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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is downright silly..has nothing to do with college not being important. I am from Philadelphia (so this isn't a dc thing) and see my hs friends who stayed in Philly closer together than their college friends. why? You go to college many times far away and become friends with kids who also may come for a variety of places..and if you come to work back in DC and you have friends who also came back..of course you will be friends..ESP if you had a nice relationship growing up. some kidss..if you went public..you played with since k..and some privates are also k or fairly young and go through. This is not a bad thing and this is also not a Catholic or any religion thing. As for Catholic mafia..sounds fairly racist to me. [/quote]

You must be reacting to the word "mafia". Substitute "community" for it. Or whatever word describes an inwardly-focused, tight-knit group that is relatively impervious to entry by people who are different.

When people say "In DC its where you went to high school that's important", they mean important in predicting and determining which community you will be part of in DC throughout your adult life.

Of course, this isn't unique to DC or even to Catholics in DC. What separates DC is the degree to which this is true and the strength of the commitment to the group.

It's nothing to get upset over. It is what it is. Understanding it helps understand the private school  "lay of the land", so to speak. It explains why one sees so few Catholics at non-Catholic private schools. [/quote]

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