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Anonymous wrote:We are not considering the option but I see why it is appealing. A lot of the HS coaches around here are terrible (and they think they are good) and FCPS is also kind of a let down. STJ is cheaper than other privates and there is a good amount of money and opportunity available for college athletes. Your kids doesn’t have to be a pro to benefit from college sports

Ok. I guess I get that but the odds of most of these kids going D1 is slim and D3 school admissions are still going to focus on academics. I can’t see how they could consider a kid from STJ as a legit academic candidate. Wouldn’t a catholic school or cheaper private be a better route coupled with a better club sport option?

You are missing the bigger picture. Significant NIL money is happening with HS athletes and schools like this will have staff out arranging deals for their athletes. There is a local HS basketball player at Highland that just signed a Reebok endorsement for 6 figures.

Also, they poached the women’s basketball coach from Sidwell who is very connected at top colleges…and the football coach is connected at D1 programs.

They will absolutely attract D1 athletes and they can do it in a way that no DMV private school will allow.

Most of these athletes find the school part annoying…so this removes most of that.

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Anonymous wrote:We are not considering the option but I see why it is appealing. A lot of the HS coaches around here are terrible (and they think they are good) and FCPS is also kind of a let down. STJ is cheaper than other privates and there is a good amount of money and opportunity available for college athletes. Your kids doesn’t have to be a pro to benefit from college sports

Ok. I guess I get that but the odds of most of these kids going D1 is slim and D3 school admissions are still going to focus on academics. I can’t see how they could consider a kid from STJ as a legit academic candidate. Wouldn’t a catholic school or cheaper private be a better route coupled with a better club sport option?

Anonymous wrote:We are not considering the option but I see why it is appealing. A lot of the HS coaches around here are terrible (and they think they are good) and FCPS is also kind of a let down. STJ is cheaper than other privates and there is a good amount of money and opportunity available for college athletes. Your kids doesn’t have to be a pro to benefit from college sports

Anonymous wrote:We are not considering the option but I see why it is appealing. A lot of the HS coaches around here are terrible (and they think they are good) and FCPS is also kind of a let down. STJ is cheaper than other privates and there is a good amount of money and opportunity available for college athletes. Your kids doesn’t have to be a pro to benefit from college sports

Anonymous wrote:Will St James Academy teams be an option for kids that choose to stay at their home school but not play for their home school?

Anonymous wrote:Will St James Academy teams be an option for kids that choose to stay at their home school but not play for their home school?

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Anonymous wrote:And college admissions officers at D1 schools don’t consider your straight A online performance academy kid to be a true straight A student. You still have to get admitted even if your kid is that good, which is unlikely.

Huh? Alabama or Georgia or some other power 4 school just cares if you scored an 800 (total) on the SAT and yeah they are fine with your online transcript (BTW…they do offer 12 AP classes) if you are a really strong athlete.

I’m talking about hockey specifically. Look at the D1 schools who offer hockey. Um no - your St James online Performance Academy kid is not getting into Harvard, Boston College, Colgate, U Mass Amherst, etc. These college admissions offices wouldn’t even know how to evaluate your online school. There are plenty of other D1 athletes they can chose from that - you know - went to school. And if you look at Tier 3 - yea - Middlebury, Colby, Amherst, and the likes are going to literally laugh at your rink schooled kid.

UMass or Minnesota would be no different than GA or Bama for football…especially if your kid is NHL draft material.

Heck, MN accepts nearly everyone anyway, so it’s nonsensical to think they would turn away a star hockey player.

Ok. Fair enough. I’ll take UMass of the list. But I stand by all of the others I mentioned.

Well, Ok…but if a kid wants to play D1 hockey, then they are fine with UMass or Minnesota.

You happened to select a sport with a professional league where academic schools are also top ranked. Thats not the case with basketball, football or baseball.

Duke couldn’t give a rats ass if Cooper Flagg had strong grades or test scores…why would they care when kids are only there to play for one year.

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Anonymous wrote:And college admissions officers at D1 schools don’t consider your straight A online performance academy kid to be a true straight A student. You still have to get admitted even if your kid is that good, which is unlikely.

Huh? Alabama or Georgia or some other power 4 school just cares if you scored an 800 (total) on the SAT and yeah they are fine with your online transcript (BTW…they do offer 12 AP classes) if you are a really strong athlete.

I’m talking about hockey specifically. Look at the D1 schools who offer hockey. Um no - your St James online Performance Academy kid is not getting into Harvard, Boston College, Colgate, U Mass Amherst, etc. These college admissions offices wouldn’t even know how to evaluate your online school. There are plenty of other D1 athletes they can chose from that - you know - went to school. And if you look at Tier 3 - yea - Middlebury, Colby, Amherst, and the likes are going to literally laugh at your rink schooled kid.

UMass or Minnesota would be no different than GA or Bama for football…especially if your kid is NHL draft material.

Heck, MN accepts nearly everyone anyway, so it’s nonsensical to think they would turn away a star hockey player.

Ok. Fair enough. I’ll take UMass of the list. But I stand by all of the others I mentioned.

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Anonymous wrote:And college admissions officers at D1 schools don’t consider your straight A online performance academy kid to be a true straight A student. You still have to get admitted even if your kid is that good, which is unlikely.

Huh? Alabama or Georgia or some other power 4 school just cares if you scored an 800 (total) on the SAT and yeah they are fine with your online transcript (BTW…they do offer 12 AP classes) if you are a really strong athlete.

I’m talking about hockey specifically. Look at the D1 schools who offer hockey. Um no - your St James online Performance Academy kid is not getting into Harvard, Boston College, Colgate, U Mass Amherst, etc. These college admissions offices wouldn’t even know how to evaluate your online school. There are plenty of other D1 athletes they can chose from that - you know - went to school. And if you look at Tier 3 - yea - Middlebury, Colby, Amherst, and the likes are going to literally laugh at your rink schooled kid.

UMass or Minnesota would be no different than GA or Bama for football…especially if your kid is NHL draft material.

Heck, MN accepts nearly everyone anyway, so it’s nonsensical to think they would turn away a star hockey player.

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Anonymous wrote:This post made me check out the St James academy. I laughed out loud when I saw under leadership that they had hired Darryl Overton to be head of football. Then I closed out my looking. St James has no credibility with that clown. Good luck parents.

The guy gets football results…not sure what made you “laugh out loud”.

Overton is a joke. So she laughed. Thats how good jokes work.

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Anonymous wrote:And college admissions officers at D1 schools don’t consider your straight A online performance academy kid to be a true straight A student. You still have to get admitted even if your kid is that good, which is unlikely.

Huh? Alabama or Georgia or some other power 4 school just cares if you scored an 800 (total) on the SAT and yeah they are fine with your online transcript (BTW…they do offer 12 AP classes) if you are a really strong athlete.

I’m talking about hockey specifically. Look at the D1 schools who offer hockey. Um no - your St James online Performance Academy kid is not getting into Harvard, Boston College, Colgate, U Mass Amherst, etc. These college admissions offices wouldn’t even know how to evaluate your online school. There are plenty of other D1 athletes they can chose from that - you know - went to school. And if you look at Tier 3 - yea - Middlebury, Colby, Amherst, and the likes are going to literally laugh at your rink schooled kid.

Anonymous wrote:Curious what is going on here...is this for home schooled children or do they actually have a school? are they trying to become an IMG Academy? Any insight?