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|  | Admissions Admissions Welcome Thank you for your interest in St. Andrew’s! Hopefully learning a little more about us will help you to know if St. Andrew’s is the right place for your family.
WHO WE ARE: St. Andrew’s is an established school that prides itself on rigorous college preparatory academics, community pride, and a reputation for producing the type of people who make this world a better place. The combination of a carefully crafted curriculum that focuses on our students’ emotional needs as well as their scholastic goals, the purposeful integration of daily Chapel combined with wellness and ethics classes, and a committed, caring, and creative faculty is a recipe for success that can’t be duplicated anywhere else.
WHAT WE ARE: Put simply, we are a family. We take care of one another and our school. We have a committed and strong volunteer force in our families. Parents volunteer at athletic and fine art events, in fundraising and development, in the classroom, the library, and in the lunchroom. Our community is very engaged and present, and we count on their generosity of time and heart to sustain the essential connection between parent, school, and student.
WHERE WE’RE GOING: Our commitment to an all-inclusive education that provides our students with an abundance of opportunities to find their life’s passion has guided our graduates to careers in many diverse fields. Among the many doctors and lawyers are also actors, soldiers, community leaders, artistsand writers. We are also proud to have a large number of teachers in our alumni.
Our admissions packet (downloadable at right) describes the essence of a St. Andrew’s education, grades 1-12, through the four graduation honors achievable by our seniors: Scholar, Artist, Athlete, and Servant. But these distinctions do not just apply to Upper School students, they truly define what we incorporate into our curriculum at all levels, and what we wish for all students who attend our school. |
MENTORING
New Family Mentoring Program
We recognize that being at a new school can be overwhelming and confusing for new students and their parents, and it is our goal to help ease this transition as much as possible.
The New Family Mentoring Program links new parents with an existing family mentor at St. Andrew's. Family mentors contact their new family before the beginning of the school year, to offer a personal welcome and address questions or concerns. When possible, they will help make arrangements for new students to meet some of his/her new classmates prior to the first day of school. As the school year progresses, mentors continue to help new families become adjusted to life at St. Andrew's.
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| | Download our NEW Admissions Packet! Meet the Admissions Department  Malia AycockUpper School Admissions Director 299-9720 Year Appointed: 2003 University of Texas at Austin - BJ |
 Diane WilliamsLower and Middle School Admissions Director 299-9802 Year Appointed: 1992 Southwest Texas State University - BS |
 Steven GarciaUpper School Admissions Officer 299-9707 Year Appointed: 2005 St. Edwards University - BA |
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| 2009-2010 Prospective Family Events
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Prospective LS/MS Parent Open House
(Grades 1-8):
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:30 am
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 6:40 pm
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 9:30 am
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 9:30 am
Prospective 6th Grade Parent Coffee and Information:
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 9:00-10:30 am
Thursday, January 6, 2011, 9:00-10:30 am
6th, 7th, 8th Grade Information Night
with Faculty
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 6:00pm
For questions, contact Diane Williams,
LS/MS Admissions Director.
Prospective US Family Info Night
(Grades 9-12):
Monday, October 25, 2010, 6:30 pm
Sunday, January 9, 2010, 3:00-5:00 pm
For questions, contact Malia Aycock,
US Admissions Director.
Testing dates:
1st grade: February 12 and 19 at St. Andrew's
(Testing date assignments will be mailed to all 1st grade applicants in late January 2011.)
2nd-4th grades: March 5, 2011 at St. Andrew's
5th-12th grades: ISEE required; dates listed in ISEE Student Guide
(Call the Admissions office to request a Student Guide or visit www.iseetest.org)
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| | Class of 2009 College Choices Arizona State University (2)
Auburn University
Baylor University
Blinn College
College of Charleston
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Franklin College Switzerland
Georgetown University
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Kenyon College (2)
Lake Forest College
Middlebury College (2)
Pepperdine University
Reed College
Rhodes College (3)
Rice University (3)
Sewanee: University of the South (2)
Smith College
Southern Methodist University (2)
Southwestern University
St. Edward's University (2)
Texas Christian University (5)
Texas Woman's University
The George Washington University
The University of Alabama (4)
The University of Texas, Austin (3)
The University of Texas, Austin (Plan II)
The University of Texas, San Antonio
Trinity University (2)
University of Arkansas
University of Colorado at Boulder (3)
University of Kansas
University of Miami
University of Mississippi
University of North Texas
University of Pennsylvania
University of Redlands
University of Rochester (2)
University of San Diego
University of Southern California
University of Virginia (2)
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University (3)
Washington University in St. Louis
Whitman College
Wyoming Seminary (post-grad. year)
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| | College Acceptances for Classes 2002-2009
National Merit and Advanced Placement Scholar Information:
Since 2006, 21% of seniors were recognized by the National Merit Corporation, 5% were honored as semifinalists, and 15% were recognized by The College Board AP Program.
SAT Statistics: Listed below are St. Andrew’s averages compared with those reported by the College Board, by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and by the Austin Independent School District (AISD) and the Eanes School District.
• Critical Reading: SAS 622 / National Average 502 / NAIS Average 589 / AISD Average 502 / Eanes Average 588
• Mathematics: SAS 617 / National Average 515 / NAIS Average 600 / AISD Average 526 / Eanes Average 615
• Writing: SAS 610 / National Average 494 / NAIS Average 592 / AISD Average 488 / Eanes Average 571
Current Ratio of College Counselors to seniors: 1 to 10 or less
Merit Scholarship monies awarded to members of the Class of 2009: $4.2 million
Average GPA of a St. Andrew's graduate in their first semester of their first year of college: 3.3
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