Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, is it difficult to get into SJC if you are not catholic and are not coming from catholic school?

Yes. It's become a very popular school. If you believe the private school board, they received nearly 1000 applications for the incoming 9th grade class.

But if you bring something to the table that they need (athletic skills) that helps. They also care about diversity; about 50% of their student body is African American and students who are interested in their JROTC program.

Wow! Almost 50% of students are African-American? I’m genuinely surprised by this stat. With almost 1100 students enrolled, that means around 500 students. A quick run through their website doesn’t reflect this.

Wilson is:
35% Black
31% White
23% Latino
7% Asian

PP might have gotten confused -- it's around 50% non-white, not 50% black. They say in their school profile: Caucasian, 56%; African American, 25%; Hispanic, 9%; Asian, 4%; other, 5%

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, is it difficult to get into SJC if you are not catholic and are not coming from catholic school?

Yes. It's become a very popular school. If you believe the private school board, they received nearly 1000 applications for the incoming 9th grade class.

But if you bring something to the table that they need (athletic skills) that helps. They also care about diversity; about 50% of their student body is African American and students who are interested in their JROTC program.

Wow! Almost 50% of students are African-American? I’m genuinely surprised by this stat. With almost 1100 students enrolled, that means around 500 students. A quick run through their website doesn’t reflect this.

Wilson is:
35% Black
31% White
23% Latino
7% Asian

Regardless of the number, it's a very diverse private school. Much more so than Wilson actually.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, is it difficult to get into SJC if you are not catholic and are not coming from catholic school?

Yes. It's become a very popular school. If you believe the private school board, they received nearly 1000 applications for the incoming 9th grade class.

But if you bring something to the table that they need (athletic skills) that helps. They also care about diversity; about 50% of their student body is African American and students who are interested in their JROTC program.

Wow! Almost 50% of students are African-American? I’m genuinely surprised by this stat. With almost 1100 students enrolled, that means around 500 students. A quick run through their website doesn’t reflect this.

Wilson is:
35% Black
31% White
23% Latino
7% Asian

Adding to 10:35 -- SJC admissions has relationships with all the Catholic K-8s. While they do take children coming from public school or non-Catholic privates, but most of the class comes from private or parochial Catholic schools.

Anonymous wrote:“Look in the search function” “look on SJ’s website for tuition”...go away already. Stop being a smart ass. 90% of these threads could be answered in search forum or websites. If you don’t want to participate in a new thread, go away! Also, you should know DCUM search function is the worst (even Jeff says so).

Not OP

Damn, who peed in your Cheerios, PP? Offering the suggestion to use the search here on DCUM is letting OP know that this is a topic that has been discussed and thus providing MORE insights than this thread alone.

Calm.down.

Anonymous wrote:Serious question, is it difficult to get into SJC if you are not catholic and are not coming from catholic school?

Yes. It's become a very popular school. If you believe the private school board, they received nearly 1000 applications for the incoming 9th grade class.

But if you bring something to the table that they need (athletic skills) that helps. They also care about diversity; about 50% of their student body is African American and students who are interested in their JROTC program.

$20k is cheap for a good private high school!

“Look in the search function” “look on SJ’s website for tuition”...go away already. Stop being a smart ass. 90% of these threads could be answered in search forum or websites. If you don’t want to participate in a new thread, go away! Also, you should know DCUM search function is the worst (even Jeff says so).

Not OP

Serious question, is it difficult to get into SJC if you are not catholic and are not coming from catholic school?

Anonymous wrote:How much does sic cost? What percentage of the freshman class are from Deal? What about at Wilson?

The tuition is easily found on the SJC website.
Only the schools can give an accurate percentage of Deal students that matriculate. You cannot get an accurate number here unless a poster happens to work in the registrar’s office of either school.

Anonymous wrote:How much does sic cost? What percentage of the freshman class are from Deal? What about at Wilson?

Tuition is about $20K.

Most of the students at SJC are from one of the DC area Catholic elementary schools. Some from Deal, especially if they are strong athletes or Catholic (or both).

Most of Deal students continue on to Wilson, but others head to privates (lots of different ones), SWW or Banneker.

How much does sic cost? What percentage of the freshman class are from Deal? What about at Wilson?

There are many threads here that you can find by using the search feature on the left.

We were in the same situation a couple of years ago. DS loved SJC and even got a little bit of money. We ultimately decided on Wilson, where he will graduate in a year. It’s not perfect, but then no school is, including SJC.

He has had excellent teachers and made really nice friends. He is involved in sports and music. It’s a big school, and we value the diversity of experiences that are represented there.

For our family, the gains from SJC did not outweigh the costs. We would have been able to pay the tuition, but we would have been living on a much tighter budget and not have been able to provide our kids some of the vacations and experiences they’ve had over the past 3 years.

Breastfeeding/Formula
Stay at home/Work outside the home
Rec soccer/Travel soccer
Wilson/SJC
These are the choices made here on DCUM. None of these choices are bad. Each family makes the decision that is best for them.

We are considering the same. Following.

Moving to nwdc with a 7th grader and am thinking about life after Alice Deal. Curious what the experiences are like at st Johns vs Wilson HS. Thanks!