differences between langley high school and potomac school

[Anonymous]

I have a 9th grader at Langley who's taking all honors classes. To be honest, the academic standards are not that high. If you're looking for academic rigor, I'd send my kid elsewhere. The kids are nice though.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see spending $45k if Langley wasn’t an option. Potomac, along with Sidwell, Maret, and TJ are the few schools that can compete with Langley.

Hilarious. There are more than a half-dozen public high schools in the DC area with stronger academic reputations and better college admissions than Langley.

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Montgomery Blair, Richard Montgomery, Whitman, Churchill, Walter Johnson, Bethesda Chevy Chase, etc. College admissions are hard to compare however. But TJ, Montgomery Blair and Richard Montgomery probably have the best college stats due to their academic magnet programs.

Maybe you should get off the Fairfax County Public School thread, dimwit.

OP's own question included a school that isn't FCPS... Any nearby DMV school is fair game to discuss comparisons.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see spending $45k if Langley wasn’t an option. Potomac, along with Sidwell, Maret, and TJ are the few schools that can compete with Langley.

Hilarious. There are more than a half-dozen public high schools in the DC area with stronger academic reputations and better college admissions than Langley.

Such as?

Montgomery Blair, Richard Montgomery, Whitman, Churchill, Walter Johnson, Bethesda Chevy Chase, etc. College admissions are hard to compare however. But TJ, Montgomery Blair and Richard Montgomery probably have the best college stats due to their academic magnet programs.

Maybe you should get off the Fairfax County Public School thread, dimwit.

OP's own question included a school that isn't FCPS... Any nearby DMV school is fair game to discuss comparisons.

DP. The OP is clearly asking about schools in the general vicinity of Langley and Potomac. MD schools aren't part of the discussion. Surely this doesn't have to be explained to you?

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Anonymous wrote:$45,000

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see spending $45k if Langley wasn’t an option. Potomac, along with Sidwell, Maret, and TJ are the few schools that can compete with Langley.

Hilarious. There are more than a half-dozen public high schools in the DC area with stronger academic reputations and better college admissions than Langley.

Such as?

Montgomery Blair, Richard Montgomery, Whitman, Churchill, Walter Johnson, Bethesda Chevy Chase, etc. College admissions are hard to compare however. But TJ, Montgomery Blair and Richard Montgomery probably have the best college stats due to their academic magnet programs.

Maybe you should get off the Fairfax County Public School thread, dimwit.

OP's own question included a school that isn't FCPS... Any nearby DMV school is fair game to discuss comparisons.

DP. The OP is clearly asking about schools in the general vicinity of Langley and Potomac. MD schools aren't part of the discussion. Surely this doesn't have to be explained to you?

The Langley and Whitman school catchment areas are directly adjacent to each other. The discussion evolved into comparing the rigor of Langley with other public and private schools.

It’s acceptable context for this discussion.

I personally would save the money and go to Langley over Potomac. But I might go with either of the Cathedral Schools (STA or NCS), and maybe Sidwell over Langley if a spot was offered.

I’m terms of facilities, the renovated Langley campus is quite nice and has features that many private schools have like black box theaters, oversized terraced steps for socializing, common areas with seating, beautifully landscaped outdoor amphitheater. I believe Potomac has also received campus upgrades recently.

[Anonymous]

Potomac > Langley. No question.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

I don't get it. Why spend big bucks for high school? I went to some of the best universities in the nation that DCUM types rave about. I was a poor kid from a Chicago area public high school with a singler mother who never went to college. Worked hard and was well prepared. That was what mattered. My two kids went to Princeton. Both attemded FCPS public schools. I could never fathom the rationale behind private school. My so-called prestige top 10 university had plenty of prep school kids, and they by and large were no better academically than the public school kids.

I could see a rationale for kids with special needs of some kind - perhaps social adjustment - but for the typical well adjusted kid FCPS schools do just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

I don't get it. Why spend big bucks for high school? I went to some of the best universities in the nation that DCUM types rave about. I was a poor kid from a Chicago area public high school with a singler mother who never went to college. Worked hard and was well prepared. That was what mattered. My two kids went to Princeton. Both attemded FCPS public schools. I could never fathom the rationale behind private school. My so-called prestige top 10 university had plenty of prep school kids, and they by and large were no better academically than the public school kids.

I could see a rationale for kids with special needs of some kind - perhaps social adjustment - but for the typical well adjusted kid FCPS schools do just fine.

They’re paying for the privilege to be with only upper class well-behaved students. And more personal attention, guidance counselors with connections to elite colleges, making friends with other well-connected families.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

I don't get it. Why spend big bucks for high school? I went to some of the best universities in the nation that DCUM types rave about. I was a poor kid from a Chicago area public high school with a singler mother who never went to college. Worked hard and was well prepared. That was what mattered. My two kids went to Princeton. Both attemded FCPS public schools. I could never fathom the rationale behind private school. My so-called prestige top 10 university had plenty of prep school kids, and they by and large were no better academically than the public school kids.

I could see a rationale for kids with special needs of some kind - perhaps social adjustment - but for the typical well adjusted kid FCPS schools do just fine.

You couldn’t fathom the rationale for private school but your kids went to Princeton. Why didn’t you send them to VT or GMU?

Langley has a veneer of exclusivity because there are no poor kids but the academics are basically the same as at any other public high school. Students get a far more rigorous curriculum and more personal attention, especially when it comes to developing writing and speaking skills, at Potomac. Classes at Potomac are closer to the model of the Princeton precepts, which you simply won’t find at Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

That’s what naive striver parents tell themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

I don't get it. Why spend big bucks for high school? I went to some of the best universities in the nation that DCUM types rave about. I was a poor kid from a Chicago area public high school with a singler mother who never went to college. Worked hard and was well prepared. That was what mattered. My two kids went to Princeton. Both attemded FCPS public schools. I could never fathom the rationale behind private school. My so-called prestige top 10 university had plenty of prep school kids, and they by and large were no better academically than the public school kids.

I could see a rationale for kids with special needs of some kind - perhaps social adjustment - but for the typical well adjusted kid FCPS schools do just fine.

You couldn’t fathom the rationale for private school but your kids went to Princeton. Why didn’t you send them to VT or GMU?

Langley has a veneer of exclusivity because there are no poor kids but the academics are basically the same as at any other public high school. Students get a far more rigorous curriculum and more personal attention, especially when it comes to developing writing and speaking skills, at Potomac. Classes at Potomac are closer to the model of the Princeton precepts, which you simply won’t find at Langley.

DP. Please stop - you’re embarrassing yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

That’s what naive striver parents tell themselves.

The strivers are the ones who send their kids to Langley after they’ve blown all their money on a McMansion and can’t afford Potomac, Sidwell, St. A’s, NCS, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see spending $45k if Langley wasn’t an option. Potomac, along with Sidwell, Maret, and TJ are the few schools that can compete with Langley.

Hilarious. There are more than a half-dozen public high schools in the DC area with stronger academic reputations and better college admissions than Langley.

Such as?

Montgomery Blair, Richard Montgomery, Whitman, Churchill, Walter Johnson, Bethesda Chevy Chase, etc. College admissions are hard to compare however. But TJ, Montgomery Blair and Richard Montgomery probably have the best college stats due to their academic magnet programs.

Maybe you should get off the Fairfax County Public School thread, dimwit.

OP's own question included a school that isn't FCPS... Any nearby DMV school is fair game to discuss comparisons.

Listing Montgomery County Public Schools on a website discussing Langley is just stupid. Clearly whoever posted this lives in Fairfax county and isn't going to move to MoCo. Go post your BS on your own sub.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

That’s what naive striver parents tell themselves.

The strivers are the ones who send their kids to Langley after they’ve blown all their money on a McMansion and can’t afford Potomac, Sidwell, St. A’s, NCS, etc.

Not at all. The smart parents bought a home in the best public school district they could afford, rather than flush away $200,000+ for a private school with the same outcome.

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac > Langley. No question.

I don't get it. Why spend big bucks for high school? I went to some of the best universities in the nation that DCUM types rave about. I was a poor kid from a Chicago area public high school with a singler mother who never went to college. Worked hard and was well prepared. That was what mattered. My two kids went to Princeton. Both attemded FCPS public schools. I could never fathom the rationale behind private school. My so-called prestige top 10 university had plenty of prep school kids, and they by and large were no better academically than the public school kids.

I could see a rationale for kids with special needs of some kind - perhaps social adjustment - but for the typical well adjusted kid FCPS schools do just fine.

They’re paying for the privilege to be with only upper class well-behaved students. And more personal attention, guidance counselors with connections to elite colleges, making friends with other well-connected families.

We are zoned for Langley and have toured Potomac. I don’t disagree about the personal attention but the college admissions at Potomac don’t seem superior to Langley and McLean High. All those kids going to UVA, VT and W&M could have gone to some SLAC.