School for a boy who is a strong athlete, STEM student, and visual artist?

[Anonymous]

What sport?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add Gonzaga to the list. *Covid Vaccine required.

But no STEM program.

There is a STEM track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What sport?

He's young enough that he's still playing a pretty wide variety.

[Anonymous]

He’s 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s 12.

My kid? No, he's not. He's 11. He'll be in 6th this year. I'm looking for 7th next year.

-- OP

[Anonymous]

OP, as a non-full pay family, your son will need something that makes him really stand out to be accepted by a private school and given financial aid. There are plenty of families who can pay full freight who are competing to get in at the better privates. Also, unless you're an exceptional URM, most school will only offer 15-25% financial aid.

If you are an URM, that makes a big difference. A strong URM candidate might get more like 60-80% financial aid.

If your son is White or Asian, you will be considered overrepresented at most private schools.

You don't say why you want your son to transfer to private, but unless your son has a particular need or interest that can't be met in public school MoCo's magnet track could be a more affordable option.

What's your motivation for wanting to switch to private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, as a non-full pay family, your son will need something that makes him really stand out to be accepted by a private school and given financial aid. There are plenty of families who can pay full freight who are competing to get in at the better privates. Also, unless you're an exceptional URM, most school will only offer 15-25% financial aid.

If you are an URM, that makes a big difference. A strong URM candidate might get more like 60-80% financial aid.

If your son is White or Asian, you will be considered overrepresented at most private schools.

You don't say why you want your son to transfer to private, but unless your son has a particular need or interest that can't be met in public school MoCo's magnet track could be a more affordable option.

What's your motivation for wanting to switch to private?

Ignore this, OP. Not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep reading the refrain that the odds are longer coming from public, and I’m curious why that is the perception. DS applied to private into 9th this past year and had good acceptances. He got into 3 of his top 4 choices. Not an athlete or magical ECs. Good grades and test scores.

It's not a perception. All other things being equal, privates give priority to kids coming from private schools, because they are in the system. It is unusual for a lifelong private school kid to end up in public school. Their last private will lobby hard for them to be accepted at a private somewhere, even if it isn't their first choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, as a non-full pay family, your son will need something that makes him really stand out to be accepted by a private school and given financial aid. There are plenty of families who can pay full freight who are competing to get in at the better privates. Also, unless you're an exceptional URM, most school will only offer 15-25% financial aid.

If you are an URM, that makes a big difference. A strong URM candidate might get more like 60-80% financial aid.

If your son is White or Asian, you will be considered overrepresented at most private schools.

You don't say why you want your son to transfer to private, but unless your son has a particular need or interest that can't be met in public school MoCo's magnet track could be a more affordable option.

What's your motivation for wanting to switch to private?

Ignore this, OP. Not true.

Yeah, right. Why should OP trust you? I'm PP, and I've had kids in private schools for 17 years with an extensive network of friends who have kids in pretty much every private school in DC. Cite your creds PP.

[Anonymous]

We visited Landon and were surprised at how strong the arts were. Bullis too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add Gonzaga to the list. *Covid Vaccine required.

But no STEM program.

But STEM “program” not required. Because, reading comprehension.

Its in the subject ^^^^ “STEM student”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We visited Landon and were surprised at how strong the arts were. Bullis too.

Bullis art department is amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add Gonzaga to the list. *Covid Vaccine required.

But no STEM program.

But STEM “program” not required. Because, reading comprehension.

Its in the subject ^^^^ “STEM student”

Calm down. He’s 11.

[Anonymous]

Burke students play a lot of sports. There's a no cut policy so pretty everyone who wants to be on a team can be on a team. Burke teams are not great in most sports but the students and coaches do care. From what I've seen, colleges very rarely recruit Burke soccer or basketball players, but runners and swimmers seem to get recruited pretty often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add Gonzaga to the list. *Covid Vaccine required.

But no STEM program.

But STEM “program” not required. Because, reading comprehension.

Its in the subject ^^^^ “STEM student”

Calm down. He’s 11.

And “academics aren’t his passion.”