What’s it like at St. John’s in DC?

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, we're looking at SJC for our son. Hoping families with students there now could kindly answer a few questions...any information would be most appreciated!

- do you recommend the Entrepreneurial Center program? our son is interested in that.
- are there supports for kids with executive functioning challenges/ADHD?
- is it hard to get admitted for non-Catholics coming from a non-Catholic school?
- how would you compare the school and its culture to Good Counsel?

Thank you!

As to whether it's hard or not to get in as a non-Catholic coming from a non-Catholic school ....

Absent and special "hooks" (i.e. Very good athlete, URM, etc.), your DC will be in a line for Admission behind Catholics who attended Catholic schools and Catholics who did not. The school "prefers" these candidates. So you are competing with all the non-Catholics at the back of the line.

It's more similar to Good Counsel than to other schools but it's more of a "City' school.

SJC is basically in the Chevy Chase suburbs. Not very "city."

That would be Gonzaga.

Well, it is definitely a "city school" compared to Good Counsell.

"Culturally, the schools are similar. Lots of school spirit, large co-ed schools, but the location plays into the differences. SJC has a bit more of an urban feel, with my child and friends taking the bus to Friendship Heights and taking advantage of things over there. GC is much more suburban..."

Better take and context.