Langley college decisions

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No, that's something obnoxious McLean parents do - on threads that aren't even about McLean.

[Anonymous]

No one cares about either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

[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?

According to my Langley senior, yes, half the class had a 4.0 or above. I’m sure this varies some from class to class.

This is because people self select into Gen Ed, honors, and AP. So lots of people are getting A’s in the track they choose. Back in my day, there was one track, and there were A, B, and C students in each class.

I agree and this is an issue with Cum Laude society at other schools too. Yes, you may have a 4.7 but did you take AP Calc, AP Bio, AP comp/gov? Or AP psych and art? The problem with these “honors” is that kids who took the safe route get acknowledged and kids who challenge themselves don’t. All while we preach to them to not be afraid of failure and seek challenge and rigor.

DP. This is very well put and something that didn't even occur to me. My DC took very challenging courses, but wound up with a 3.89 - so no recognition or award. Several of DC's friends took the easier route you described and wound up with over 4.0 at graduation - and were labeled Honors graduates. Kind of sucks not to have DC's hard work acknowledged. Maybe DC should have just taken the easier classes too.

Your DC probably had better college options but the adults really do need to do a better job of rewarding what they encourage instead of simple, lazy definitions. My DC was in the same situation. Same with “advanced” diplomas - it’s not recognized but a 4.0 in gen Ed is. I get that schools are afraid of all this but they literally tell kids to not fear failure but then only reward perfection. Hum.

The best solution is to stop recognizing students at graduation for achieving a certain GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No, that's something obnoxious McLean parents do - on threads that aren't even about McLean.

The McLean lists were posted only after someone specifically asked on this thread about McLean. That wasn’t surprising given how close the two schools are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

But no list has been posted for Langley. You asked for one and another Langley poster told you to go pound sand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

+1 even the teachers say this. Generally hard-working students coming from families with high expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

+1 even the teachers say this. Generally hard-working students coming from families with high expectations.

PP here— forgot to add that this could be said of medical schools. Chantilly comes to mind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

+1 even the teachers say this. Generally hard-working students coming from families with high expectations.

PP here— forgot to add that this could be said of medical schools. Chantilly comes to mind.

Many not medical! Argh. Autocorrect.

[Anonymous]

OML. Y’all are positively, absolutely OBSESSED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

The interesting thing about Langley is the attitude among the administration that tries to tamp down student achievement. You see it every where and in subtle ways. It’s almost like no one within FCPS wants LHS students to shine.