Rankiong the Catholic high schools

[Anonymous]

If the boys are into sports, stay away from St. Anselm's. it's very bookish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SR girl is delusional in her description of her own school in comparison to the girls schools on her list that are far more rigorous academically and far more competitive for admission. Hysterical that she calls SR girls "extremely smart" but glosses over the academic superiority of NCS, Holton, and Visi (in order of excellence). Her perception of her own school and fellow SR students is, not unpredictably, very different than others views on SR and SR girls.

New poster with no dog in the fight - no interest in girls' schools or religious schools.

PP, I think you're unfair and inaccurate in your slam of the SR poster. She clearly identified girls from all those other schools as very smart, and did not suggest SR is academically superior to them. I think your bias might be coloring your interpretation of the SR girl's comments.

[Anonymous]

Best Male High School Catholic Schools

Academics Only (based on AP's offered, college placement, reputation)
1. Saint Anselms
2. Georgetown Prep
3. Gonzaga
4. The Heights
5. Good Counsel
HM: St. Johns (its stock is rising though)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best Male High School Catholic Schools

Academics Only (based on AP's offered, college placement, reputation)
1. Saint Anselms
2. Georgetown Prep
3. Gonzaga
4. The Heights
5. Good Counsel
HM: St. Johns (its stock is rising though)

Do you live in lower MoCo west, you missed a whole bunch of ADW schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The SR girl is delusional in her description of her own school in comparison to the girls schools on her list that are far more rigorous academically and far more competitive for admission. Hysterical that she calls SR girls "extremely smart" but glosses over the academic superiority of NCS, Holton, and Visi (in order of excellence). Her perception of her own school and fellow SR students is, not unpredictably, very different than others views on SR and SR girls.

New poster with no dog in the fight - no interest in girls' schools or religious schools.

PP, I think you're unfair and inaccurate in your slam of the SR poster. She clearly identified girls from all those other schools as very smart, and did not suggest SR is academically superior to them. I think your bias might be coloring your interpretation of the SR girl's comments.

First, I think you need to re-read the original post. She only called SR girls "extremely" smart, by far the highest superlative in her commentary.

Second, I am ot an alum of any of these schools, or any Washington school and I do not have a daughter in any of them. I do however have a young daughter and I have done extensive research on the area's girls schools: secular, Episcopalain, and Catholic; with an eye to applying her when she is older. I have also spoken to several private school experts with deep knowledge of the areas schools. SR is abslutely not in the same league with NCS, Holton or Visitation. It is not comparable. I recognize that many families love SR. That is fabntatstic and it certainly is a fine school and meets the needs of many girls. SR is not however an academically or competitively top tier school in the Washington metro area. The other three are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The SR girl is delusional in her description of her own school in comparison to the girls schools on her list that are far more rigorous academically and far more competitive for admission. Hysterical that she calls SR girls "extremely smart" but glosses over the academic superiority of NCS, Holton, and Visi (in order of excellence). Her perception of her own school and fellow SR students is, not unpredictably, very different than others views on SR and SR girls.

New poster with no dog in the fight - no interest in girls' schools or religious schools.

PP, I think you're unfair and inaccurate in your slam of the SR poster. She clearly identified girls from all those other schools as very smart, and did not suggest SR is academically superior to them. I think your bias might be coloring your interpretation of the SR girl's comments.

First, I think you need to re-read the original post. She only called SR girls "extremely" smart, by far the highest superlative in her commentary.

Second, I am ot an alum of any of these schools, or any Washington school and I do not have a daughter in any of them. I do however have a young daughter and I have done extensive research on the area's girls schools: secular, Episcopalain, and Catholic; with an eye to applying her when she is older. I have also spoken to several private school experts with deep knowledge of the areas schools. SR is abslutely not in the same league with NCS, Holton or Visitation. It is not comparable. I recognize that many families love SR. That is fabntatstic and it certainly is a fine school and meets the needs of many girls. SR is not however an academically or competitively top tier school in the Washington metro area. The other three are.

You have no clue how the process at Catholic high schools work. It just does not work the way you describe and when you get to that stage you will be very surprised but I suspect you will not choose a Catholic School.

[Anonymous]

These are all "fabntatstic" schools!

Let's all just agree that the best school is the one that most closely meets the needs of your child, is aligned with your family's values, and is financially and logistically workable for the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Academics Only (based on AP's offered, college placement, reputation)
1. Saint Anselms
2. Georgetown Prep
3. Gonzaga
4. The Heights
5. Good Counsel
HM: St. Johns (its stock is rising though)

No knowledge of St. Anselms, but otherwise correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are all "fabntatstic" schools!

Let's all just agree that the best school is the one that most closely meets the needs of your child, is aligned with your family's values, and is financially and logistically workable for the parents.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are all "fabntatstic" schools!

Let's all just agree that the best school is the one that most closely meets the needs of your child, is aligned with your family's values, and is financially and logistically workable for the parents.

+1

P.S. I know it was just a typo but I think I am going to start using the word "fab-n-tatstic"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are all "fabntatstic" schools!

Let's all just agree that the best school is the one that most closely meets the needs of your child, is aligned with your family's values, and is financially and logistically workable for the parents.

+1

There are only three things that matter in picking a school: fit, fit and fit.

All of the top schools are suitable for the strongest students any attempt to rank them is foolish.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. There are schools where our daughter would likely have been accepted that are more "well-regarded" than the one we chose for her. But we were not concerned with the school's rank or status. I am far more concerned with putting her in an environment where she can thrive, even if it isn't the best place for her to get into an Ivy or for us to brag to our friends. I'm more concerned with other ways she is learning.

[Anonymous]

As far as I can tell, every private school that is routinely discussed on DCUM sends at least a few kids to top schools each year. If your DC is at or near the top of her/his class at any of these schools they'll have plenty of good options.

Every school also has kids going to less selective schools. If your DC is in the bottom half of the class they aren't going to any top school unless your name is on a building on campus.

[Anonymous]

Our catholic daughter (K-8 in parish school) wanted a rigorous academic catholic co-ed school. There were none. Visi is too cliquey and she is not that socially adept. SR is better academically in her opinion but not by much. NCS is a great school academically (not catholic) but heard too many cutthroat stories and the girls we know there are the mean girls (although smart). She ended up at non catholic independent school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our catholic daughter (K-8 in parish school) wanted a rigorous academic catholic co-ed school. There were none. Visi is too cliquey and she is not that socially adept. SR is better academically in her opinion but not by much. NCS is a great school academically (not catholic) but heard too many cutthroat stories and the girls we know there are the mean girls (although smart). She ended up at non catholic independent school.

Interesting. I good friend of mine a few years ago was in the situation where she was being advised that her daughter had such a diverse set of talents that she should go to a Catholic School. Her daughter wanted co-ed. She was extremely bright, a great athlete and artistic.

The only issue, she is Jewish and her mom did not know what to do. There are so many misperceptions. I went to open houses with her, she met some of the girls in my son's K-8 and applied to a coed Catholic school.

She is now at Yale.