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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think anybody is giving sports scholarships I am suggesting that they boys that went to Prep and Landon pay the same at Bullis.

I do think you can't see the forest for the trees.

There are 100 freshman, 60 are from 8th grade and 40 are new students (20 boys and 20 girls). There are 25 sports.

I like Bullis's focus, I like the balanced curriculum, the arts, the learning center, the mentoring program, the small class sizes, etc.

SJC has always in the past gotten the same flack you are giving Bullis, taking transfers, and it has worked splendidly for them. (Kimsey and Plank)

(I have been in the Catholic school world for years - Catholics - 10 and 12 to a family - lots of Soph/Jr. transfers from my experience. Not everybody wants/likes the same school. Parents sometimes force what they think is best - the legacy school, the "best" academics, etc - it isn't always so.)

Many parents are just looking for a place for their kid to thrive and that does not mean getting the highest SAT and compete with their best friend for the limited spots that go to Ivy.

Maybe you have 1 kid that needs an IB program and one that doesn't but they want to be together. If kids chose to go to different schools that is their choice but calling yourself a community and then rufusing admission to a sibling does not feel like a community to me. Maybe your aren't looking for a community feel but many of us are.

That highly competitive environments really turns me off (personally) - though it seems to be really important to some. It is refreshing to see an institution (many acutally - SJC (Benilde), Paul IV (special education), etc) who open their doors to all students.

I actually think many schools are realizing there is a need - not quite Lab or McLean - but just small class size. The public schools have abandoned these kids. If you don't contribute to their IB and AP statistics you don't help their stupid rating in US News and World Report.

Maybe that's their market, really smart kids who have a sibling that needs more support. A place where kids can't wait to get back to school on Monday.

Have you gone to a Bullis open house? I did and I thought "I can't believe I wish I were back in HS." I have been to many open houses but did not think that. Now I just have to figure out which one makes my kids feel that way.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a bunch of kids are paying full tuition at Landon and Prep and then they go to Bullis on a financial need scholarship.

Thou doth Protest too much, methinks.[/quote]

I know the Hamlet reference but don't get your application here.  Usually it means that someone who protests so vehemently is guilty of doing the same thing.  The senior transfer thing is only happening at Bullis -- that's verifiable.  I guess you could be suggesting that Prep and Landon also give hidden athletic scholarships?  They are not known for doing so -- right now all the accounts involve Bullis.

To reach back to the 90s, a lot more people heard of UNLV because of their winning ways in basketball.  The notoriety didn't translate into increased academic respect for the institution.

Bullis is, I'm sure, still doing all the good things it's been doing in recent years, most notably offering high quality teaching and small class sizes in the setting of a co-ed, secular school in MoCo.  My own view is that they way they're pursuing sports success will not help their overall standing in the DMV independent school market, but they may have marketing data to suggest otherwise.[/quote][/quote]

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