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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Class of 2015
Graduates have been accepted to the following outstanding high schools:
 
Academy of the Holy Cross
Bullis
Connelly School of the Holy Child
Georgetown Preparatory School
Georgetown Visitation
Gonzaga College high School
The Heights
Holton Arms
Our Lady of Good Counsel
St. John's College High school
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
and
Kingswood Oxford, Northwest Catholic, The Ethel Walker School,
and Westminster School, Connecticut

Not bad for a very small schools...[/quote]

That's only cause these high schools have a quota to fill with all the parochial schools including OLOM. My public school son is outperforming your OLOM alumnus in one of these high schools. tells me OLOM has a long way to go.  And yes, the cliques are just sickening. [/quote]

What quota? 
what high school are you talking about?[/quote]

If you have spent any time reading about Catholic HS admissions, the high schools tend to admit a certain number from each parish school.  Just to throw out some random numbers, Gonzaga may admit up to 2 from Mercy, GP up to 3, Visitation up to 3, etc.  So it is inevitable that Mercy 8th graders will be admitted to these schools regardless of their test scores, grades, etc.
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You may have read that but it doesn't make it true. In our parish school the numbers vary widely every year. Sometimes it's because the gender numbers in the class make it so there are more or fewer applicants.   I don't think the high schools would ever shut out a qualified applicant simply because his classmates were equally qualified.    But naturally some elementary schools are stronger than others and earn more acceptances simply because of their student body.   But it's probably safe to assume that the top students from all of the parish elementary schools would be accepted but high schools certainly dig deeper than just those first few when it's warranted.  They do not cap.[/quote]

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