Will Villanova become more competitive than ND or Georgetown?

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Anonymous wrote:HC outcomes dominate Boston College unless you want to be a nurse or teacher.

Clarence Thomas! Look at their sports schedule for 1870!!
The HC >>> BC booster is ridiculous. BC is ranked #37. Both are fine schools.

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Anonymous wrote:HC outcomes dominate Boston College unless you want to be a nurse or teacher.

Clarence Thomas! Look at their sports schedule for 1870!!
The HC >>> BC booster is ridiculous. BC is ranked #37. Both are fine schools.

HC > washu

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Anonymous wrote:Given the pope connection,are we looking at a sub 10% acceptance rate coming up for Villanova?

There aren’t as many applicants as you think that choose a college because a pope went there.

Hard to say since it hasn’t been possible until now, in the US at least.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the matriculation numbers for perhaps best Jesuit high school in country Regis in NYC Holy Cross outperforms all the others and HC enrollment at 3200 kids is a fraction of Villanova and Boston College same applies for Loyola and Fenwick in Chicago. Alumni success in high profile positions matters Holy Cross, Gtown and ND have it. Take a tour of the top
Catholic schools and look at the ivy growing on older buildings, ND, Holy Cross, and Georgetown have it. The campuses at Villanova, BC, Fairfield and Providence are newer buildings reflecting their transitions to residential colleges,

Way to twist those facts. Based on your questionable logic, Georgetown is #1 Catholic, then BC, and Fordham (tied), then Notre Dame, then Holy Cross.

So if that is the basis of your analysis, which is super weak to begin with, then you are completely wrong. But I'm sure you will now move the goalposts.

https://www.regis.org/downloads/2024%20Regis%20School%20Final%20Profile-v1-1.pdf

Bad argument. The Regis students who go to Jesuit schools benefit from a HUGE hook. My interpretation would be that the ones who go to Holy Cross were not admitted (even though they had a huge hook) to Georgetown or BC.

This is a bad take. I have a son who went to Regis. BC and Georgetown have pretty thin FA and there are plenty of upper middle class families at Regis with more than 2 kids who feel squeezed by those two schools in particular. I heard it frequently. Holy Cross has better merit, more full rides available, at least one Regis kid per year takes that over BC/Georgetown. We also have NMF kids who will take Fordham's scholarship offer over BC and Georgetown acceptances. There's a Santa Clara full ride recipient this year taking it over ND and Georgetown. ND seems to have plenty of 20-25k scholarships and kids will take those over BC and Georgetown too, even if they had some preference for GU. Regis kids get the money part and what that means to their families.

Thanks! I think you made my point -- Regis grads are choosing Holy Cross, Santa Clara, and Fordham (all great schools!) for merit/ financial reasons. Georgetown offers no merit. BC does -- Stamps and Gabelli -- so it would be interesting to see students who won those scholarships choosing Holy Cross over them.

I was pushing back against the idea that Regis students were choosing Holy Cross over Georgetown and BC when all things were equal.

I thought you were making another point, which was that Regis kid going to HC are only going because they didnt't get into GU or BC. They did. But they don't find them worth full pay. This is more true for BC than GU to be fair. These families will pay full fare for HYP over full ride HC or full ride at BC. Stamps at ND will sometime turn heads - even from HYP.

If you’re rich enough to spend 400k on BC and not feel the pain you’re rich enough to buy your way into a better school and should.

High six figures will get you into a lower T25. Low seven figures get you T20 and the lower ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:There are 4 medical schools in Massachusetts, 2 of them have Holy Cross grads. Harvard has been feuding with President Trump recently, the Vice Chairman of the Harvard Corporation is a Holy Cross grad and classmate of Clarence Thomas, HC grads outcomes is amazing:

you're bragging that Clarence Thomas is a HC grad? That's all we need to know about your credibility. blah blah blah

You’re crazy if you think Bc and Nova’s leadership wouldn’t claim him as their own if they could. They’d take any spotlight, like this pope business

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Anonymous wrote:Given the pope connection,are we looking at a sub 10% acceptance rate coming up for Villanova?

There aren’t as many applicants as you think that choose a college because a pope went there.

Hard to say since it hasn’t been possible until now, in the US at least.

And many thought smart, career driven students wouldn’t care if Duke’s team could compete at the top level of basketball. They were proven wrong. Lots of Catholic families will view Nova like Harvard

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Anonymous wrote:HC outcomes dominate Boston College unless you want to be a nurse or teacher.

Clarence Thomas! Look at their sports schedule for 1870!!
The HC >>> BC booster is ridiculous. BC is ranked #37. Both are fine schools.

HC > washu

HC>St Louis U>Wash U>BC

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Anonymous wrote:There are 4 medical schools in Massachusetts, 2 of them have Holy Cross grads. Harvard has been feuding with President Trump recently, the Vice Chairman of the Harvard Corporation is a Holy Cross grad and classmate of Clarence Thomas, HC grads outcomes is amazing:

you're bragging that Clarence Thomas is a HC grad? That's all we need to know about your credibility. blah blah blah

You’re crazy if you think Bc and Nova’s leadership wouldn’t claim him as their own if they could. They’d take any spotlight, like this pope business

you're insane

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Anonymous wrote:No, very few have Pope as their career goal. But for those that do, it might swing the needle to Villanova.

+1. Encourage your child with aspirations to the Papacy to apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the matriculation numbers for perhaps best Jesuit high school in country Regis in NYC Holy Cross outperforms all the others and HC enrollment at 3200 kids is a fraction of Villanova and Boston College same applies for Loyola and Fenwick in Chicago. Alumni success in high profile positions matters Holy Cross, Gtown and ND have it. Take a tour of the top
Catholic schools and look at the ivy growing on older buildings, ND, Holy Cross, and Georgetown have it. The campuses at Villanova, BC, Fairfield and Providence are newer buildings reflecting their transitions to residential colleges,

Way to twist those facts. Based on your questionable logic, Georgetown is #1 Catholic, then BC, and Fordham (tied), then Notre Dame, then Holy Cross.

So if that is the basis of your analysis, which is super weak to begin with, then you are completely wrong. But I'm sure you will now move the goalposts.

https://www.regis.org/downloads/2024%20Regis%20School%20Final%20Profile-v1-1.pdf

Bad argument. The Regis students who go to Jesuit schools benefit from a HUGE hook. My interpretation would be that the ones who go to Holy Cross were not admitted (even though they had a huge hook) to Georgetown or BC.

This is a bad take. I have a son who went to Regis. BC and Georgetown have pretty thin FA and there are plenty of upper middle class families at Regis with more than 2 kids who feel squeezed by those two schools in particular. I heard it frequently. Holy Cross has better merit, more full rides available, at least one Regis kid per year takes that over BC/Georgetown. We also have NMF kids who will take Fordham's scholarship offer over BC and Georgetown acceptances. There's a Santa Clara full ride recipient this year taking it over ND and Georgetown. ND seems to have plenty of 20-25k scholarships and kids will take those over BC and Georgetown too, even if they had some preference for GU. Regis kids get the money part and what that means to their families.

Thanks! I think you made my point -- Regis grads are choosing Holy Cross, Santa Clara, and Fordham (all great schools!) for merit/ financial reasons. Georgetown offers no merit. BC does -- Stamps and Gabelli -- so it would be interesting to see students who won those scholarships choosing Holy Cross over them.

I was pushing back against the idea that Regis students were choosing Holy Cross over Georgetown and BC when all things were equal.

I thought you were making another point, which was that Regis kid going to HC are only going because they didnt't get into GU or BC. They did. But they don't find them worth full pay. This is more true for BC than GU to be fair. These families will pay full fare for HYP over full ride HC or full ride at BC. Stamps at ND will sometime turn heads - even from HYP.

If you’re rich enough to spend 400k on BC and not feel the pain you’re rich enough to buy your way into a better school and should.

High six figures will get you into a lower T25. Low seven figures get you T20 and the lower ivies.

Why do you post? You have no idea what you're talking about. Complete nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:No, very few have Pope as their career goal. But for those that do, it might swing the needle to Villanova.

+1. Encourage your child with aspirations to the Papacy to apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the matriculation numbers for perhaps best Jesuit high school in country Regis in NYC Holy Cross outperforms all the others and HC enrollment at 3200 kids is a fraction of Villanova and Boston College same applies for Loyola and Fenwick in Chicago. Alumni success in high profile positions matters Holy Cross, Gtown and ND have it. Take a tour of the top
Catholic schools and look at the ivy growing on older buildings, ND, Holy Cross, and Georgetown have it. The campuses at Villanova, BC, Fairfield and Providence are newer buildings reflecting their transitions to residential colleges,

Way to twist those facts. Based on your questionable logic, Georgetown is #1 Catholic, then BC, and Fordham (tied), then Notre Dame, then Holy Cross.

So if that is the basis of your analysis, which is super weak to begin with, then you are completely wrong. But I'm sure you will now move the goalposts.

https://www.regis.org/downloads/2024%20Regis%20School%20Final%20Profile-v1-1.pdf

Bad argument. The Regis students who go to Jesuit schools benefit from a HUGE hook. My interpretation would be that the ones who go to Holy Cross were not admitted (even though they had a huge hook) to Georgetown or BC.

This is a bad take. I have a son who went to Regis. BC and Georgetown have pretty thin FA and there are plenty of upper middle class families at Regis with more than 2 kids who feel squeezed by those two schools in particular. I heard it frequently. Holy Cross has better merit, more full rides available, at least one Regis kid per year takes that over BC/Georgetown. We also have NMF kids who will take Fordham's scholarship offer over BC and Georgetown acceptances. There's a Santa Clara full ride recipient this year taking it over ND and Georgetown. ND seems to have plenty of 20-25k scholarships and kids will take those over BC and Georgetown too, even if they had some preference for GU. Regis kids get the money part and what that means to their families.

Thanks! I think you made my point -- Regis grads are choosing Holy Cross, Santa Clara, and Fordham (all great schools!) for merit/ financial reasons. Georgetown offers no merit. BC does -- Stamps and Gabelli -- so it would be interesting to see students who won those scholarships choosing Holy Cross over them.

I was pushing back against the idea that Regis students were choosing Holy Cross over Georgetown and BC when all things were equal.

I thought you were making another point, which was that Regis kid going to HC are only going because they didnt't get into GU or BC. They did. But they don't find them worth full pay. This is more true for BC than GU to be fair. These families will pay full fare for HYP over full ride HC or full ride at BC. Stamps at ND will sometime turn heads - even from HYP.

If you’re rich enough to spend 400k on BC and not feel the pain you’re rich enough to buy your way into a better school and should.

High six figures will get you into a lower T25. Low seven figures get you T20 and the lower ivies.

Why do you post? You have no idea what you're talking about. Complete nonsense.

Then tell me what the going rate is if you think it’s so far off. These are non-alumni parent development office rates.

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Anonymous wrote:There are 4 medical schools in Massachusetts, 2 of them have Holy Cross grads. Harvard has been feuding with President Trump recently, the Vice Chairman of the Harvard Corporation is a Holy Cross grad and classmate of Clarence Thomas, HC grads outcomes is amazing:

you're bragging that Clarence Thomas is a HC grad? That's all we need to know about your credibility. blah blah blah

You’re crazy if you think Bc and Nova’s leadership wouldn’t claim him as their own if they could. They’d take any spotlight, like this pope business

you're insane

Clarence Thomas is a more distinguished and prominent man than any alumni of those two schools besides the Pope. They don’t exactly have presidents in their rosters.

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ND is platinum, Georgetown is gold and Holy Cross is silver. Would not go to any of the other Catholic schools unless received a free ride. Who would pay 400k over 4 years for Villanova, Boston College or a Fairfield.

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Anonymous wrote:ND is platinum, Georgetown is gold and Holy Cross is silver. Would not go to any of the other Catholic schools unless received a free ride. Who would pay 400k over 4 years for Villanova, Boston College or a Fairfield.

A fool and his money are soon parted…

At least Nova has a pope though