Workload and difficulty at Visitation

[janesmith1]

Hello,

I have seen many Visi posts, but do not feel like I have enough to go on about the workload and rigor. Can anyone provide an estimate of how much homework there is a night and if the academics are extremely challenging? My daughter would probably not do that many APs, if any.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

You want a private school but you don't want AP's? Why bother.

[janesmith1]

There are other factors like a social reset and sports. I am not writing off APs. Just unsure until I know more about workload. She would probably take a couple.

[Anonymous]

OP, if you think your daughter won't take many APs, that suggests that her strength isn't academics - so I wouldn't put Visi too high on the list. It has a heavy workload and an ambitious student body. While it also has a lot of great qualities (art/sports/clubs etc), a kid who shies away from a lot of academic work might really struggle.

[janesmith1]

thanks! this is very helpful

[Anonymous]

@janesmith1 - looking at this and your other thread, I'd suggest investigating:

Field
Burke
St. Andrews Episcopal School
St. Johns College High School
Holy Child
Bullis

Maybe Stone Ridge

[janesmith1]

Really appreciate this! Some ideas here I didn't know about. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

janesmith1 wrote:Hello,

I have seen many Visi posts, but do not feel like I have enough to go on about the workload and rigor. Can anyone provide an estimate of how much homework there is a night and if the academics are extremely challenging? My daughter would probably not do that many APs, if any.

Thanks!

I would say it's rigorous and if your DD doesn't want to put the work in (I have a DC like this), or have other significant buy-in to the school, I would probably skip it. I have a child here and the workload is a lot. She takes honors and AP classes and routinely has 2-3 hours of work a night. She is well-organized and does extremely well academically but it is a lot of work. Even freshman year, when there was only one honors class available, she still had a few hours a night on average. There are free periods built in to work on homework during the day, but that would require your DD to use them for homework and not hanging out with friends, which may or may not happen. I would consider the honors and AP classes to be extremely rigorous, but the traditional college prep classes are also not easy. Best of luck to you!

[Anonymous]

From my kids' friends who attend/attended Visi -- work is high volume but not high difficulty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From my kids' friends who attend/attended Visi -- work is high volume but not high difficulty.

That's the worst kind of work.

[Anonymous]

If a student is advanced in Math and enters having already taken Precalculus, can they accommodate the math trajectory? Gonzaga admissions says they will do this for their very advanced math students and let them do dual enrollment with Georgetown if needed but not sure about Visi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a student is advanced in Math and enters having already taken Precalculus, can they accommodate the math trajectory? Gonzaga admissions says they will do this for their very advanced math students and let them do dual enrollment with Georgetown if needed but not sure about Visi.

Bump

[Anonymous]

From my kids' friends who attend/attended Visi -- work is high volume but not high difficulty.

This is true, especially freshman year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a student is advanced in Math and enters having already taken Precalculus, can they accommodate the math trajectory? Gonzaga admissions says they will do this for their very advanced math students and let them do dual enrollment with Georgetown if needed but not sure about Visi.

I believe they can accommodate this, but I have known a few kids in this scenario and both times the student didn't have a deep enough grasp of the material and ended up not doing well in Calculus and dropping back down.

[Anonymous]

janesmith1 wrote:Hello,

I have seen many Visi posts, but do not feel like I have enough to go on about the workload and rigor. Can anyone provide an estimate of how much homework there is a night and if the academics are extremely challenging? My daughter would probably not do that many APs, if any.

Thanks!

LOL there is no "rigor".

It is not possible given the religious component.