Langley college decisions

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

It's the collective noise that gives rise to the impression of tail-chasing among Langley parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

As a Langley parent, I would say this is somewhat true. My qualification would be that, in the end, students have the education they’ve earned. Wherever Langley students attend college, they are well prepared.

This is a really good point that people should consider. If a kid is theoretically at a disadvantage getting into certain colleges or universities because there might be more applicants from a school like Langley, but is better prepared to thrive at the school the kid ends up attending, don't they still enjoy the benefits of that solid HS education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with UVA is not universal to LHS.

Plenty of parents can afford the $80K for full freight higher ranked private colleges. Why settle for UVA? My DS will likely only apply to UVA if he does not get into his ED1 or ED2 schools.

I’m the pp who asked about UVA. My oldest is in middle school and I was just curious. We fully expect to pay for private school tuition for college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I am from the Northeast and it doesn’t seem like Langley sends that many kids to the small liberal arts and smaller colleges in the Northeast like Wellesley, Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst, etc. maybe students just opt for VA publics over these types of schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I am from the Northeast and it doesn’t seem like Langley sends that many kids to the small liberal arts and smaller colleges in the Northeast like Wellesley, Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst, etc. maybe students just opt for VA publics over these types of schools.

Maybe it's not as often as might be the case at a school with similar demographics further north, but McLean has kids this year going to Wellesley and Amherst, there is a student from the MHS Class of 2021 at Williams, and there have been other McLean kids in prior years who went to Swarthmore (and one of the better basketball players from Langley in recent years went to Swarthmore as well).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Happy my kid is thriving at Herndon High and avoiding thr rat race at Langley. Another perk: she can walk to school!

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Does she like it there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she like it there?

Yes. She did private k-8

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I am from the Northeast and it doesn’t seem like Langley sends that many kids to the small liberal arts and smaller colleges in the Northeast like Wellesley, Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst, etc. maybe students just opt for VA publics over these types of schools.

+1

Agree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I watched some of the Langley graduation livestream yesterday and half the class definitely did not graduate with honors. I would ballpark it at less than 25% of the class. Is it a 4.0 weighted GPA?

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for this thread. We were considering sending our kids to private school instead of Langley. Dh wanted to keep them in public. He always says he doesn’t want to pay $40k per year for 3 kids for schools that have the same or worse college admissions than our local public.

Just remember that’s it’s harder to shine at Langley. You’re reading about the top 10% of the class. “Everyone” is in honor society and in a class of 400, leadership roles are harder to get. A weighted 4.0 puts you at 50% , which isn't persuasive in admissions. Some colleges seem to understand this and judge differently (OOS), some don’t (UVA.)

It’s a good school but IMO, there’s far too much emphasis on AP rigor for the sake of rigor, and not enough on learning. Though, to be fair, that’s a public school problem in general. If I could have afforded private for our DC, it would have been better for them: mentally and academically.

As a Langely parent I second this take. It's a double edged sword b/c on the one hand the there is a tide that supports strong academics, but on the other it skews the competition for UVA b/c despite what they say in their admissions meetings.

Future Langley parent here. Can you clarify what you mean by “skews the competition for UVA”?

My oldest is in 7th grade at Cooper. There are some extremely smart kids in his friend group and his friends are mostly from his base elementary school. I’m sure there are so many other extremely smart kids from all the other schools he just doesn’t know yet.

On the whole, UVA offers seats to only the top x% at Langley (5-10%, someone else might have a better lock on the number) and because Langley is full of hardworking, smart kids it drives the stats up so the average stats of an accepted student from Langley are quite a bit higher than in other areas or oos. Last I heard something around a 4.4 GPA and a 1520 SAT.

Are those stats unusual? Seem like the numbers needed for admittance from any NOVA HS.

Not unusual but the top 25% of the class might be extremely similar and UVA only takes the top 5-10%. So a lot of kids with UVA stats get rejected.

But there are schools in VA that may send no kids to UVA.



Is it a hard cut off at 10%? I don’t know how gpa and rank is calculated.

It’s less than 10% at Langley, and probably McLean too.

McLean is known to grade easier, but it is seen as more diverse by colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Affirmed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

As a Langley parent, I would say this is somewhat true. My qualification would be that, in the end, students have the education they’ve earned. Wherever Langley students attend college, they are well prepared.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

It's the collective noise that gives rise to the impression of tail-chasing among Langley parents.

DP. The only "collective noise" I ever see on this forum is people putting down Langley. The only reason to put down another school is insecurity. There seem to be some very insecure parents here.