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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A couple of observations:

I would not consider Gonzaga small.  It has right around 1000 kids. Definitely smaller than most publics, but larger than most 9-12 privates.

I have two kids who graduated from Good Counsel (GC).  We are Catholic but not practicing.  My kids never felt isolated and had no problems making friends.  There was no stigma for them or for their friends who were not Catholic.  There religion classes were mostly comparative religion classes.  They did have mass once a week and on special events.  Actually, GC was large enough that even within the school, there was a continum even among Catholics.

Now, there are the kids I am talking about.  I am sure that the parents were a bit more "clique-y" as most of their social circle revolved around their parish, grammar school and CYO. But we had a more diverse set of friends coming in and that stayed true throughout our kids time there. [/quote]

With only 250 students in each class and such a huge demand from legacies and the various parishes, I wouldn't think that Gonzaga is much of a possibility for non-Catholics without some sort of outstanding special skill or attribute. Because it is so easy to reach via the Metro, Gonzaga is accessible to many Catholics throughout the Metro area. And, while the DC Catholics know about it, its location has got to be off-putting to many DC area newbies and non-Catholics.

Good Counsel is much more like a Montgomery County Public School than it is Gonzaga or Prep. It's large and diverse and co-ed. One wonders what the attraction would be to Good Counsel for non-Catholics given the quality of the public schools within commuting distance of Olney.[/quote]

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