartmouth 4
U Penn 4
Michigan 3
Georgetown 3
Colorado 3
Wake Forest 3
Columbia 2
BU 2
William and Mary 2
Franklin and Marshall 2
Middlebury 2
Northwestern 2
Sewanee 2
GW 2
U of Cal santa barbara 2
UVA 2
1 at Bowdoin,Charleston, Cornell, Princeton, Elon, Hartwick, Kenyon, Macalaster, Purdue, Rhodes, SMU, Stanford, St Olaf, Trinity, Tufts, Tulane, Navy, U of Chicago, Maryland, Ole Miss, St Andrews, Wisconsin, Wash U, Wesleyan

STA parent here, who seconds the comments above. Excellent school with an excellent ethos.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not the school that gets the kid in to college. It's the kid that gets the kid in to college.

It's the kid that gets the kid into TJ. Or into St. Albans and the ilk if we're talking about 9th grade - as opposed to K - entrance.

"A top 20 University President told me once, its not our cirriculum, faculty, or endowment that make us great. Its our admissions department"

Lot of truth in that, even at k-12

And St. Albans wouldn't disagree at all. They still can be complimented for building a school that draws a strong cohort (even as other threads on this site bemoan the fact that their admissions office doesn't "do more" for the lacrosse program).

They are really an impressive group of boys. My wife went to the sister school of jockier school that believes itself a peer school. She said the STA boys were gentleman. The brother schools were not. Like NCS, its tough, they dont grade inflate, but the kids are close, respect each others talents, and are very diverse in their interests and talents. Under the shadow of the Cathedral, these kids seem to move on with strong values. The exmits are great, but more than that, they produce great people.

Flame away.