Reply to Rankiong the Catholic high schools

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Rankiong the Catholic high schools"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Wow. I was told that this thread existed from a parent that I know very well, and it is surprising that such experienced parents have not clearly written a list of the best ACADEMIC reputation, best ATHLETIC reputation, and best SOCIAL reputation.

ACADEMIC (BOYS):
-St. Anselm's
-Gonzaga College High School (Prep is interchangeable with Gonzaga)
-Georgetown Prep
-St. Alban's
-St. John's

(Those are the most discussed in DC/MD)

ACADEMIC (GIRLS)
-NCS (National Cathedral School)
-Holton Arms (interchangeable with NCS)
-Georgetown Visitation
-Holy Child
-Holy Cross
-Stone Ridge

ATHLETICS (BOYS)

-Gonzaga
-GP (again, interchangeable with Gonzaga)
-St. John's
-DeMatha
-Good Counsel

ATHLETIC (GIRLS)
**Depending on the sport, this list changes, and certain schools rank higher than others**

-St. Stephen's St. Agnes
-NCS
-GV
-Holton Arms
-Stone Ridge
-Holy Child

and so on...

(**NOTE!**)

Personally, I was raised in D.C, attended Stone Ridge since I was about three. After a couple years of high school, Stone Ridge had started to fall down in reputation, and now it has become a school that is merely advertising it's lack of applicants, as if it is something to be proud of. I transferred to a different school and continued my education at ivy league colleges (for my undergraduate and my graduate). My brother attended St. Anselm's but after his middle school experiences, he chose to attend Gonzaga. Not only did he love it, but he created a niche for himself, and returns every year for the famous Gonzaga v. St. John's game. He brings his children to the Gonzaga v. GP games, and his twin boys have already shouted that they want to be purple eagles. Gonzaga has the most amount of school pride of any school in the D.C area. Graduates adore it, boys want to be a part of it, and faculty stay there. After high school, because he was a high achiever, he went off to an ivy league school, and returned to a D.C college to do his graduate and doctorate.

Socially, the kids in the DC/MD area talk about the schools very differently. The auras of each institution have not changed since our parents attended these schools. Girls still want to either be a Holton girl, an NCS girl, but more importantly a "Visi" girl. Why? Visitation and Gonzaga are brother/sister, and Gonzaga is known as the most social. Holy Cross is a school, as is Holy Child, for being a school for nice girls. Gonzaga, and Prep are the most competitive for boys, but when it comes to sports, different schools are interchangeable with these two. St. Anselm's will never been known as an institution for the boys that want to throw ragers, but they will be the senior class with the highest number of National Merit finalists, and each graduate goes on to attend top institutions.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics