What's the difference between St Johns and GDS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More like Berkeley and Notre Dame.

Spot-on!

More like Berkeley and Holy Cross.

[Anonymous]

St. John’s
Gonzaga
Landon
Georgetown Prep
Concentrate on the above.
All good enough schools. Kids there tend to love all four. Athletics very important at all four.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. Johns has a lot more lower and middle class kids. GDS has a lot more UMC + wealthy kids. The schools are very different.

GDS awards financial aid and this is given primarily to PoC. St. John’s tuition is half or less that of GDS but also awards financial aid. SJCHS is much larger and there is a significant population of very affluent people. I find it to be more of a mix - like public schools should be (but aren’t always).

Huge difference is that GDS was closed for nearly all of the pandemic, with classes meeting virtually. SJCHS was open most of the time, or with a hybrid schedule.

GDS students call teachers by first name; SJCHS uses formal address.

GDS kids tend to be very outspoken, can appear argumentative as they adjust to school. Lots of competitiveness.

SJC kids tend to be outwardly respectful and polite.

There's a historical reason why GDS students call teachers by their first name. And doing so doesn't necessarily mean that the students are any less respectful of the elders in their community.

[Anonymous]

Figure out which student body your child will be most comfortable with. They are quite different.

[Anonymous]

GDS is for really smart social justice warriors and wierdos.

St Johns is for un-academic, conservatives and recruited athletes.

That’s the down and dirty truth OP.

[Anonymous]

Un- academic?? Where did you go to school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Un- academic?? Where did you go to school?

St Johns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS is for really smart social justice warriors and wierdos.

St Johns is for un-academic, conservatives and recruited athletes.

That’s the down and dirty truth OP.

Strange how it took three pages before the traditional troll post. Perhaps this thread is so complex it took a longer time to craft a pithy post?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS is for really smart social justice warriors and wierdos.

St Johns is for un-academic, conservatives and recruited athletes.

That’s the down and dirty truth OP.

GDS is for parents who want their kids to have 4 hours of homework plus 8 hours of school each day. I wished they made everyone at the school work those hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GDS is for really smart social justice warriors and wierdos.

St Johns is for un-academic, conservatives and recruited athletes.

That’s the down and dirty truth OP.

GDS is for parents who want their kids to have 4 hours of homework plus 8 hours of school each day. I wished they made everyone at the school work those hours.

Eight hours of school? Which GDS are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS is for really smart social justice warriors and wierdos.

St Johns is for un-academic, conservatives and recruited athletes.

That’s the down and dirty truth OP.

I think it’s a teen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I want a co-ed school, so only boys were out (St Albans or Gonzaga), sports is important, and also want strong academics. Why are they so different?

One is religious one is not. One is progressive and one is traditional. One is highly focused on diversity inclusion topics, the other doesn’t really use that language a lot, or have that guide curriculum but I’m sure diversity exists there, perhaps more so. One is ok-12, one is high school only. One is very focused on catering to “diverse” or wealthy people, the other is a nice local school full of a variety of folks. If you don’t know which is which then go to their admissions events.

[Anonymous]

GDS costs $46k a year and the parents and their expectations reflect that. It’s smaller and nominally as woke as woke can be but through a lens of people with super privilege. Many parents bound and determined that their kids will be successful including placing extreme value on top college admittance.
St Johns is around $22k a year. Bigger. Catholic. Lots of parents who would’ve considered public school if DC had better ones.