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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very very wealthy and very few non Catholics, I went there. I would not recommend it to a middle class kid. [/quote]

Tell me more about this...hypothetically debating between Visi and a NOVA diocesan high school for our daughter.  We are middle class. [/quote]

Depends a lot on your daughter and what she is like. Can she tolerate being a little different easily?

Lots of these girls are legacies. [b]Many of them are from longtime suburban Maryland and NW DC families, who would never consider living in Virginia. Although it's only a few miles away, its uncharted territory.[/quote][/b]

You must be talking about 30 years ago.   40% of the current student body lives in Virginia. [/quote]

That may be true, but I don’t think it does much to change the opinions of The DC and suburban MD people who view Virginia negatively. In their minds, it’s a place for non-DC natives who are attracted by lower real estate prices initially. The percentage of the Catholics in the population between the two is hugely different.[/quote]

Middle class poster again. We live in Alexandria. White collar professionals and daughter is coming from a K-8 parochial. She is a star in a less popular sport. I realize that probably may not be the case in high school.  I’ll still let her look at GV, but I’ll be honest, the discussion on this thread from parents and grads is a real turn off. [/quote]

There is no way that two "white collar professionals" in Alexandria are "middle class."   You must be upper middle class at a minimum.  [/quote]

I would say barely UMC. However, we are not “very, very wealthy “ and are from “uncharted territory” and I’m not sure I’m excited to send her somewhere where she has to “tolerate being a little different.”  Ugh. Anyone with actual recent experience with the school who can assure me it is not as elitist as you all are making it sound?[/quote]

"Elitist" isn't the right word for it. But "insulated" might be a good description of a large percentage of alums and parents of the students. These are people who are interested in maintaining the homogeneity of their world and that's the reason they selected GV.

These are people whose first question when told of someone daughter's or son's engagement is "Is he (or she) Catholic too?" To them, these are not "little differences". [/quote]

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