Is Gonzaga the it school this year for boys?

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the “it” tag. Gonzaga has been around 200 years — it’s as in/out as it’s always been. For us, 3rd kid will graduate next month and he’s loved his experience and landed well in college placement. Similar experience to his uncle 40 years ago and his cousins scattered over the last 5-20 years. Boys should shadow and see if it feels right for them.

Yeah. It has a lot of history. Hell--it was a big deal when I was in high school in the 80s, but my parents thought the neighborhood was too dangerous back then for my brother .

One thing I will say---it has a ton of lifelong connections. We can be anywhere in the world and if one of my kids has something with GZ on it--there is alum that will come over and chat---from 18-80+. There is a big network.

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the “it” tag. Gonzaga has been around 200 years — it’s as in/out as it’s always been. For us, 3rd kid will graduate next month and he’s loved his experience and landed well in college placement. Similar experience to his uncle 40 years ago and his cousins scattered over the last 5-20 years. Boys should shadow and see if it feels right for them.

Yeah. It has a lot of history. Hell--it was a big deal when I was in high school in the 80s, but my parents thought the neighborhood was too dangerous back then for my brother .

One thing I will say---it has a ton of lifelong connections. We can be anywhere in the world and if one of my kids has something with GZ on it--there is alum that will come over and chat---from 18-80+. There is a big network.

My son found the GZ network to be even better than the one at his private college.

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Anonymous wrote:Considering Gonzaga for our DS, but are concerned about the commute time since we are in Chevy Chase, MD. I was looking at their college decisions instagram page (which is pretty impressive btw) and noticed a fair number of students are listed as coming from CC or Bethesda. Do most take the metro? Plugging it into GoogleMaps it shows almost an hour one way. Wondering if someone with experience with this commute could speak to this.

Could you post the link to the college decisions page? Apparently I stink at finding it.

DS is graduating from Gonzaga this year and going to one of the private “new ivies” 😉 I can say that many of his friends will decide Wednesday which true ivy they will attend. And many of them will not submit their info to the ig page.

The ig is self-reported. Of DS’s friend group, the kids going to the highest rated colleges have not/ will not post. And many are deciding on the May 1 deadline.

Still deciding in our house...ugh. 4 schools left --2 T10, 2T20. Doubt he will report. Not SM fans in our household.

I realize ig is public but I don't love that it's shared here while my kid is on it.

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Anonymous wrote:No, only if you can't afford elite private or dislike public.

It's Catholic, not private and it's half the price of the privates. It's the school for super athletes whose parents are Catholic or don't mind a catholic education.

Catholic schools ARE private schools, and Gonzaga is not a diocesan school in any event.

It's closer to a private school than most Catholic schools, but it's still part of the Washington arch-diocese and it's managed and partially staffed by ordained Catholic clergy.

Hmm. Weird logic. I guess NCS and STA are not private because of their affiliation with the Episcopal church? I assume Sidwell is not private because it is affiliated with the Quaker church? All of these schools also have chapels and a meeting house on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesuit education is strong. Georgetown, Notre Dame, Boston College, Villanova, etc have also had a big surge (always popular---but even more in this day and age as people turn away from the Ivies).

You’d have to come from a fairly conservative background to think a Catholic education at both the high school and college level is preferable to a top public or private plus Ivy education. I do realize Trumpists are all about bashing Ivies these days to appeal to populist sentiments and Jewish voters, but even so relatively few are going to confuse Notre Dame with HYP or BC and Villanova with Dartmouth or Brown.

Just in case you needed a reality check.

Nah, we’re “Catholic for the in-parish tuition” level Catholics and think Jesuit schools (I’ll speak to Gonzaga/BC) really teach the idea of looking out for and learning about others in a way you probably don’t get at your grassy knoll privates. I’m sure no one misses us at Princeton, etc., but people look for different things.

I work at Georgetown’s med school and “the idea of looking out for and learning about others” is very important. I deeply admire what I have learned about Jesuit education since working there and believe that one of the things the Jesuits do best is preparing students to be good people and to prioritize caring for others in a difficult world.

. +100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the “it” tag. Gonzaga has been around 200 years — it’s as in/out as it’s always been. For us, 3rd kid will graduate next month and he’s loved his experience and landed well in college placement. Similar experience to his uncle 40 years ago and his cousins scattered over the last 5-20 years. Boys should shadow and see if it feels right for them.

Ditto, it’s sad to see the intent of Gonzaga go so far off the rails since my family attended in the 40’s and throughout the years and even now.

I’d say it’s the “it” school for 20% of the around 50 cousins/nephews/etc in our family and that’s okay.

It’s not a great school for some and it’s an amazing school for others.

They don’t produce a Caleb nor did they creat a Ken.

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It seems very cult-ish. The parents all seem to be country club types who are re-living their high school experiences via their kids. Went to a game there and the students were very out of hand and saying nasty things to the parents of their opponents.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesuit education is strong. Georgetown, Notre Dame, Boston College, Villanova, etc have also had a big surge (always popular---but even more in this day and age as people turn away from the Ivies).

You’d have to come from a fairly conservative background to think a Catholic education at both the high school and college level is preferable to a top public or private plus Ivy education. I do realize Trumpists are all about bashing Ivies these days to appeal to populist sentiments and Jewish voters, but even so relatively few are going to confuse Notre Dame with HYP or BC and Villanova with Dartmouth or Brown.

Just in case you needed a reality check.

You clearly know nothing about Catholics or Catholic highs schools and colleges. You are really embarrassing yourself.

Actually, I know quite a bit about the former, and it was enough to steer us away from the latter. But go ahead and pretend that Gonzaga is new St. Albans or that Notre Dame is the new Yale. Your friends at OLGC or Saint Bernadette's will be impressed, and that's probably what matters to you.

This whole thread is so embarrassing and supports the reasons we turned "it" down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems everyone I speak to is going there next year or applying. Is it that great?

No, it's just big so more boys you know go there than other privates.

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C'mon, give Gonzaga its moment. Just had two kids picked in top 11 in NFL draft. Very good p.r. for the school. Hope Caleb Williams succeeds in Chicago!

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Anonymous wrote:Considering Gonzaga for our DS, but are concerned about the commute time since we are in Chevy Chase, MD. I was looking at their college decisions instagram page (which is pretty impressive btw) and noticed a fair number of students are listed as coming from CC or Bethesda. Do most take the metro? Plugging it into GoogleMaps it shows almost an hour one way. Wondering if someone with experience with this commute could speak to this.

Could you post the link to the college decisions page? Apparently I stink at finding it.

DS is graduating from Gonzaga this year and going to one of the private “new ivies” 😉 I can say that many of his friends will decide Wednesday which true ivy they will attend. And many of them will not submit their info to the ig page.

The ig is self-reported. Of DS’s friend group, the kids going to the highest rated colleges have not/ will not post. And many are deciding on the May 1 deadline.

Still deciding in our house...ugh. 4 schools left --2 T10, 2T20. Doubt he will report. Not SM fans in our household.

I realize ig is public but I don't love that it's shared here while my kid is on it.

You know that this is how this all works, right?

Good grief.

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Anonymous wrote:Considering Gonzaga for our DS, but are concerned about the commute time since we are in Chevy Chase, MD. I was looking at their college decisions instagram page (which is pretty impressive btw) and noticed a fair number of students are listed as coming from CC or Bethesda. Do most take the metro? Plugging it into GoogleMaps it shows almost an hour one way. Wondering if someone with experience with this commute could speak to this.

Could you post the link to the college decisions page? Apparently I stink at finding it.

DS is graduating from Gonzaga this year and going to one of the private “new ivies” 😉 I can say that many of his friends will decide Wednesday which true ivy they will attend. And many of them will not submit their info to the ig page.

The ig is self-reported. Of DS’s friend group, the kids going to the highest rated colleges have not/ will not post. And many are deciding on the May 1 deadline.

Still deciding in our house...ugh. 4 schools left --2 T10, 2T20. Doubt he will report. Not SM fans in our household.

I think my DS knows yours. Great choices. Congrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:C'mon, give Gonzaga its moment. Just had two kids picked in top 11 in NFL draft. Very good p.r. for the school. Hope Caleb Williams succeeds in Chicago!

Gonzaga is a great institution for boys!

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Anonymous wrote:Considering Gonzaga for our DS, but are concerned about the commute time since we are in Chevy Chase, MD. I was looking at their college decisions instagram page (which is pretty impressive btw) and noticed a fair number of students are listed as coming from CC or Bethesda. Do most take the metro? Plugging it into GoogleMaps it shows almost an hour one way. Wondering if someone with experience with this commute could speak to this.

Could you post the link to the college decisions page? Apparently I stink at finding it.

DS is graduating from Gonzaga this year and going to one of the private “new ivies” 😉 I can say that many of his friends will decide Wednesday which true ivy they will attend. And many of them will not submit their info to the ig page.

The ig is self-reported. Of DS’s friend group, the kids going to the highest rated colleges have not/ will not post. And many are deciding on the May 1 deadline.

Still deciding in our house...ugh. 4 schools left --2 T10, 2T20. Doubt he will report. Not SM fans in our household.

I think my DS knows yours. Great choices. Congrats.

Woo hoo 🎉