Spoken like a true Scholars Mother. Success is never guaranteed, Mother. |
It must be miserable to be that caught up on rankings. |
Your deference and devotion to rankings is misplaced. |
St Johns doesn’t have many different learning styles what it hais Catholic parents that want that type of schooling . College admits from St Johns are way below public Great your kid got an education in Catholicism more than a secular great education If that’s what you want for your kid more power to you. |
you are out of touch with the reality of today's college landscape. |
Yes, isn’t it great parents have these choices? You can send your kids to a school you like even if other parents make a different choice And wouldn’t it be great if every private school had a program like SJC’s Benilde, for students with learning differences? It’s really popular. Does your child’s school have a structured program for students with LDs? |
The Benilde program is similar to scholars in that the student takes regular classes along with the rest of the student population. It is not a specially developed program with specific classes or teachers for what it's worth. A friend just went through the application process and decided the GC Ryken program was much stronger. Honestly, SJC's Scholars and Benilde programs feel like label slapping to me. |
| What did SJC do someone's precious snowflake? Lot of hate for no reason. |
And lots of things are way below at public. What’s your point? |
Yes, Benilde and Ryken operate on different models, mostly depending the level of supports a student needs. Students in Ryken take program-specific classes; students in Benilde take standard classes and the program staff work with them every day to provide specific and regular supports to help each individual succeed. Isn’t it great these two schools offer choices for students who learn differently? Does your school have any such program? |
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The top kids, who are, only the kids and scholars, go to great schools. So do some other kids who have worked very hard and those who demonstrate great athletics. Kind of like in most other schools, the top kids have great college admissions, as do the great athletes.
The one difference at the Catholic schools is that they, by mission and design, except a wide range of students, including a fair number with learning differences. I’m not sure why anyone who has been on these boards for any period of time does not recognize this. |
| Who are often, not only |
Here is the general list https://www.stjohnschs.org/admissions/beyond-st-johns |
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You can look at the 2022 insta for acceptances. It will say if a kid is a recruited athlete. I don't know if you can see dates or not, but, obviously if they are earlier posts they are likely ED admits.
I'm on my 3rd kid at SJC. My own observation is that parents care less about school selectivity than they do at a Sidwell or St. Albans. Most parents are not Ivy grads themselves and did not send their kids to SJC to get into the T10. SJC is also pretty diverse and a lot of black kids there are interested in HBCUs, which DCUM doesn't care about. |
| DC is doing well in mostly AP and honors classes. I'll let you know in a few years. |