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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a question.  I am African American and GP is indeed our first pick.  We visited the school and absolutely loved it.  I noticed that most applicants will need to make 99 on the SSAT but we are willing to give it a shot.  Now we are after a great education that will propel us towards a Holy Cross or a Georgetown.  I'm just being honest with you.  Now this is what I need to know.  Do blacks stand out like a sore thumb?  Will he not have a single friend there?  Hey I might as well ask directly before we waste time, energy and money.  [/quote]

Why don't you ask to talk to some of the African American families there?  The diversity stats aren't great but that doesn't mean your son couldn't have a great experience.  Our tour guide when we went this fall was an AA boy and based on his interactions with the other boys he seemed to have lots of friends of multiple colors.  Totally anecdotal I know.  It may also be that sports makes a difference.  Does your son play a sport (especially a mainstream sport for GP, which seem to be football, basketball and lacrosse). My impression (could be wrong) is that makes a difference there.[/quote]

Yes, he plays a couple of sports.  He thinks he is a good basketball player but my husband told him to stick with the classical piano he has been studying since he was five years old.  I think he is getting good at basketball.  We are from down south so we just go around town looking at high schools all the time.  I don't know any AA families that go there.  I may know a couple who want to if the sports package is good.  We lived in an upper middle class predominantley white neighborhood for about 7 years.  He did well.  He mixed with all races.   We later put him in a middle school that was 50 percent Asian.  Did pretty good socially there as well.  I've noticed that he chats with freinds from both schools on facebook.  He now attends an extremely diverse school.  He actually has black freinds which has been pretty rare for him because of his environment.  He loves it.  He loves people.  I really don't think a predominently white school will have an adverse affect on him but the money up here is very old and they is a different kind of white person in my opinion.  I went to college with extremely whealthy white people and they were a bit arrogant.  Not to mean though.  No bad experiences.  Everyone was civil.  My concern about him is that there will be a destinct difference between he and his peers at GP.  Its called MONEY!  GP folks got real money and I don't know if he can handle that.  I suggested looking at some other schools and he said, "no way its GP all the way baby".  I said the kids are really rich. He said we're rich.  You have a mercedes.  My husband and I just shook our heads.  He doesn't get it.  I dunno maybe my issue is money more than race.  He is magnetic where ever he goes.  Maybe when he applies there and hopefully gets in he will be magnetic too.  If you find a black family for me to talk to let me know. [/quote]

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