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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The good news is that there is literally something for everybody in DC Catholic schools - single sex, coed, very bookish, very sporty.  If you are living in Cleveland Park, you will be a short hop to just about everything.  You might want to think about living a bit further into upper NW so that you have more schools in range.  I don't know Chicago schools, but DC Catholic schools are quite competitive to get into - especially the single sex and independent schools.[/quote]
Thanks for the info!

The thing about Catholic schools in Chicago is that there are so dang many of them! You are never more than 15 minutes away from a Catholic high school, and there is a parish with an attached K-8 school in pretty much every suburb and many city neighborhoods (we live in a suburb just outside the city). There are HSs where basically anyone with a pulse and $XX,000 to spare can attend, and then there are ones that are very very selective. The single-sex ones tend to fall into the "anyone with a pulse" (OK that sounds really awful of me) category, co-ed is more a mixed bag. So there is something for everyone, whether a very strong student or a not-so-strong student that simply wants to go to a Catholic high school for social reasons, sports, want a smaller environment, whatever.

We will definitely give St. John's a look. From my research it looks like a very well-rounded school, the type where a lot of different kinds of kids could succeed, where there is no one "type"...am I off base here?

For the sake of anonymity I won't say which school she'll be at next year, but I'll definitely talk to the other school families once we get there. Just thought I'd get a head start. [/quote]

It's the opposite here.[b] Anyone with a pulse and $ can attend St. John's,[/b] Good Cousel or O'Connell. Personally, I'd look at Visitation if she's a strong student. [/quote]

I think you are working from old info on SJC.  1100 applicants this year for 250 spots.  They also had much higher yield from accepted students than planned, so next year's freshman class is larger than expected.  Very limited transfers allowed for next years sophomores.  Expect the acceptance rate to drop further next year.[/quote]

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