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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would very much like to know whether a non Catholic Caucasian has any chance of being admitted to GV?[/quote]

I wouldn’t hold my breath. My DD recently applied and was waitlisted.  Catholic, coming from public school but older brothers did same and went to Gonzaga.  Straight A student, gifted in math, scored in the 93% on HSPT, played 2 JV sports at our public HS as an 8th grader (can do this where we live), recognized nationally for an 8th grade service project and alter server at our church. And her teachers and MS showed us the recommendations, which were excellent.  It was the only private she applied to so it’s not like GV could have thought she’d maybe go to another. Go figure.[/quote]

Maybe they thought you weren’t committed to private school education since you only applied to one school. All the schools my DD applied to said apps were high this year.

My public school DD with a 97  hspt did get offered a spot at visitation.[/quote]

She had multiple brothers that went to Gonzaga, so one would think Visi would know the family was committed to Catholic private schools.

But, if the school does suspect a lack of commitment to accepting an offered admission spot, that will definitely affect their admission decision.

That's why they are so curious about where else a candidate is applying. They are assessing just how likely the candidate will be to gain admission to the other schools on her list and how likely she will be to accept their offer. If they suspect Visi is a "safety" school, that's going to affect their thinking.

That's another great thing about legacies and those from traditional feeder school.

The candidate described seems so good and such a good fit, one wonders what happened. She may have just fallen through the cracks in the process.

The Admissions process at these schools is no where as near as scientific, logical or "fair" as outsiders think it is (or should be). And at schools where it's a committee making the decisions, it's even unpredictable.[/quote]

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