Landon vs. Georgetown Prep Upper School

[Anonymous]

I don't have kids at either school and I'm not Catholic. It seems to me that the people who head committees, run the charities, etc are from GP. On the other hand, GP folks only seem to be interested in hanging out with other GP folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting, most "groups" move on after a generation or 3, but this group seems to be stuck, not in the 1990's, but the 1890's.

Ahh, modernity.

Why won't those Catholics cooperate and join us in the Diversity of the 21st Century?

Some of the Landon boys seem to have not completely internalized the modern Feminist ethic, if the stories of disrespect or low regard of women are to be believed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have kids at either school and I'm not Catholic. It seems to me that the people who head committees, run the charities, etc are from GP. On the other hand, GP folks only seem to be interested in hanging out with other GP folks.

Not so strange when you consider this crowd grew up together in the same neighborhoods, went to the same churches, grammar schools and or high schools together and intermarried.

As I'm sure you know, there are plenty of other people to hang out with.

[Anonymous]

Irish Catholics are a breed of their own and dominate the Catholic community in the DMV to such an extent that they have a distorted view of the greater Catholic community.

Irish Catholics in general are frustrated wasps who envy the Anglo-Saxons. Continental Catholics see both the Irish and British as insular, un impressive and often drunk. Would the world be any worse off if those islands sank into the sea?

The Jesuits are another story. There are plenty of Catholics who consider the Jesuit institutions like GTOWN and BC. To be CINO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Irish Catholics are a breed of their own and dominate the Catholic community in the DMV to such an extent that they have a distorted view of the greater Catholic community.

Irish Catholics in general are frustrated wasps who envy the Anglo-Saxons. Continental Catholics see both the Irish and British as insular, un impressive and often drunk. Would the world be any worse off if those islands sank into the sea?

The Jesuits are another story. There are plenty of Catholics who consider the Jesuit institutions like GTOWN and BC. To be CINO.

Because there are so few "Continental Catholics" in DMV, their opinion of the Irish Catholics would hardly seem to matter.

Georgetown and BC are still highly desirable destinations for the graduates of local Catholic high schools, especially the two Jesuit high schools.

Combing through the Parish Times shows almost no trace of 8th graders bound for anything other than Catholic or public schools for high school.

The characterization of the Irish as "frustrated WASPs" is weird. Instead they stick to their own culture and history which features a lot of mistreatment by the group you say they envy.

[Anonymous]

Parish Times shows high school destinations of 8th graders from various Catholic grammar schools.

Hard to argue against this data.

http://www.parishtimes.com/uploads/8/3/6/6/8366083/gradissuemay2014.pdf

[Anonymous]

sorry i read the WSJ not the Parish times...

Wow you Irish Catholics are truly backwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parish Times shows high school destinations of 8th graders from various Catholic grammar schools.

Hard to argue against this data.

http://www.parishtimes.com/uploads/8/3/6/6/8366083/gradissuemay2014.pdf

Seems like Prep is not the first choice of many. Many, many more choosing Gonzaga, St Johns, Good Counsel and Dematha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parish Times shows high school destinations of 8th graders from various Catholic grammar schools.

Hard to argue against this data.

http://www.parishtimes.com/uploads/8/3/6/6/8366083/gradissuemay2014.pdf

Seems like Prep is not the first choice of many. Many, many more choosing Gonzaga, St Johns, Good Counsel and Dematha.

Not surprising given the size of the incoming class at Prep versus these much larger schools.

[Anonymous]

It's not the size, it's the cost. More and more Catholic families are opting away from Prep in favor of Gonzaga and other parochial schools that are significantly less.

Prep has an issue going forward.

[Anonymous]

Prep has out priced itself from the upper middle class Catholic families (hence GC, Gonzaga and SJC) have all seen a surge of applicants. Keep in mind GC and SJC are co-ed so I would imagine these schools would receive a ton of applicants.

Prep has overspent and completely underestimated how much it would cost to run and maintain their two lavish buildings they have constructed this past decade. (The Hanley Athletic Center) and the Learning Center).

This most likely explains why Prep's tuition has gone up in the past few years while Gonzaga, St. Johns and Good Counsel has remained somewhat flat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Irish Catholics are a breed of their own and dominate the Catholic community in the DMV to such an extent that they have a distorted view of the greater Catholic community.

Irish Catholics in general are frustrated wasps who envy the Anglo-Saxons. Continental Catholics see both the Irish and British as insular, un impressive and often drunk. Would the world be any worse off if those islands sank into the sea?

The Jesuits are another story. There are plenty of Catholics who consider the Jesuit institutions like GTOWN and BC. To be CINO.

Because there are so few "Continental Catholics" in DMV, their opinion of the Irish Catholics would hardly seem to matter.

Georgetown and BC are still highly desirable destinations for the graduates of local Catholic high schools, especially the two Jesuit high schools.

Combing through the Parish Times shows almost no trace of 8th graders bound for anything other than Catholic or public schools for high school.

The characterization of the Irish as "frustrated WASPs" is weird. Instead they stick to their own culture and history which features a lot of mistreatment by the group you say they envy.

They stick to their own until they make it - like the Kennedys. Timely story in the Post about whether Georgetown is really Catholic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Irish Catholics are a breed of their own and dominate the Catholic community in the DMV to such an extent that they have a distorted view of the greater Catholic community.

Irish Catholics in general are frustrated wasps who envy the Anglo-Saxons. Continental Catholics see both the Irish and British as insular, un impressive and often drunk. Would the world be any worse off if those islands sank into the sea?

The Jesuits are another story. There are plenty of Catholics who consider the Jesuit institutions like GTOWN and BC. To be CINO.

Because there are so few "Continental Catholics" in DMV, their opinion of the Irish Catholics would hardly seem to matter.

Georgetown and BC are still highly desirable destinations for the graduates of local Catholic high schools, especially the two Jesuit high schools.

Combing through the Parish Times shows almost no trace of 8th graders bound for anything other than Catholic or public schools for high school.

The characterization of the Irish as "frustrated WASPs" is weird. Instead they stick to their own culture and history which features a lot of mistreatment by the group you say they envy.

Irish Catholic is Catholic in name only at this point - a heavy burden for the Church

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/irish_priests_in_us/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prep has out priced itself from the upper middle class Catholic families (hence GC, Gonzaga and SJC) have all seen a surge of applicants. Keep in mind GC and SJC are co-ed so I would imagine these schools would receive a ton of applicants.

Prep has overspent and completely underestimated how much it would cost to run and maintain their two lavish buildings they have constructed this past decade. (The Hanley Athletic Center) and the Learning Center).

This most likely explains why Prep's tuition has gone up in the past few years while Gonzaga, St. Johns and Good Counsel has remained somewhat flat.

In my opinion it is because, of the Catholic high schools you name, only Georgetown Prep can compete in any way with Landon or STA. If Prep is to truly belong in that league, it needs to be priced similarly. I am an STA parent, btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not the size, it's the cost. More and more Catholic families are opting away from Prep in favor of Gonzaga and other parochial schools that are significantly less.

Prep has an issue going forward.

But Prep enrollment is at an all time high.

How can that be, if families are opting to go to Gonzaga and others?

Or is Gonzaga what it has always been? Where you go if you can't get into Prep or can't afford it.