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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never heard of any child not getting into St. Johns.  Very average students seem to thrive there.[/quote]

I have never heard of anybody not getting into Visi and Prep. I am not in Bethesda so few people from our school actually want to go there. They have also decided not to go - distance/cost. Some kids are actually smart enough to make that decision.[/quote]

I don't know about Prep, but Visi is very tough to get into.  Definitely harder than St. John's.

I know some very average kids (no learning disabilities, just average) that got into St. John's this year.[/quote]

How do you know these kids are "average".[/quote]

How do I know they're average?  In one instance, his parents said St. John's was the only place he was accepted.  In another, he's struggled at his mediocre Catholic school.  [/quote]

Not getting accepted at the other school might just mean he was blocked by legacies. Each parish school is only given so may slots per school. At our school the top student went to his second choice because of 4 legacies to his first choice.

Struggles might mean he had a LD and wanted to go to the exceptional Binelde program at St. Johns. This program would allow him/her to take high level honors/AP classes with support. My friends son who did not speak English until he was in 4th grade did well there and as you could imagine needed a little support, but not because he was not smart. He was also accepted at other schools but they would have had to pay for more support.

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