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Anonymous wrote:I would hope parents are applying for schools that would fit their child's needs and not putting them somewhere for the name and they are struggling. Also, if you are paying 50k, you should want your kid to get into an Ivy league or any good college or University. Whether you apply for Gonzaga, STA, DeMatha, Landon, Maret or Sidwell and Prep....seriously, these schools are all the same. I have toured them all. Stop worrying about your money and focus on your kids education and what school best fit his learning style. You parents know your children better than anyone.

Lots of boys are not very happy at STA. Either the academics are too rigorous or the work load is too heavy or the athletics aren't very good or the social climate is tough, I have heard it all. Yet many of these boys stay because their parents feel it is the "best" and their sons will get through it, but they also really like the name recognition when socializing.

We’ve heard the opposite, that so many boys are happy. That isn’t to say you’re wrong, just that the experience seems to vary.

Similar comments happening about sidwell (opposite views).

Does that make these schools any different from any other school? (In other words, are the “top” schools less likely to have mostly happy kids? Or do we just expect more out of the “top” schools—we expect them to be different than what is normal everywhere? Serious questions.

Anonymous wrote:I would hope parents are applying for schools that would fit their child's needs and not putting them somewhere for the name and they are struggling. Also, if you are paying 50k, you should want your kid to get into an Ivy league or any good college or University. Whether you apply for Gonzaga, STA, DeMatha, Landon, Maret or Sidwell and Prep....seriously, these schools are all the same. I have toured them all. Stop worrying about your money and focus on your kids education and what school best fit his learning style. You parents know your children better than anyone.

Lots of boys are not very happy at STA. Either the academics are too rigorous or the work load is too heavy or the athletics aren't very good or the social climate is tough, I have heard it all. Yet many of these boys stay because their parents feel it is the "best" and their sons will get through it, but they also really like the name recognition when socializing.

Anonymous wrote:I would hope parents are applying for schools that would fit their child's needs and not putting them somewhere for the name and they are struggling. Also, if you are paying 50k, you should want your kid to get into an Ivy league or any good college or University. Whether you apply for Gonzaga, STA, DeMatha, Landon, Maret or Sidwell and Prep....seriously, these schools are all the same. I have toured them all. Stop worrying about your money and focus on your kids education and what school best fit his learning style. You parents know your children better than anyone.

Agree, but these schools are quite different. Just choose the ones that fit your DC.

I would hope parents are applying for schools that would fit their child's needs and not putting them somewhere for the name and they are struggling. Also, if you are paying 50k, you should want your kid to get into an Ivy league or any good college or University. Whether you apply for Gonzaga, STA, DeMatha, Landon, Maret or Sidwell and Prep....seriously, these schools are all the same. I have toured them all. Stop worrying about your money and focus on your kids education and what school best fit his learning style. You parents know your children better than anyone.

Uh, okay, do the math yourself.

St. Albans College Matriculation 2014-2018
American University
Amherst College (9)
Auburn University
Babson College (3)
Bates College (7)
Birmingham-Southern College (2)
Boston College (6)
Boston University
Bowdoin College (6)
Brigham Young University
University of British Columbia, Canada
Brown University (9)
University of California at Berkeley (7)
University of California at Los Angeles
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University (3)
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University of America
College of Charleston
University of Chicago (34)
Claremont McKenna College (2)
Clemson University
Colby College
Colgate University (3)
University of Colorado
Columbia University (12)
Connecticut College
Cornell University (4)
Dartmouth College (11)
Davidson College (9)
Denison University
Drew University
Duke University (4)
University of Edinburgh, UK (3)
Elon University
Emory University (5)
Georgetown University (9)
George Washington University (3)
Hamilton College (3)
Harvard University (10)
Haverford College (4)
Hillsdale College
Imperial College London, UK
Indiana University (7)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
Kenyon College (2)
Lehigh University (2)
London School of Economics, UK
University of Maryland (2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Miami (7)
Miami University (2)
University of Michigan (6)
Middlebury College (3)
Montgomery College
Morehouse College (3)
Mount St. Mary's University
New York University (5)
University of North Carolina (4)
Northeastern University (2)
Northwestern University (3)
University of Notre Dame (3)
Oberlin College (3)
Occidental College (5)
University of Oxford, UK
University of Pennsylvania (11)
Pennsylvania State University (3)
Pomona College
Princeton University (9)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
University of Richmond
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Santa Clara University
Sewanee: University of the South (2)
University of Southern California (5)
Southern Methodist University (2)
University of St. Andrews, UK (4)
St. John's University (2)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stanford University (5)
University of Stirling, UK
Swarthmore College (5)
Syracuse University
Temple University
University of Texas (3)
University of Toronto, Canada
Trinity College (3)
Tufts University (2)
Tulane University (12)
United States Military Academy (5)
United States Naval Academy
Vanderbilt University (3)
University of Vermont
University of Virginia (6)
Wake Forest University (8)
Washington University in St. Louis (4)
Washington & Lee University
Wesleyan University (3)
College of William & Mary (6)
Williams College
University of Wisconsin (5)
Wofford College
College of Wooster (2)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University (11)

Anonymous wrote:Actually, 40% of the class (based on a compilation from the last 5 graduating classes) goes to a top-15 ranked university or a top-10 ranked SLAC (per US News). And eighty percent go to a top 50 university or top 30 SLAC, all of which are objectively good schools.

The numbers from the last five years have already been disclosed and your statement is false. STA Booster telling lies again.

Actually, 40% of the class (based on a compilation from the last 5 graduating classes) goes to a top-15 ranked university or a top-10 ranked SLAC (per US News). And eighty percent go to a top 50 university or top 30 SLAC, all of which are objectively good schools.

Sure the top 20% end up at great schools and the top 40% at good schools, but 60% not so much. That's the issue. Everyone focuses on the top schools and no one thinks their son is going to be in the lower 60% until they are and then it's a reality check.

Anonymous wrote:DP again. Last year’s class may have been exceptional, or STA’s admissions may be on the rise.

I suspect there is significant variability between classes. Some are just stronger than others. It’s true, as is true of all privates, that only the top 20% or so will attend Ivies, Stanford, MIT. Compare STA’s stats to Sidwell or GDS and you’ll find their have better overall placement at those schools.

Nope...

Anonymous wrote:Columbia’s acceptance is around 7%. Cornell 12%. St Albans’s college acceptance isn’ t that great. A good student might get into Kenyon or UChicago.

What vintage are you and your kids? U Chicago isn't that great? STA has had great college admissions during the last several years.

The New School, Shepherd University, Whitworth University, Whittier College, Wofford College, College of Wooster, Hillsdale College, Babson College, and Birmingham-Southern College.

Interesting, all the schools attended by STA grads in the past 5 years that I have never heard of.

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Anonymous wrote:We are so jealous and wish we could be you. You are such a good writer and modest. So not pompous and condescending and fos

Facts. Not rants. Not ad hominem attacks. Put the sauce down. Stop swearing and document your position. You will do better that way.

If you can’t, just stop. So silly and lame as is.

This is definitely a young high school student commenting, it's obvious based on language used and sentence structure. Time to go back to your mountains of homework young man, you need to stay off DCUM and work hard so you don't end up at Montgomery College, Elon, Auburn, Babson, Wofford, Wooster, Hillsdale, Catholic, or College of Charleston (yes, all attended by STA grads).

Oh, and I was just going to ask about the ones who end up at Montgomery College.

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Anonymous wrote:We are so jealous and wish we could be you. You are such a good writer and modest. So not pompous and condescending and fos

Facts. Not rants. Not ad hominem attacks. Put the sauce down. Stop swearing and document your position. You will do better that way.

If you can’t, just stop. So silly and lame as is.

This is definitely a young high school student commenting, it's obvious based on language used and sentence structure. Time to go back to your mountains of homework young man, you need to stay off DCUM and work hard so you don't end up at Montgomery College, Elon, Auburn, Babson, Wofford, Wooster, Hillsdale, Catholic, or College of Charleston (yes, all attended by STA grads).

DP again. Last year’s class may have been exceptional, or STA’s admissions may be on the rise.

I suspect there is significant variability between classes. Some are just stronger than others. It’s true, as is true of all privates, that only the top 20% or so will attend Ivies, Stanford, MIT. Compare STA’s stats to Sidwell or GDS and you’ll find their have better overall placement at those schools.

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Anonymous wrote:19 out of the class went to Yale and Chicago alone. Sorry haters, you are wrong. I have the Bulletin and the class list and the numbers right in front of me. 40 is right on. Amazing when Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame and UVA are your mid-tier.

Are you really spreading fake news? 19 out of one class have never gone to Yale and Chicago. University of Chicago is the biggest feeder with 38 in the last five years (average of 7 per year) and Yale is number 2 with 16 in five years (including 2019 grads) (that's 3 on average per year) - neither of these equate to 19 in one year. Sorry, STA booster but your numbers are way off and your nose is growing in front of all of us.

DP here. The statistics cited by PP are correct for the class of 2019 according to the STA Bulletin for summer 2019. Where are you getting your stats?