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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where can I find information on this school? Is it difficult to get admitted?
Does anyone know about this, or is this just a forum for the elementary privates?[/quote]

Most of the people on here seem to be interested in "The Big Three", whatever that is. So I wouldn't be looking for a lot of help here. Schools like Sidwell Friends and Our Lady of Good Counsel are at opposite ends of the private school spectrum in a number of ways. Neither are public and that's about all they have in common.

I'd say you are going to have trouble getting good input. I suggest you might start with a visit.

The impressions many of us have of OLGC stem from the previous location of the school on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton. With the move from Wheaton to Olney and the new facility, OLGC is a much different school. The school is now able to serve those wanting a Catholic school in the northern part of Montgomery County. The previous location was in a area "in negative transition". So opinions formed when the school was in Wheaton are now probably way out-of-date.

It's still big, Catholic and it serves a broad range of students.

OLGC competes athletically with DeMatha and St Johns and Gonzaga. Academically it probably faces off with St Johns and DeMatha. It's not Georgetown Prep and its not Gonzaga. It's more similar to the large Diocesan schools in the suburbs surrounding other large Northeastern cities.

The move up-county was a masterful stroke. It didn't just save the school, it made it into something significantly different.

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