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[quote=Anonymous]"A person looking at the 20% number might mis-interpret that if it wasn't made clear that this 20% wasn't WASPs from Bethesda. It's not. It's primarliy Asians and AAs. Of course some Asians and AAs are Catholic. But the 20% of GP students that are not Catholic are concentrated in these two groups. "

So its important to you that your son go to school with at least 20 % WASPs from Bethesda. Or do you think your son would only be accepted if this group is well represented?  That is a very narrow view of life. I am not Catholic, but I am always amazed at how critical this forum is of Catholic schools because of the assertion that these schools are so clubish, etc.  But posts like the above show that the "majority" culture of upper middle class DC is very much interested is sticking to their own kind. I have had kids in both Catholic and non-Catholic independent schools and actually I have found the sense of community in the Catholic schools comfortable, less interested in wealth, and more accepting to "outsiders." 
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