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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any Visi parents who can share something good about the school?  The above isn't good.[/quote]

This isn't necessarily good or bad about the school. It's just something that someone who is relatively unfamiliar with the school might want to know.

Visitation and Stone Ridge are the all girls versions of Catholic all boys schools, Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep. Visitation is Gonzaga's "sister school". Visi girls frequently have brothers at one of these schools and fathers and uncles or grandfathers that went to one of them. There's lots of social interaction between these schools.

Being a legacy at Visitation carries significant weight in the Admissions process  since the school depends on its very loyal alumnae for support and for students from families the school knows.

Visi students frequently know one another prior to attending from family, church, parish grammar school, neighborhood or even country club  associations. Suburban Maryland and NW DC are heavily represented, but recently there have been more students from Northern VA because of the proximity of some of these towns to Georgetown.

Sports are a big deal at Visitation as they are at Gonzaga and Prep and even in the parishes through the CYO. You won't find many Catholic schools where sports aren't important except maybe St. Anselms.

Girls that get admitted and who do well at Visitation are extremely enthusiastic about the school. Someone who is just shopping and comparing will have a tougher time being admitted and may not be as deliriously happy as their classmates if they attend.

Visi girls are also more likely than girls from other private schools to attend Catholic college after graduation. And lots of them will return to DC to live after college as their connection to the area is very strong.[/quote]

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