Is Gonzaga mostly country club kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone literally just posted on the other thread about girl schools that their country club is "full" of Visi and Gonzaga boys. So yes, Gonzaga is mostly country club parents.

Gonzaga has 1000 boys. The zip code from which the most boys come is 22207 (Washington Golf). There's definitely a group of families that belong to that club and other clubs. But it's absolutely not the prevailing vibe of Gonzaga. We've been there 5 years and I know that it's too big and diverse (and yes, I know this board gets on Gonzaga for not being diverse enough) to say it's anywhere close to mostly country club kids.

+1. We’re also a Gonzaga family and I agree with this. Yes, there are some families who belong to country clubs. There are many who do not. It has a diverse student body and pulls from a number of different areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone literally just posted on the other thread about girl schools that their country club is "full" of Visi and Gonzaga boys. So yes, Gonzaga is mostly country club parents.

Gonzaga has 1000 boys. The zip code from which the most boys come is 22207 (Washington Golf). There's definitely a group of families that belong to that club and other clubs. But it's absolutely not the prevailing vibe of Gonzaga. We've been there 5 years and I know that it's too big and diverse (and yes, I know this board gets on Gonzaga for not being diverse enough) to say it's anywhere close to mostly country club kids.

+1. We’re also a Gonzaga family and I agree with this. Yes, there are some families who belong to country clubs. There are many who do not. It has a diverse student body and pulls from a number of different areas.

+1 though we are in N Arl (not 22207) with recent grads and none of the families in our neighborhood (current or former) are members at Washington Golf.

[Anonymous]

We live in DC and don’t belong to a CC. We don’t have the $$$ for a CC membership. No idea if other Gonzaga families belong to a CC

[Anonymous]

So it sounds like from this thread, Yes, the school is mostly country club or golf club kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it sounds like from this thread, Yes, the school is mostly country club or golf club kids.

Actually, not. It is incredibly SES diverse. It also draws from very far and wide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:35% of Gonzaga students receive financial aid.
Of all of my 3 boys’ friends, I don’t know of a single country club family (and I doubt any of the receive financial aid).

+1

We also don’t play golf- so there’s that. lol

[Anonymous]

Such a weird question. My son graduated from Gonzaga last year. We live in Northern MoCo and he was the ONLY student from our zip code. There are students from further north in Frederick, too. Not everyone belongs to a country club or is rich, for that matter. We received significant aid to send him there. There are students from all SES, zip codes, races and religions.

Some of you should get out more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in North Arlington, and all of the Gonzaga kids We know (6+… Play sports with our kids ) are families who belong to Washington golf.

In other words .... you are a member at Washington Golf and you know 6 other Gonzaga families who are too. How insightful.

[Anonymous]

We live in McLean and know/have known lots of (presumably) full pay Gonzaga families and several financial aid families (at least the families who have shared that info with us) but zero country club families.

[Anonymous]

Not compared to other private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it sounds like from this thread, Yes, the school is mostly country club or golf club kids.

Interesting. That’s not what people are saying. Pls point to the posts you are referring to.

Perhaps you are on the wrong thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, and there is nothing wrong with country clubs

True. They are such welcoming places, friendly to all.

that's not a nice generalization. you seem to lump everyone who belongs to a country club together, and have a negative opinion of them. some of the diversity students are not always friendly to the country club kids either. the trans kids are not pals with the athletes. not everyone is going to gel with everyone else. but can't everyone just be tolerant of each other?

[Anonymous]

what exactly is a country club kid? if it is literally a kid whose family belongs to a country club, you probably don't know that about a lot of them.
it seems like maybe a slang term to reflect a certain stereotype?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, and there is nothing wrong with country clubs

True. They are such welcoming places, friendly to all.

that's not a nice generalization. you seem to lump everyone who belongs to a country club together, and have a negative opinion of them. some of the diversity students are not always friendly to the country club kids either. the trans kids are not pals with the athletes. not everyone is going to gel with everyone else. but can't everyone just be tolerant of each other?

WTH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what exactly is a country club kid? if it is literally a kid whose family belongs to a country club, you probably don't know that about a lot of them.
it seems like maybe a slang term to reflect a certain stereotype?

Eyeroll..... I think we know what country club kids are. Sorry if this offends you. Now make sure you say hi to all of them tomorrow when you go to the club for dinner or throw your kids birthday party there.