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Anonymous wrote: OP has triggered that anti SJC poster. So predictable.

To answer OP's original question though -- ADW wasn't established until 1939. By then many of the independent Catholic schools had been around for 100+ years. The history is actually quite fascinating.

There is a ton of choice at all price points in our area which isn't the case in the rest of the country.

Fwiw I hope you don’t think I’m anti-SJC just because I’m sharing facts about how student athletes are imported and housed by other SJC families…and all the full pay families collectively subsidize such things.

How would I know this if I didn’t have kids affiliated with the school?

Not a hater. Just a catholic mom who finds some of the choices made by SJC, GC, and other catholic schools interesting. Prioritizing athletes and non-Catholics for the limited seats in area catholic high schools is an interesting decision imho. YMMV

“Primarily non-Catholic in terms of demographics” is not correct.

It’s heading in that direction and soon will be majority non-catholic. GC will be majority non-catholic first, but SJC isn’t far behind.

No chance this is true. Show the source data, please. (And I do not have a single connection to SJC)

I also understand WHY schools recruit athletes, and it’s the same reasons colleges do it. First and foremost, it puts the school on the map for a lot of kids. That matters! Have a great team, even more great athletes will follow, full stop. SJC has a lot of Kevin Plank (Under Armour founder, SJC alum) $, so it’s not act surprised that they go hard here! And they should. Good for them. $ in the school is good for ALL students, and ALL programs at the school, not just athletes. Students also want to go somewhere where there is a culture, a spirit to the school. Sports (and good ones, to boot) bring that!

But back to my original comment, even with some (heck, many!) recruited athletes, no way I believe SJC will be majority non Catholic. No way.

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Anonymous wrote: OP has triggered that anti SJC poster. So predictable.

To answer OP's original question though -- ADW wasn't established until 1939. By then many of the independent Catholic schools had been around for 100+ years. The history is actually quite fascinating.

There is a ton of choice at all price points in our area which isn't the case in the rest of the country.

Fwiw I hope you don’t think I’m anti-SJC just because I’m sharing facts about how student athletes are imported and housed by other SJC families…and all the full pay families collectively subsidize such things.

How would I know this if I didn’t have kids affiliated with the school?

Not a hater. Just a catholic mom who finds some of the choices made by SJC, GC, and other catholic schools interesting. Prioritizing athletes and non-Catholics for the limited seats in area catholic high schools is an interesting decision imho. YMMV

“Primarily non-Catholic in terms of demographics” is not correct.

It’s heading in that direction and soon will be majority non-catholic. GC will be majority non-catholic first, but SJC isn’t far behind.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: OP has triggered that anti SJC poster. So predictable.

To answer OP's original question though -- ADW wasn't established until 1939. By then many of the independent Catholic schools had been around for 100+ years. The history is actually quite fascinating.

There is a ton of choice at all price points in our area which isn't the case in the rest of the country.

Fwiw I hope you don’t think I’m anti-SJC just because I’m sharing facts about how student athletes are imported and housed by other SJC families…and all the full pay families collectively subsidize such things.

How would I know this if I didn’t have kids affiliated with the school?

Not a hater. Just a catholic mom who finds some of the choices made by SJC, GC, and other catholic schools interesting. Prioritizing athletes and non-Catholics for the limited seats in area catholic high schools is an interesting decision imho. YMMV

“Primarily non-Catholic in terms of demographics” is not correct.

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Anonymous wrote: OP has triggered that anti SJC poster. So predictable.

To answer OP's original question though -- ADW wasn't established until 1939. By then many of the independent Catholic schools had been around for 100+ years. The history is actually quite fascinating.

There is a ton of choice at all price points in our area which isn't the case in the rest of the country.

Fwiw I hope you don’t think I’m anti-SJC just because I’m sharing facts about how student athletes are imported and housed by other SJC families…and all the full pay families collectively subsidize such things.

How would I know this if I didn’t have kids affiliated with the school?

Not a hater. Just a catholic mom who finds some of the choices made by SJC, GC, and other catholic schools interesting. Prioritizing athletes and non-Catholics for the limited seats in area catholic high schools is an interesting decision imho. YMMV

Anonymous wrote: OP has triggered that anti SJC poster. So predictable.

To answer OP's original question though -- ADW wasn't established until 1939. By then many of the independent Catholic schools had been around for 100+ years. The history is actually quite fascinating.

There is a ton of choice at all price points in our area which isn't the case in the rest of the country.

Anonymous wrote:SJC actively tries to keep tuition affordable and takes pride in having one of the lowest private high school tuitions in the area, despite receiving enough applications each year to fill its freshman class four times over. If tuition cost is a concern, apply for FA and you may be pleasantly surprised to find the cost is closer to the $20K that fits your budget.

Anonymous wrote:DeMatha is actually around $25k (closer to SJC and OLGC on terms of tuition). Palllotti, Mac and Seton are a bit lower in tuition so probably closer to $20k.

Avalon and Brookewood in Kensington/Wheaton are also in that ballpark.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholic schools in Pittsburgh are half the price of the high schools here. One assumes they are partly subsidized by the archdiocese there. ADW could do that too. It's a matter of priorities. And clearly the ADW thinks we're all rich enough to afford the tuition.

ADW does subsidize SJC and Good Counsel. Pittsburgh has a far lower cost of living than the DMV, so that’s an unfair comparison.

The tuition at SJC and GC is substantially lower than that of other private high schools in the area.

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Anonymous wrote:I have always wondered this too. Why is there no archdiocesan school like Arlington? Bishop ireton, Paul VI are all around 20k, which is way more reasonable than all the Catholic HSs in MD.

Anonymous wrote:I have always wondered this too. Why is there no archdiocesan school like Arlington? Bishop ireton, Paul VI are all around 20k, which is way more reasonable than all the Catholic HSs in MD.

Anonymous wrote:LOL how do you not know the answer to this question?

Follow the money...