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[quote=Anonymous]I have one student who is a Scholar and one who isn't.  The one who isn't did not start in all honors level classes, but by sophomore year had been placed in all honors classes.

Not being a Scholar doesn't keep you out of honors classes, the student's grades do. SJC offers a ton of academic support (writiting center, math center, after school tutors, teachers have daily office hours).  If you and your child are unhappy with their grades/lack of honors classes, taking advantage of these resources is your best bet.  My non Scholar was probably only able to move to honors math because they met with their teacher during office hours at least once a week. 
Both my Scholar and non Scholar teens love SJC, and neither are athletes.  Both have big groups of friends, but it did take a while from them to find their good friends. It is a large school and most kids come to SJC not knowing many kids (or no kids).  It is like freshman year in college when everyone has to make new friends.  The upside is that they have a very diverse and interesting group of friends. 
This year was my seventh Back to School Night at SJC, so I appreciate that it was virtual.  For as long as I've been there, freshman parents go to Back to School Night in person, and older parents of older grades who presumable know the school (go to virtual).
As for National Merit scores, I don't know how anything about SJC's because the school doesn't emphasize it and I don't know what schools the poster is using a comparison.  I believe that kids in DC schools have to have a higher National Merit score than kids in MD or VA to qualify for National Merit, SJC is also smaller than public school and prides itself in its diversity (socioeconomic, ethnic, and in academic ability).  Unlike other private schools, it takes kids of ALL abilities, not just the top students. 
Everyone in my family loves SJC, lots of people love SJC, it has way more applications each year than seats.  However, the beauty of the DMV is that there are a lot of schools here, and if SJC isn't your cup of tea then there is another school that will probably work. [/quote]

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