Anonymous wrote:I think it is unfair, to the child, to sent them from visi or prep to Georgetown. Especially if their parents went to GU. There are so many schools out there. Every child deserves to establish their own identity and there is no way this can be done in these situations.
But, this is another conversation.

Bwahhahhahaaa. You have got to be kidding. "To sent them?" Really? These kids work hard and make their own choices. Nobody is sending them anywhere. If they earned an offer at GU and they want to go, who are the parents to tell them no? And many, many, legacies are turned down at GU.

I'm sorry to say this poster really misunderstands what Catholic schools are about and how they work.

Anonymous wrote:I think it is unfair, to the child, to sent them from visi or prep to Georgetown. Especially if their parents went to GU. There are so many schools out there. Every child deserves to establish their own identity and there is no way this can be done in these situations.
But, this is another conversation.

I know! Just like those selfish Harvard alums foisting it on their kids. I mean, so controlling of those parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

You do know that Visitation is a Catholic school, right?

Visitation is Catholic, but not Jesuit. Most Jesuit universities give an admissions boost to grads of Jesuit high schools, but not non-Jesuit Catholic schools.

Visitation used to sent about 8 girls a year to GU, but it's more like 4-5 recently. Visi has been sending 8/year to both UVa and Maryland lately, with another big group to Notre Dame. There is quite a range of girls at Visi and they go everywhere from the top Ivies to non-descript state schools, just like students from every other school.

I think it is unfair, to the child, to sent them from visi or prep to Georgetown. Especially if their parents went to GU. There are so many schools out there. Every child deserves to establish their own identity and there is no way this can be done in these situations.
But, this is another conversation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

You do know that Visitation is a Catholic school, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

no - both of those schools are known for legacies

Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

My dd had a kid in her class at Princeton from Visi. The answer OP is they go to the best place they can get into just like everyone else.

Stone Ridge grad. Brown.

Stone Ridge grad here (90's), went to Georgetown.

Visitation grad here - went to Penn, but in the 80s, LOL.

OP, did you check the schools' websites?

http://www.stoneridgeschool.org/page.cfm?p=2204

http://www.visi.org/student-life/college-counseling/college-matriculations/index.aspx

Stone Ridge ranges from Towson State to MIT. The college with the most 2013 Stone Ridge grads is Loyola in MD.

I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

Where do the graduates of these two schools usually go?