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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am one of the PPs. Follow up question on this : Do Episcopalian Schools such as NCS/STA, SSSAS, St Andrews... give any advantage in the admissions process to Episcopalian kids/ families? or is this limited to Catholic Schools?[/quote]
[b]No. There’s a place in the application to indicate your religion if you choose to, but there’s no advantage to being Episcopalian.[/b] [/quote]

I wonder why this is the case. As in why do Catholic Schools give advantage to Catholic kids in admissions but Episcopalian Schools don't give the same advantage to Episcopalian kids. 
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Because part of the mission of Catholic schools is to teach Catholic students. The entire educational experience is through a Catholic lens, and religion is a core class every semester. That’s not true for Episcopal schools, which have as part of their mission to care for students as children of God, but are not specifically there to teach Episcopalians. Episcopal schools have a religion requirement, but usually only a couple of classes plus ethics, not a class every semester. They may have a weekly chapel service but it tends to be fairly non-denominational vs a weekly Catholic Mass. [/quote]

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