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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a sophomore and at a Catholic high school; he came from public. His public school friends have essentially no homework. I don’t understand and I’ve talked to the parents and they don’t really understand either. I think it’s a post-Covid hang over. It may change as they take more APs later in high school but literally we’re talking many nights with no homework. They get it done in class and retake tests, turn things in late without consequences. And many of them are taking honors classes.

Meanwhile, my son is taking several honors classes, and he also cannot retake tests or turn things in late without consequences to his grades. I feel like this is good for him and will help him in the long run—though he does have ADHD and it takes him 2-3 hours each night on homework. Projects are hard but we’re working through it.

My question really comes to college admissions, and what people have found as to how colleges view a NOVA Catholic high school that is stricter/more work vs public? His GPA is lower than some of his friends in public school, especially unweighted because he is taking harder classes, and his grades are As and Bs. (Many of friends have all As, some weighted, some not). I know overall they value rigor but he has friends taking several honors classes at the public doing essentially no homework and getting all As. Aka do they view these as apples to apples?

We’ll be staying at the Catholic. The public high school doesn’t make sense because it is large and chaotic, and my son struggled with that a lot in middle. And he’s happy at the Catholic high school, made friends etc. [/quote]

Privates are going to have lower student/teacher ratios, better recommendation letters from teachers, better college counselor support, better opportunities for EC's... and the list goes on.

The one disadvantage is more rigor. On the whole, applying to colleges is a big advantage coming from a private HS.

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