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Anonymous wrote:White flight. Like a PP said, demographics have shifted in MoCo and while they used to flee to the DC and Bethesda privates, they now have other options.

More demand during the pandemic allowed all of these private schools to seem more selective because they had more applicants to choose from! So every school seems like they have higher standards for admission than they did before.

Kinda.

I’m not sure you can call it “white flight” given the diversity of applicants desperately trying to avoid MCPS high schools. I think it has more to do with parents of all races struggling to get their kids into a better environment.

While they had 1k applicants for 300 seats last year, I suspect they will have over 1,200 this year.

I graduated from an area private a million years ago and GC was known as a public school with tuition. It was a jab at the school’s students as well as the lack of academic rigor. That was both before and after it went co-ed like SJC.

For whatever reason, it has become ridiculously “popular.” I think a lot of it has to do with kids and parents wanting a neighborhood/suburban school without a DC commute.

I bet someone could make a fortune opening up another suburban private high school.

Just back from taking a kid for their interview at GC. Characterizing the current popularity of the school as at all a product of “white flight” is wildly inaccurate. The diversity of both the kids interviewing and the honors society kids volunteering today was stunning and has no parallel at DC schools or GCP. I am not a fan of the school overall, but some of the caricature of the place being used to demean it has no basis in reality.

What is the reason you are not a fan of the school. My son went there and got into a T20 college, I would be happy to answer any questions??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White flight. Like a PP said, demographics have shifted in MoCo and while they used to flee to the DC and Bethesda privates, they now have other options.

More demand during the pandemic allowed all of these private schools to seem more selective because they had more applicants to choose from! So every school seems like they have higher standards for admission than they did before.

Kinda.

I’m not sure you can call it “white flight” given the diversity of applicants desperately trying to avoid MCPS high schools. I think it has more to do with parents of all races struggling to get their kids into a better environment.

While they had 1k applicants for 300 seats last year, I suspect they will have over 1,200 this year.

I graduated from an area private a million years ago and GC was known as a public school with tuition. It was a jab at the school’s students as well as the lack of academic rigor. That was both before and after it went co-ed like SJC.

For whatever reason, it has become ridiculously “popular.” I think a lot of it has to do with kids and parents wanting a neighborhood/suburban school without a DC commute.

I bet someone could make a fortune opening up another suburban private high school.

Just back from taking a kid for their interview at GC. Characterizing the current popularity of the school as at all a product of “white flight” is wildly inaccurate. The diversity of both the kids interviewing and the honors society kids volunteering today was stunning and has no parallel at DC schools or GCP. I am not a fan of the school overall, but some of the caricature of the place being used to demean it has no basis in reality.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White flight. Like a PP said, demographics have shifted in MoCo and while they used to flee to the DC and Bethesda privates, they now have other options.

More demand during the pandemic allowed all of these private schools to seem more selective because they had more applicants to choose from! So every school seems like they have higher standards for admission than they did before.

Kinda.

I’m not sure you can call it “white flight” given the diversity of applicants desperately trying to avoid MCPS high schools. I think it has more to do with parents of all races struggling to get their kids into a better environment.

While they had 1k applicants for 300 seats last year, I suspect they will have over 1,200 this year.

I graduated from an area private a million years ago and GC was known as a public school with tuition. It was a jab at the school’s students as well as the lack of academic rigor. That was both before and after it went co-ed like SJC.

For whatever reason, it has become ridiculously “popular.” I think a lot of it has to do with kids and parents wanting a neighborhood/suburban school without a DC commute.

I bet someone could make a fortune opening up another suburban private high school.

Just back from taking a kid for their interview at GC. Characterizing the current popularity of the school as at all a product of “white flight” is wildly inaccurate. The diversity of both the kids interviewing and the honors society kids volunteering today was stunning and has no parallel at DC schools or GCP. I am not a fan of the school overall, but some of the caricature of the place being used to demean it has no basis in reality.

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Anonymous wrote:OLGC is looked at by almost all of the other privates as a glorified public school. The Academics are not nearly as rigorous the focus is more on athletics than on academics. And the athletic teams have also garnered a reputation amongst the other WCAC schools as not having good sportsmanship. I have witnessed this personally and that lack of sportsmanship was condoned and encouraged by the coaching staff.

I went there. It is a glorified public school. That’s why many kids go there because their public schools are horrible. Save with O’Connell. I told my kids I wouldn’t pay for those schools.

You're experience from 1990 something is no longer relevant.

I think it probably is. I got a perfectly fine education there, and one of my favorite teachers had come from Georgetown prep, and he said the education at GC was actually superior to GP. However, I was going to school with a bunch of middle and lower middle class kids. Not who I wanted to associate with.

Oh, so you are classis and racist. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:My son shadowed at Prep and GC. Hated the bro culture at Prep and went to GC. He's headed unhooked to an Ivy. No regrets.

I'm sure.

Lol 😂 ivy from
Good counsel maga brains no

The Heights and GP are the Maga schools.

So is Good counsel.
Catholics make up
A huge portion of maga .
SCOTUS Alito Thomas Thank you so much for that crap

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OLGC is looked at by almost all of the other privates as a glorified public school. The Academics are not nearly as rigorous the focus is more on athletics than on academics. And the athletic teams have also garnered a reputation amongst the other WCAC schools as not having good sportsmanship. I have witnessed this personally and that lack of sportsmanship was condoned and encouraged by the coaching staff.

I went there. It is a glorified public school. That’s why many kids go there because their public schools are horrible. Save with O’Connell. I told my kids I wouldn’t pay for those schools.

You're experience from 1990 something is no longer relevant.

I think it probably is. I got a perfectly fine education there, and one of my favorite teachers had come from Georgetown prep, and he said the education at GC was actually superior to GP. However, I was going to school with a bunch of middle and lower middle class kids. Not who I wanted to associate with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OLGC is looked at by almost all of the other privates as a glorified public school. The Academics are not nearly as rigorous the focus is more on athletics than on academics. And the athletic teams have also garnered a reputation amongst the other WCAC schools as not having good sportsmanship. I have witnessed this personally and that lack of sportsmanship was condoned and encouraged by the coaching staff.

I went there. It is a glorified public school. That’s why many kids go there because their public schools are horrible. Save with O’Connell. I told my kids I wouldn’t pay for those schools.

You're experience from 1990 something is no longer relevant.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son shadowed at Prep and GC. Hated the bro culture at Prep and went to GC. He's headed unhooked to an Ivy. No regrets.

I'm sure.

Lol 😂 ivy from
Good counsel maga brains no

The Heights and GP are the Maga schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White flight. Like a PP said, demographics have shifted in MoCo and while they used to flee to the DC and Bethesda privates, they now have other options.

More demand during the pandemic allowed all of these private schools to seem more selective because they had more applicants to choose from! So every school seems like they have higher standards for admission than they did before.

Kinda.

I’m not sure you can call it “white flight” given the diversity of applicants desperately trying to avoid MCPS high schools. I think it has more to do with parents of all races struggling to get their kids into a better environment.

While they had 1k applicants for 300 seats last year, I suspect they will have over 1,200 this year.

I graduated from an area private a million years ago and GC was known as a public school with tuition. It was a jab at the school’s students as well as the lack of academic rigor. That was both before and after it went co-ed like SJC.

For whatever reason, it has become ridiculously “popular.” I think a lot of it has to do with kids and parents wanting a neighborhood/suburban school without a DC commute.

I bet someone could make a fortune opening up another suburban private high school.

Anonymous wrote:White flight. Like a PP said, demographics have shifted in MoCo and while they used to flee to the DC and Bethesda privates, they now have other options.

More demand during the pandemic allowed all of these private schools to seem more selective because they had more applicants to choose from! So every school seems like they have higher standards for admission than they did before.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OLGC is looked at by almost all of the other privates as a glorified public school. The Academics are not nearly as rigorous the focus is more on athletics than on academics. And the athletic teams have also garnered a reputation amongst the other WCAC schools as not having good sportsmanship. I have witnessed this personally and that lack of sportsmanship was condoned and encouraged by the coaching staff.

I went there. It is a glorified public school. That’s why many kids go there because their public schools are horrible. Save with O’Connell. I told my kids I wouldn’t pay for those schools.

Anonymous wrote:OLGC is looked at by almost all of the other privates as a glorified public school. The Academics are not nearly as rigorous the focus is more on athletics than on academics. And the athletic teams have also garnered a reputation amongst the other WCAC schools as not having good sportsmanship. I have witnessed this personally and that lack of sportsmanship was condoned and encouraged by the coaching staff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son shadowed at Prep and GC. Hated the bro culture at Prep and went to GC. He's headed unhooked to an Ivy. No regrets.

I'm sure.

Lol 😂 ivy from
Good counsel maga brains no

Let them keep believing the garbage that their admin tells them as the rest of the privates laugh at there poor academics...

You are clearly a product of superior education. It shows in your writing skills.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son shadowed at Prep and GC. Hated the bro culture at Prep and went to GC. He's headed unhooked to an Ivy. No regrets.

I'm sure.

Lol 😂 ivy from
Good counsel maga brains no

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son shadowed at Prep and GC. Hated the bro culture at Prep and went to GC. He's headed unhooked to an Ivy. No regrets.

I'm sure.

Lol 😂 ivy from
Good counsel maga brains no

Let them keep believing the garbage that their admin tells them as the rest of the privates laugh at there poor academics...