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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What private schools can you realistically get into for 9th grade? Catholics? [/quote]

Catholics like St. John's, Gonzaga, and St. Anselm's. and also independent schools like Maret, GDS, Burke, and Field.[/quote]

The independent schools you listed are very difficult to get into, especially for 9th. The first two listed have a 10% acceptance rate. [/quote]

Not really. It's an DMV urban myth that the schools are really tough to crack. The main criteria for admission seems to be putting forward a decent student from a family unlikely to hassle admins with the ability and willingness to fork over the 25-30K. My B+ unhooked white male student surprised us by sailing into several top Catholic high schools this spring (we though he'd be lucky to get into one). Kid scored high on the rather easy entrance exam, particularly for math, so they wanted him. Meanwhile, he failed to get into Walls or Banneker.[/quote]

I'll repeat - the INDEPENDENT schools listed in the previous post are hard to get into. The Catholics are much easier to get into.[/quote]

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