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Anonymous wrote:The odds are much better at B with all the slots available than at St. Patrick's.

A lot more people apply to Beauvoir plus the threshold is much higher at B - the scores are much higher...I don't know anyone whose child has below a 95% on testing

My child's FSIQ was lower than 95% and she got into Beauvoir and three other VERY good schools

Anonymous wrote:Why did I write this?

Because I think it's fun to rile people up on DCUM over silly little things, and nothing, and I mean nothing, accomplishes that like posting a statement like this about "B." (And the reason this always works is that there is an element of truth to the statement.)

And you need to get a life. Seriously, you are the abomination of desolation. People come here for advice, to be part of a community, or other good reasons. Not because we have anonymity to freely insult others. While most of us are "big girls" and can take insults, your random insults force every single one of us to wade through your pointless posts and the outraged reactions -- all a COMPLETE waste of time. Thanks for nothing.

19:17 here. Just to clarify, I did not start the initial comparison between St. Pats and Beauvoir. I am not a St. Pats parent, nor a Beauvoir parent. My kids are at Maret, and so clearly I do not have a stake in the game. When we applied to schools, we did not apply to either St. Pats or Beauvoir, as we were looking for a different setting for my kids. However, I was told by the ED we consulted, that the schools were very competetive with each other, and seemed so when we toured them both. I just can't understand why parents of children at B seem so threatened by any comparisons made between them and St. Pats. The bottom line is that they are both wonderful schools. Its quite unbecoming of Beauvoir parents to continue to insist that their child's school is so far superior to St. Pats, and what seems like every other private school in DC.

My advice to future Beauvoir families: Don't read DCUM.

I was told this before I even applied to any schools obviously so I can't see why they would all be lying.

Did you apply or do you mean to say your child? What cracks me up is all these parents so caught up with this - it's your child going to the school...not you...

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like YOU'RE the one who should be starting the new post- in your case entitled "Why Beauvoir is better than St. Pats." You ask why a PP needs to constantly compare the two schools with B coming out unfavorably, then you go on to do the same thing, but with St. Pats coming out less favorably. Talk about the height of hypocrisy.

I am not the one going onto threads directed at Beauvoir parents and stating all of my negative thoughts like you are. You are the one that began comparing St. Pats and B which is why I finally had to say it how it is which is that they aren't even in the same league. I think St. Pat's is a great school but I am just stating the obvious, which is what I have been told by ALL of the educational consultants which is that they are not in the same league/tier. I was told this before I even applied to any schools obviously so I can't see why they would all be lying.

Sounds like YOU'RE the one who should be starting the new post- in your case entitled "Why Beauvoir is better than St. Pats." You ask why a PP needs to constantly compare the two schools with B coming out unfavorably, then you go on to do the same thing, but with St. Pats coming out less favorably. Talk about the height of hypocrisy.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that you couldn't just let poster 22:27 comment go.....why this manic rush to defend Beauvoir against St. Pats?? And not to belabor this point, but if Beauvoir is so much "better" than St. Pats, than why do so many faculty members from St. Alban's (including AD) choose to send their kids to St. Pat's over B? And I don't buy the argument that they don't want their kids "down the hall." These kids would not even be in the same building with their parent if they went to B, and besides, if B was so far superior to St. Pats, you would think they wouldn't care if their kids' classrooms were next door. The implication here is that a group of academics who clearly have a handle on the education environment in DC, have chosen St. Pats over B for their children's education. This speaks volumes.

Who cares!? This has nothing to do with this thread. Why don't you start a "Why Beauvoir isn't as good as St. Pat's thread" then post all of your comments there b/c clearly that is the goal of every one of your posts. Why must you find the need to constantly compare St. Pat's and Beauvoir? It is like comparing Harvard and Tufts. Both great schools but Tufts is no Harvard just as St. Pat's is no Beauvoir. Different leagues different schools. It doesn't have to mean that St. Pat's isn't a great school.

PP, read carefully. The post was in reference to 8:42's comments.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that you couldn't just let poster 22:27 comment go.....why this manic rush to defend Beauvoir against St. Pats?? And not to belabor this point, but if Beauvoir is so much "better" than St. Pats, than why do so many faculty members from St. Alban's (including AD) choose to send their kids to St. Pat's over B? And I don't buy the argument that they don't want their kids "down the hall." These kids would not even be in the same building with their parent if they went to B, and besides, if B was so far superior to St. Pats, you would think they wouldn't care if their kids' classrooms were next door. The implication here is that a group of academics who clearly have a handle on the education environment in DC, have chosen St. Pats over B for their children's education. This speaks volumes.

We are different posters and I am weighing in my opinion on the matter if that is ok with you. This is a myth about so many St. Alban's teachers children going to St. Pats. The reason why people are so defensive on this particular thread about Beauvoir is because this was a thread asking for advice from other Beauvoir parents and you came on it to trash Beauvoir and be ridiculous. That is why the mad rush to defend Beauvoir b/c your presence on this particular thread is not necessary, since I take it you don't attend Beauvoir. You obviously were rejected from Beauvoir and can't get past it or you just hate the school for no apparent reason which is even scarier!

Sorry, but St. Alban's faculty putting their children at St. Patrick's is no myth. It's a fact.

There are also former Beauvoir teachers who send their children to St. Patrick's.

Your comments are just absurd, everytime you make them. And you continue to make them. What you should understand is that it doesn't matter whether your story is fact or myth. This doesn't speak volumes at all. We chose Beauvoir one child and another school for another child. We never applied to St. Patrick's after learning about it. I'm no academic and don't think it takes one to validate or justify school choice, but I have a handle on the education environment in DC and chose schools based on best fit for my children. Doesn't speak volumes about Beauvoir or the other school that we chose. Doesn't speak volumes about the schools of a few other families we know who have made different choices for kids in the same family.

What's so absurd? All I wrote was that it's not a myth that some St. Alban's faculty and former Beauvoir faculty send their children to St. Patrick's. I didn't say it speaks volumes. Where did I write that? I just stated two facts in response to someone else's post.

I'm glad you have such a handle on the "education environment" in DC. Can I hire you as my educational consultant?

Anonymous wrote:Learn to take yourself, and your child, very, very seriously. Absolutely no humor permitted in your life at all now, especially when it comes to discussing "the B."

I am the person who wrote this.

No, our family was not rejected from Beauvoir. In fact, I had never even HEARD of Beauvoir before I started fooling around on DCUM about a year or so ago. (Contrary to some posters' thoughts, Beauvoir is not widely acknowledged throughout the entire solor system as the finest private school on earth.)

Why did I write this?

Because I think it's fun to rile people up on DCUM over silly little things, and nothing, and I mean nothing, accomplishes that like posting a statement like this about "B." (And the reason this always works is that there is an element of truth to the statement.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that you couldn't just let poster 22:27 comment go.....why this manic rush to defend Beauvoir against St. Pats?? And not to belabor this point, but if Beauvoir is so much "better" than St. Pats, than why do so many faculty members from St. Alban's (including AD) choose to send their kids to St. Pat's over B? And I don't buy the argument that they don't want their kids "down the hall." These kids would not even be in the same building with their parent if they went to B, and besides, if B was so far superior to St. Pats, you would think they wouldn't care if their kids' classrooms were next door. The implication here is that a group of academics who clearly have a handle on the education environment in DC, have chosen St. Pats over B for their children's education. This speaks volumes.

We are different posters and I am weighing in my opinion on the matter if that is ok with you. This is a myth about so many St. Alban's teachers children going to St. Pats. The reason why people are so defensive on this particular thread about Beauvoir is because this was a thread asking for advice from other Beauvoir parents and you came on it to trash Beauvoir and be ridiculous. That is why the mad rush to defend Beauvoir b/c your presence on this particular thread is not necessary, since I take it you don't attend Beauvoir. You obviously were rejected from Beauvoir and can't get past it or you just hate the school for no apparent reason which is even scarier!

Sorry, but St. Alban's faculty putting their children at St. Patrick's is no myth. It's a fact.

There are also former Beauvoir teachers who send their children to St. Patrick's.

Your comments are just absurd, everytime you make them. And you continue to make them. What you should understand is that it doesn't matter whether your story is fact or myth. This doesn't speak volumes at all. We chose Beauvoir one child and another school for another child. We never applied to St. Patrick's after learning about it. I'm no academic and don't think it takes one to validate or justify school choice, but I have a handle on the education environment in DC and chose schools based on best fit for my children. Doesn't speak volumes about Beauvoir or the other school that we chose. Doesn't speak volumes about the schools of a few other families we know who have made different choices for kids in the same family.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that you couldn't just let poster 22:27 comment go.....why this manic rush to defend Beauvoir against St. Pats?? And not to belabor this point, but if Beauvoir is so much "better" than St. Pats, than why do so many faculty members from St. Alban's (including AD) choose to send their kids to St. Pat's over B? And I don't buy the argument that they don't want their kids "down the hall." These kids would not even be in the same building with their parent if they went to B, and besides, if B was so far superior to St. Pats, you would think they wouldn't care if their kids' classrooms were next door. The implication here is that a group of academics who clearly have a handle on the education environment in DC, have chosen St. Pats over B for their children's education. This speaks volumes.

We are different posters and I am weighing in my opinion on the matter if that is ok with you. This is a myth about so many St. Alban's teachers children going to St. Pats. The reason why people are so defensive on this particular thread about Beauvoir is because this was a thread asking for advice from other Beauvoir parents and you came on it to trash Beauvoir and be ridiculous. That is why the mad rush to defend Beauvoir b/c your presence on this particular thread is not necessary, since I take it you don't attend Beauvoir. You obviously were rejected from Beauvoir and can't get past it or you just hate the school for no apparent reason which is even scarier!

Sorry, but St. Alban's faculty putting their children at St. Patrick's is no myth. It's a fact.

There are also former Beauvoir teachers who send their children to St. Patrick's.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, OP, in addition to the elitist crowd, you should know Beauvoir is stuffed to the gills with self righteous parents who chose the school for fit.

Great! Then I'll feel right at home.

-8:48 poster

Anonymous wrote:Oh, OP, in addition to the elitist crowd, you should know Beauvoir is stuffed to the gills with self righteous parents who chose the school for fit.

LOL, so TRUE! My DS enjoyed his years at Beauvoir. Lovely school. Was our bridge into STA and I'm not ashamed to admit it.