Is Landon worth it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Debating if Landon is worth the tuition cost compared to other privates like Potomac, Prep, or Gonzaga. I understand the Gonzaga tuition is lower than all the others in comparison, but what is the advantage to attending Landon over other privates? If you have a DC attending Landon now, what has your experience been like? Is the academic rigor there even though they plan to exit AP courses? What is the Landon student body like? There seems to be many bad actors in one of the upper-school grades, how do they manage those students? Is the coach-mentor- thing really a thing or just for some?

Teacher-Coach-Mentor really is a thing. As an earlier poster mentioned, if your son is accepted, there are several other opportunities to revisit and come to your own conclusion. My understanding is that admissions is particularly competitive this year across the board.

[Anonymous]

Fills a niche -- non-denominational boys' school. If that is important to you, I believe its the only game in town (could be wrong). If not, STA is better academically. Prep has better athletics and GZA is cheaper. If you don't care about single-sex, there are a ton of better options.

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Anonymous wrote:Every private school has or is in the process of removing AP course offerings.

Does this mean schools are going to be relaxing academic expectations?

They’re certainly relax course pace and scope of content. Now all the no-AP label schools’ teachers can pick and choose what to teach or focus on, and for how long within the course name. They can still give hours of homework a week, you know, for rigor sake.

[Anonymous]

They like to think they are strong in athletics but for some sports the coaching is sub-par and some players are spending a little too much time in other "extra-curricular activities." Wonder if the coaches realize that some of their players are smoking pot and up to nonsense half the time. It is really too bad that the problem kids get the attention and praise over others who work hard and put in the time. I don't believe the coach-mentor philosophy they tout is really all that.

[Anonymous]

No it’s not…it’s a Bro code school. One hour for lunch they don’t take classes seriously sports come first

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They like to think they are strong in athletics but for some sports the coaching is sub-par and some players are spending a little too much time in other "extra-curricular activities." Wonder if the coaches realize that some of their players are smoking pot and up to nonsense half the time. It is really too bad that the problem kids get the attention and praise over others who work hard and put in the time. I don't believe the coach-mentor philosophy they tout is really all that.

Lol you say this like it's some sort of revelation and unique to Landon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No it’s not…it’s a Bro code school. One hour for lunch they don’t take classes seriously sports come first

The only schools worth going to are the big 3! If your child doesn't get into an Ivy life is over!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No it’s not…it’s a Bro code school. One hour for lunch they don’t take classes seriously sports come first

This. My kid is a very good student and athletic. Not the emphasis on academics we were looking for.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every private school has or is in the process of removing AP course offerings.

Does this mean schools are going to be relaxing academic expectations?

Ha ha funny. No it means they don’t need to offer AP courses like publics as their rigor is well known and enough for students to do well on AP exams. Privates are far more rigorous than most publics - which need AP courses to prove to colleges that their students are taking challenging courses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No it’s not…it’s a Bro code school. One hour for lunch they don’t take classes seriously sports come first

This. My kid is a very good student and athletic. Not the emphasis on academics we were looking for.

There's some good and some good bad on Wilson lane it seems. By almost all accounts, academic stress levels are low for boys there. On the flip side, many feel Landon's academic quality has declined in recent years, and some very good faculty have retired or departed in the last few years including a really unexpected teacher-coach-alum.

Talk to families currently there with kids similar to yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every private school has or is in the process of removing AP course offerings.

Does this mean schools are going to be relaxing academic expectations?

Ha ha funny. No it means they don’t need to offer AP courses like publics as their rigor is well known and enough for students to do well on AP exams. Privates are far more rigorous than most publics - which need AP courses to prove to colleges that their students are taking challenging courses.

What percentage take the AP exams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't believe the hype about trying to rebuild the school's reputation. The factors that caused the scandals run deep. Do you really want to pay that much to have your kid exposed to that kind of toxicity?

you have no idea what you are talking about. go troll somewhere else please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fills a niche -- non-denominational boys' school. If that is important to you, I believe its the only game in town (could be wrong). If not, STA is better academically. Prep has better athletics and GZA is cheaper. If you don't care about single-sex, there are a ton of better options.

nope LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every private school has or is in the process of removing AP course offerings.

No, not every. Locally, it’s something like 8, out of many dozens.

[Anonymous]

Agree! My son is in his first year there (9th) after being in public school his whole life, and it is a night and day difference. My son aced every class he’d ever taken and barely lifted a finger. He is now challenged, struggles with classes, overcomes those challenges - it’s so wonderful to see him rise to his full potential. It’s a long day with the athletics, but he’s loved the guys he’s met on each of his sports teams. Good kids, SMART and motivated, not “bad actors” like someone else said. I’m a big fan - go bears.

Anonymous wrote:Landon has been absolutely worth it for our son. The community is extraordinarily tight and the teachers/coaches know the kids very well and on an academic and personal level. Our kid is bright but absolutely has to work for all his grades. And the minute he takes his foot of the pedal, we see his grades come down. Mr. Neill is terrific as HOS. He is academic and philosophical and strategic when you need him to be. And today when construction was causing disruptions during drop-off he was out there being the traffic police and directing cars for over an hour. We have had a kid at another Big 3 and the HOS was nowhere close to being as engaged.