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Catholic High alum in Baton Rouge question
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:24 am
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:24 am
Did you get a job or benefit in another way just because you graduated from Catholic? My son is at Catholic right now and is doing fine(honor roll-10th grade) but I am thinking about switching him to St Michaels . He is driving now and I hate the traffic he deals with to go back and forth to school ! St Mikes is only 7 minutes away and barely any traffic! I want to switch him but hate to if being a graduate from Catholic helps him later on in his life!
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Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:25 am to lsugal121212
Front row seat
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:25 am to lsugal121212
Stay at Catholic. Much better school and alumni base.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:26 am to lsugal121212
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:30 am to lsugal121212
If he gets the hell out of BR like he should, his HS connections won't matter.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:33 am to lsugal121212
Not worth it.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:34 am to lsugal121212
you're thinking of making him switch schools because you don't like the traffic that he's got to deal with? 
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:50 am to lsugal121212
My younger sister just graduated from St. Michaels and the number of students they had going to community college or worse, nowhere, shocked me. We had maybe 3 people from my class at Catholic go to BRCC while plenty got scholarships all over the country.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:55 am to lsugal121212
As ridiculous as it may be, people who say connections don't matter are kidding themselves. 20 plus years on I am amazed at how this opens doors to conversations.
Ignore the haters, and the deniers, but if you are in a field where business deals and transactions occur (and don't just read this as being in sales), connections go a long way, especially in the South, and even more so in BR.
Being a Catholic alum and having been in a fraternity with a good alumni base has helped me immeasurably in business.
Ignore the haters, and the deniers, but if you are in a field where business deals and transactions occur (and don't just read this as being in sales), connections go a long way, especially in the South, and even more so in BR.
Being a Catholic alum and having been in a fraternity with a good alumni base has helped me immeasurably in business.
This post was edited on 5/17/14 at 11:56 am
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:56 am to lsugal121212
He only has 2 more years. Leave him there.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 11:58 am to lsugal121212
Keep your son at Catholic High. Both are good schools but Catholic is best of the two. There is also a big difference between the two when it comes to alumni base and the opportunities that open up down the road.
Frankly, a CHS diploma = instant credibility; whereas St. Michaels diploma = I wonder why they didn't go to Catholic?
Frankly, a CHS diploma = instant credibility; whereas St. Michaels diploma = I wonder why they didn't go to Catholic?
Posted on 5/17/14 at 12:01 pm to lsugal121212
The whole Catholic high alumni advantages are bullshite. It's all up to the individual. I know plenty of St Michaels people who are more successful than Catholic grads.
ETA: nobody cares about your high school diploma once you get your college one
ETA: nobody cares about your high school diploma once you get your college one
This post was edited on 5/17/14 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 5/17/14 at 12:05 pm to lsugal121212
You stay at Catholic High, you stay at Jesuit, you stay at STM. I don't know the rest of the cities in the state well enough to know their prominent high schools.
Your traffic excuse is weak.
Your traffic excuse is weak.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 12:08 pm to lsugal121212
He's in 10th grade and all of his friends are at Catholic. Keep him there.
It's only 2 more years.
It's only 2 more years.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 1:17 pm to lsugal121212
I lived on the same street at St. Michael's, still went to Catholic and would so the same if I could do it again.
Has it directly affected my job opportunities? Probably not since I work out of the state now. But Catholic definitely prepared me for college. College was a breeze compared to catholic. It really just depends on your son - doesn't really matter where he goes. I wouldn't transfer him over though, but I'm probably biased.
Has it directly affected my job opportunities? Probably not since I work out of the state now. But Catholic definitely prepared me for college. College was a breeze compared to catholic. It really just depends on your son - doesn't really matter where he goes. I wouldn't transfer him over though, but I'm probably biased.
This post was edited on 5/17/14 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 5/17/14 at 1:58 pm to lsugal121212
Did you seriously just ask if attending catholic was going ton help your kid with a job etc? Pfft, I would go ahead and delete that post.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 2:01 pm to lsugal121212
I worked with 3 professionals that all graduated from Catholic. If that place is the best the alumni base could do I wouldn't fear a change to st mikes.
Long story short, I don't think it makes a difference for the vast majority.
Long story short, I don't think it makes a difference for the vast majority.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 2:30 pm to lsugal121212
Stay at Catholic. I drove all the way from Central just because the education was so much better.
Posted on 5/17/14 at 4:04 pm to lsugal121212
Should be up to your son. If he wants to stay at Catholic, thats his decision. Hes the 1 that has to sit through all that traffic, not you. If he wants to transfer to St.Michaels, thats his decision.
I have family members that went to both. I went to Catholic. But was associated with both because of brothers that went to St Michaels. Im glad I went to Catholic over St. Michaels, but thats just me. But there are good and bad people from both schools, just like there are good and bad people everywhere. . Just seems that Catholic has less bad people or whatever. Theres a reason Catholic has the reputation that it has. I think its 1 of like 7 or 8 schools in the country to be named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S Dept of Education 4 times or more.
But its your kids decision.
I have family members that went to both. I went to Catholic. But was associated with both because of brothers that went to St Michaels. Im glad I went to Catholic over St. Michaels, but thats just me. But there are good and bad people from both schools, just like there are good and bad people everywhere. . Just seems that Catholic has less bad people or whatever. Theres a reason Catholic has the reputation that it has. I think its 1 of like 7 or 8 schools in the country to be named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S Dept of Education 4 times or more.
But its your kids decision.
This post was edited on 5/17/14 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 5/17/14 at 4:20 pm to lsugal121212
Hell I'm a CHS alum from 93 and the connection issue is not even specific to being a CHS alum. Just being an alum from a Brothers of Sacred Heart school helped me land my current job. The VP I interviewed with was a grad of Brother Martin and we had a bunch of people in common that we knew which made the interview feel like I was talking with an older buddy.
Keep the boy at CHS and chill out!
Keep the boy at CHS and chill out!
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