Anonymous
04/05/2016 00:23
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Current 4th grader at Mater Dei is going to be in 4th next year at STA. Also heard a Mater Dei 6th grader was transferring. And 3 8th graders from MD are going next year. 4 got in but one is choosing Gonzaga. STA is liking those boys!
It should be no surprise that STA is accepting these boys. MD families tend to be more hard core religious, but the boys have more in common than differences. They are by and large bright, very athletic focused, polite, and committed to doing good. What is surprising to me is that so many MD boys are applying to STA, rather than the more traditional placement at Prep, Gonzaga and STJ. I wonder if the chatter on the other thread about STA aggressively looking for athletes is true. Regardless, if this is a true trend, there will be some very unhappy families at the aforementioned schools, feeling a sense of betrayal. Maybe not the right word, but will definitely be some hurt feelings.
1 4th grader and 3 or 4 8th graders from Mater Dei are very small numbers. Not much of a trend.
But they are bigger numbers than have traditionally applied to STA from MD which is has usually been "0".
Anonymous
04/04/2016 23:52
Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans
We did not do any of the trad feeders and made the c form cut this year.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 23:13
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
If you really want your son to go to STA, you have to go to Beauvoir. No question. Getting in from anywhere else is tough.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 21:05
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
St. Pats has one or two leave for a single sex in those early years but it's definitely not a given that boys or even a boy singlular goes to STA in 4th. That's not "common". It is common that several go in 7th.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 20:30
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
A good number of St. Pats and NPS boys joined the 7th grade this year...that's probably a more natural transition time for those schools than 4th.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 19:33
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir and STA mom here. It is my understanding that an unprecedented number of Beauvoir boys are attending STA next year. In our year 25 boys from BVR went to STA. This year there are, from what I hear, about 35 boys headed to STA from BVR.
This will explain where there are fewer or no students from the usual schools- St. Pats, etc.
So many boys applying from many different schools. It makes sense that here will be years that certain schools don't have anyone admitted. The only feeder is Beauvoir.
Agree, the only true feeder is Beauvoir. But St Pats, NPS, and a public like Key or Horace Mann are usually on the list. They might not feed, per se, but they are pretty good springboards to STA.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 19:20
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir and STA mom here. It is my understanding that an unprecedented number of Beauvoir boys are attending STA next year. In our year 25 boys from BVR went to STA. This year there are, from what I hear, about 35 boys headed to STA from BVR.
This will explain where there are fewer or no students from the usual schools- St. Pats, etc.
So many boys applying from many different schools. It makes sense that here will be years that certain schools don't have anyone admitted. The only feeder is Beauvoir.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 19:19
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir and STA mom here. It is my understanding that an unprecedented number of Beauvoir boys are attending STA next year. In our year 25 boys from BVR went to STA. This year there are, from what I hear, about 35 boys headed to STA from BVR.
This will explain where there are fewer or no students from the usual schools- St. Pats, etc.
Yes true but even last year's C form class had zero St. Pat's families. St. Pats is not a feeder to STA and many applicants apply from all over.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 19:15
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Beauvoir and STA mom here. It is my understanding that an unprecedented number of Beauvoir boys are attending STA next year. In our year 25 boys from BVR went to STA. This year there are, from what I hear, about 35 boys headed to STA from BVR.
This will explain where there are fewer or no students from the usual schools- St. Pats, etc.
This will explain where there are fewer or no students from the usual schools- St. Pats, etc.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 18:47
Subject: Re:Getting into St. Albans
Anyone from Grace Episcopal get in this year?
Anonymous
04/04/2016 18:40
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: So other than Beauvoir, which schools do entering fourth graders often come from?
St Pats.
No, not a single St. Pats boy was admitted into fourth at STA in the rising C Form grade or in the rising A form grade.
No St. Pats boys are in the class for C form for next year and there were none in last year's C form class.
Holy guacamole. That is quite a dramatic reversal from years' past. Of course, that was with the old AD who had kids at ST Pats. Where is the new AD's kids? That'll be the next feeder school!
I don't think that is it necessarily. I think it had a lot to do with a lot of great boys and great families applying from all over the area and boys are admitted from Virginia, Public, Maryland, Etc... The only true feeder is Beauvoir.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 18:17
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: So other than Beauvoir, which schools do entering fourth graders often come from?
St Pats.
No, not a single St. Pats boy was admitted into fourth at STA in the rising C Form grade or in the rising A form grade.
No St. Pats boys are in the class for C form for next year and there were none in last year's C form class.
Holy guacamole. That is quite a dramatic reversal from years' past. Of course, that was with the old AD who had kids at ST Pats. Where is the new AD's kids? That'll be the next feeder school!
Anonymous
04/04/2016 18:10
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Current 4th grader at Mater Dei is going to be in 4th next year at STA. Also heard a Mater Dei 6th grader was transferring. And 3 8th graders from MD are going next year. 4 got in but one is choosing Gonzaga. STA is liking those boys!
It should be no surprise that STA is accepting these boys. MD families tend to be more hard core religious, but the boys have more in common than differences. They are by and large bright, very athletic focused, polite, and committed to doing good. What is surprising to me is that so many MD boys are applying to STA, rather than the more traditional placement at Prep, Gonzaga and STJ. I wonder if the chatter on the other thread about STA aggressively looking for athletes is true. Regardless, if this is a true trend, there will be some very unhappy families at the aforementioned schools, feeling a sense of betrayal. Maybe not the right word, but will definitely be some hurt feelings.
Anonymous
04/04/2016 16:59
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Current 4th grader at Mater Dei is going to be in 4th next year at STA. Also heard a Mater Dei 6th grader was transferring. And 3 8th graders from MD are going next year. 4 got in but one is choosing Gonzaga. STA is liking those boys!
Anonymous
04/04/2016 16:40
Subject: Getting into St. Albans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: So other than Beauvoir, which schools do entering fourth graders often come from?
St Pats.
No, not a single St. Pats boy was admitted into fourth at STA in the rising C Form grade or in the rising A form grade.
No St. Pats boys are in the class for C form for next year and there were none in last year's C form class.