What’s it like at St. John’s in DC?

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Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

[Anonymous]

NP here and also interested in SJP. We are not catholic though, does that hurt our chances. And culturally how conservative is the school? Are they bussing kids to pro-life marches?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

Right but they also have 300 kids per grade and many classes with 25 kids. Doesn’t have much of a private school feel outside of uniforms.

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Anonymous wrote:I was under the impression that everyone got in

Your impression is wrong. 1200 applications for less than 300 spots.

It’s about a 25% acceptance rate. I know because our child got one of the spots out of 1350 applications. It’s more competitive than Gonzaga.

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I have a hard time believing this. Literally every Deal student I know that applied this year got in, and they are not all star students.

My 3.8 athletic Deal student was declined. Not waitlisted, full on decline.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

Right but they also have 300 kids per grade and many classes with 25 kids. Doesn’t have much of a private school feel outside of uniforms.

Actually they don't have 300 per grade and few classes with 25 kids. We get it, you don't like SJC but are tired of trying to tell everyone it is like a public school with uniforms.

[Anonymous]

St John's is $23,000.

Gonzaga is $25,000

But as pointed out above St John's is not very similar to the group of schools most think of as DC area private schools. (St Albans, Sidwell, Maret, Holton Arms, Landon, etc)

In many ways, it's more similar to a suburban public high school than it is to what most people think of as a private school.

It's a great school if you are interested in a Catholic school and you want an alternative to the public schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

Right but they also have 300 kids per grade and many classes with 25 kids. Doesn’t have much of a private school feel outside of uniforms.

Actually they don't have 300 per grade and few classes with 25 kids. We get it, you don't like SJC but are tired of trying to tell everyone it is like a public school with uniforms.

They do have over 300 per grade but the classes are smaller than 25.

Good thing there are so many choices in the DMV so you can choose a different type of school!

[Anonymous]

Actually St. John's is your typical Catholic high school you find all around the country. Well except that it has exceptionally good sports.

No it isn't a Sidwell, GDS, Landon or St. Albans -- all of which are more than twice the cost of SJC (or GZ) and generally don't pull from families looking at SJC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

You get what you pay for.

But figuring out what you'll get will be difficult with all the Admissions Department "information" and the boosters all trying to make the school look better than it actually is.

It's NWDC's answer to Good Counsel, O'Connell and Paul VI.

As a PP pointed out, it's a large co-ed Catholic high school with a very strong athletic program funded by some successful alumni.

One major exception is that its location means it is a highly attractive place for those wanting to avoid the DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was under the impression that everyone got in

Your impression is wrong. 1200 applications for less than 300 spots.

It’s about a 25% acceptance rate. I know because our child got one of the spots out of 1350 applications. It’s more competitive than Gonzaga.

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I have a hard time believing this. Literally every Deal student I know that applied this year got in, and they are not all star students.

My 3.8 athletic Deal student was declined. Not waitlisted, full on decline.

NP. Is your family Catholic? Students coming from Catholic K-8’s get the highest preference followed by Catholic families coming from public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was under the impression that everyone got in

Your impression is wrong. 1200 applications for less than 300 spots.

It’s about a 25% acceptance rate. I know because our child got one of the spots out of 1350 applications. It’s more competitive than Gonzaga.

\\

I have a hard time believing this. Literally every Deal student I know that applied this year got in, and they are not all star students.

My 3.8 athletic Deal student was declined. Not waitlisted, full on decline.

NP. Is your family Catholic? Students coming from Catholic K-8’s get the highest preference followed by Catholic families coming from public.

No. I was just responding to the PO that said all Deal kids were accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

You get what you pay for.

But figuring out what you'll get will be difficult with all the Admissions Department "information" and the boosters all trying to make the school look better than it actually is.

It's NWDC's answer to Good Counsel, O'Connell and Paul VI.

As a PP pointed out, it's a large co-ed Catholic high school with a very strong athletic program funded by some successful alumni.

One major exception is that its location means it is a highly attractive place for those wanting to avoid the DCPS.

How long has it been co-ed? For some reason I thought it was all boys like the some of the other DC area Catholic high schools: BI, Dematha, Gonzaga, GPrep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

You get what you pay for.

But figuring out what you'll get will be difficult with all the Admissions Department "information" and the boosters all trying to make the school look better than it actually is.

It's NWDC's answer to Good Counsel, O'Connell and Paul VI.

As a PP pointed out, it's a large co-ed Catholic high school with a very strong athletic program funded by some successful alumni.

One major exception is that its location means it is a highly attractive place for those wanting to avoid the DCPS.

How long has it been co-ed? For some reason I thought it was all boys like the some of the other DC area Catholic high schools: BI, Dematha, Gonzaga, GPrep.

I think my friend was one of first graduating co-eds when it changed and she graduated around 1993 ish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually St. John's is your typical Catholic high school you find all around the country. Well except that it has exceptionally good sports.

No it isn't a Sidwell, GDS, Landon or St. Albans -- all of which are more than twice the cost of SJC (or GZ) and generally don't pull from families looking at SJC.

Well you also can't compare it with schools like Prep and Stone Ridge. Class sizes much smaller and overall class is smaller. Single sex isn't for everyone, but many have that preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You make $230k and can’t afford $22k for tuition?? You need a financial planner.

SJC is only 22k? thats super cheap compared to other DC privates

You get what you pay for.

But figuring out what you'll get will be difficult with all the Admissions Department "information" and the boosters all trying to make the school look better than it actually is.

It's NWDC's answer to Good Counsel, O'Connell and Paul VI.

As a PP pointed out, it's a large co-ed Catholic high school with a very strong athletic program funded by some successful alumni.

One major exception is that its location means it is a highly attractive place for those wanting to avoid the DCPS.

How long has it been co-ed? For some reason I thought it was all boys like the some of the other DC area Catholic high schools: BI, Dematha, Gonzaga, GPrep.

BI isn’t all boys either.