Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 19:08     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think St Albans prioritizes boys from private elementary schools - I think STA is looking for boys who will stay through graduation and families who are committed to private school early demonstrate they value paying all that money for the private school experience. Further, STA knows the curriculum, teachers and culture of these places. Wouldn’t you listen to the opinion of someone you know first-hand than someone you don’t know? Same with coming from Beauvoir. They really know those kids because they came from the Close.

But don’t take that to mean that these boys are not deserving. They often are great students who achieve a lot of success at STA. Another poster mentioned that they like certain public schools more than others and this is in the same vein. They have seen students succeed and add to the community from these schools so they too seem like a known quantities.

Bottom line, there are many more qualified boys than slots. There are deserving boys who are not offered admission, certainly. I am glad there are so many private schools in the area and hopefully one of those other phenomenal choices worked out for your kid.


We of course they prioritize boys from private schools, esp BVR. That’s called a hook. Schools those kids fit the mold because the ones who don’t have already been counseled out (lovely phrase) and the parents have money and one or two of the other hooks. That’s what they build a class on. That’s the business model.

Get you kid into a k-8 early when merit does not count and they’ll get that private school bump. A k-12 (and BVR+NCS/STA counts) is even better; they can coast through US.


STA would usu admit a small number of DCPS students from Eaton ES and Deal Jr High back in the day for Forms I-IV. But that was 30 years ago in the 90s. Form III admits were around seven or eight students total from a mix of public and private schools.


That is still the case. 14 years ago and 4 years ago

What has changed from 30 years ago is Tuition and the declining ability of MC parents to afford 4- 9 years of Private MS/ HS that enables that move from DC Public.

30 years ago STA was about 20K or so a year, now its above 50K a year.

At the same time, Ward 1 home prices are now above 1 million so that requires join income of about 250K plus- just the group that WON"T be Getting FA

Hence, the Big Privates increasingly are taking solely the kids of Big Law and the Suburban rich about the smart, but MC DC kids
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 11:47     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
All admissions years are challenging and many bright kids enter at each point
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 10:40     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son got in for 6th grade few years ago from another private
Overall SSAT was around 93
He played an individual sport in a high level
But nothing else to stand out.
And no hook!


6th and 7th grade are FAR easier than 4th grade (non-Beauvoir) and 9th grade admission. I know a good number of boys who were admitted in 6th or 7th who would never have made the cut in 9th.

No way
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 09:56     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son got in for 6th grade few years ago from another private
Overall SSAT was around 93
He played an individual sport in a high level
But nothing else to stand out.
And no hook!


6th and 7th grade are FAR easier than 4th grade (non-Beauvoir) and 9th grade admission. I know a good number of boys who were admitted in 6th or 7th who would never have made the cut in 9th.


Far easier than 6 and 7? They accept more non Beauvoir kids in 4th than they accept new boys in 6th or 7th.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 07:38     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:My son got in for 6th grade few years ago from another private
Overall SSAT was around 93
He played an individual sport in a high level
But nothing else to stand out.
And no hook!


6th and 7th grade are FAR easier than 4th grade (non-Beauvoir) and 9th grade admission. I know a good number of boys who were admitted in 6th or 7th who would never have made the cut in 9th.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2022 12:43     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
STA would occasionally admit a student for 6th Form which never made much sense. I can’t fathom how just a few months at a new school helps with college admissions. (In England 6th Form college is an optional year or two of secondary schooling to prepare for A Level exams.)
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2022 08:13     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Soccer won the regular season not the tournament.


Okay but still They won the regular IAC season that is great which would mean their sports teams are not as pp indicated


STA was the DC STATE CHAMPION in soccer and in swimming and diving as well. Now, as of yesterday, also DC State Champion in golf.


What state does DC compete in?

DC has its own State Championship even though they aren’t a state. I guess just to give the Leif’s the same opportunity as kids living in other states for some sports.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 23:03     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Soccer won the regular season not the tournament.


Okay but still They won the regular IAC season that is great which would mean their sports teams are not as pp indicated


STA was the DC STATE CHAMPION in soccer and in swimming and diving as well. Now, as of yesterday, also DC State Champion in golf.


What state does DC compete in?
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 22:42     Subject: Re:St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
We got in totally unhooked. Didn’t come from a feeder or even a school where anyone else has gotten in in previous decades. Kids have done great. Perhaps we opened some eyes.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 20:57     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think St Albans prioritizes boys from private elementary schools - I think STA is looking for boys who will stay through graduation and families who are committed to private school early demonstrate they value paying all that money for the private school experience. Further, STA knows the curriculum, teachers and culture of these places. Wouldn’t you listen to the opinion of someone you know first-hand than someone you don’t know? Same with coming from Beauvoir. They really know those kids because they came from the Close.

But don’t take that to mean that these boys are not deserving. They often are great students who achieve a lot of success at STA. Another poster mentioned that they like certain public schools more than others and this is in the same vein. They have seen students succeed and add to the community from these schools so they too seem like a known quantities.

Bottom line, there are many more qualified boys than slots. There are deserving boys who are not offered admission, certainly. I am glad there are so many private schools in the area and hopefully one of those other phenomenal choices worked out for your kid.


We of course they prioritize boys from private schools, esp BVR. That’s called a hook. Schools those kids fit the mold because the ones who don’t have already been counseled out (lovely phrase) and the parents have money and one or two of the other hooks. That’s what they build a class on. That’s the business model.

Get you kid into a k-8 early when merit does not count and they’ll get that private school bump. A k-12 (and BVR+NCS/STA counts) is even better; they can coast through US.


STA would usu admit a small number of DCPS students from Eaton ES and Deal Jr High back in the day for Forms I-IV. But that was 30 years ago in the 90s. Form III admits were around seven or eight students total from a mix of public and private schools.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 19:28     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Soccer won the regular season not the tournament.


Okay but still They won the regular IAC season that is great which would mean their sports teams are not as pp indicated


STA was the DC STATE CHAMPION in soccer and in swimming and diving as well. Now, as of yesterday, also DC State Champion in golf.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 13:07     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Soccer won the regular season not the tournament.


Okay but still They won the regular IAC season that is great which would mean their sports teams are not as pp indicated
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 12:41     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Soccer won the regular season not the tournament.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 12:38     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
Anonymous wrote:Then why are the sports to bad?


This is false. They just won the IAC in tennis and in golf and also in hockey! Baseball was number two overall for the season for IAC regular season. Soccer also won the IAC championship in the fall.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2022 22:48     Subject: St. Albans acceptance rate = 25 to 30%?
One cannot take these rejections so personally. STA has many more qualified applications than spots. Do not turn yourself into a pretzel trying to figure out the "why".