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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I wrong for having the impression that SJC is considered more prestigious?[/quote]

Oh yes, of course it’s “more prestigious.” Not because of any measurable academic rigor, mind you, but because it has perfected the rare art of recruiting from the highly specialized gene pool of Upper Northwest D.C. parents whose self-worth is directly indexed to whether or not the head of school waves at them in the carpool line. These are people who treat open house day like the Iowa caucuses, but with more Vineyard Vines fleeces and fewer functioning moral compasses.

The prestige isn’t in the curriculum. It’s in the wine-and-cheese admissions mixers, the hushed tones about “fit,” and the unspoken contest of who can drop “Bethesda” and “Ambassador” most casually in the same sentence. Prestige, in this context, is basically a group hallucination shared by people who spent $3,000 last month on violin lessons their kid openly resents.

So yes, technically it’s “prestigious.” But only if you define prestige as the collective anxieties of insecure Northwest D.C. strivers, repackaged into a tuition bill the size of a small mortgage.[/quote]

What the heck!?!? Do you know anything about the mix of kids who attend SJC? The school is pretty good at sticking to its Lasallian mission, but I have a feeling that you know that and you just have an ax to grind. It’s not that deep. Relax. [/quote]

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