Chantilly High or Langley?

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It is not about money. It is about education. I think all of my kids’ friends have parents with grad degrees. Many of them are from top schools like Harvard. Tons of UVA alumni.

Meh, Langley parents equate money with virtue and keep close tabs on their kids' friends (or pretend to do so) so they can boast even more about how their kids have the "right" friends from "good" families.

Who boasts about the kids’ friends?? Are you talking about me? I’m the one who said I like my kids’ friend groups. I’m just glad my kids escaped Covid and that they are happy well adjusted kids. Their kids are nice kids and their parents seem involved and interested in their children. What is wrong with that? Some are well off. Others are not. Plenty of kids with parents who are military or feds.

IKR? I don’t know a single parent who has boasted about his/her kids’ friends. We are feds and my kids have friends across the Langley economic spectrum. Sometimes I know the parents; sometimes I don’t. To think people dwell on this is ridiculous. And no, the parking lot is not full of Teslas, Audis and Mercedes — it’s full of used cars. My kid drives a Honda and carpools with other friends who don’t have cars. Some friends live in big houses; others don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax county high schools are all diverse,

Every single one

People just like to complain

I used to live in Alexandria and now live in McLean. Both schools are incredibly diverse, just in different ways. Our school in Alexandria had a large Spanish speaking population and our McLean school has more Asians and Middle Eastern students.

Langley has next to no economic diversity. Chantilly does, as does every other high school in FCPS besides Langley.

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OP, look at the college acceptances from Langley. Colleges tend to think "the rich white folk" will do well in life, no mater what, "no need to take m/any of them!"

Chantilly gets my vote.

THIS. THIS.THIS. It’s especially hard if you’re not super wealthy because colleges assume you have lots of money and connections. A lot of people in McLean are living completely boring - and not at all luxurious lives - to pay the mortgage on an out of date little house. But for college, they are compared against the kids who spend $25,000 on private athletic coaching, $6,000 on test prep, and four years of private tutors because they share the same zip code.

So much misinformation. There are plenty of good college acceptances at both Langley and McLean and they are not all the rich kids.

I do agree that OP should not stretch their budget just to pay their mortgage in McLean but your analysis of McLean is just ridiculously wrong.

Colleges compare kids to their classmates. Colleges know which zip codes are rich. It doesn’t matter if you’re scraping by in McLean, you are compared to the kids who are truly wealthy and have all the perks your kid doesn’t have. Drive through the student parking lot and count the Teslas, Audis, and Mercedes. When those kids need private coaching, tutoring, or test prep to get a high score or excel in a sport, they get it. And it costs thousands. Sports alone can be tens of thousands a year. You’re kidding yourself if you think your UMC kids’ acceptances wouldn’t be better in a more economically diverse school.

If this resonated at all, there'd be a lot more families slumming in poorer zip codes to give their kids a boost when it comes to college admissions.

But it doesn't. Feel free to compare college admissions from Langley with those from Annandale and Mount Vernon and see who is getting into better schools.

And parents know that, in the long run, their kids will do better if they attend high school with kids more likely to be up for academic challenges rather than kids in need of frequent remediation. You have to look not only at how the "same kid" would fare applying from two different areas, but also whether your kid will end up progressing as much and presenting as favorably if they attend less challenging schools with lower expectations.

That's not to say Chantilly isn't a great school, but your anecdotes - including the oft-repeated but false trope about Langley's student parking lot being full of Teslas, Audis, and Mercedes - indicate that you traffic in suburban myths and can't be taken seriously.

Well said. So sick of these twits pretending to know anything at all about schools their kids don’t attend.

This “twit” drives through that parking lot twice a day. Nice meet you. Langley is a great school but there’s no secret sauce there besides how many families have money. What’s weird is those of you who want to pretend that one Fairfax County school could be “superior” for any other reason.

Hmm. Who said it was "superior"? We're allowed to say what we value in our schools. And if you really drove through that parking lot twice a day - or even once a day - you would know that your gross exaggeration about the cars is extremely transparent. Some parents might be driving luxury cars, but to say they're in the student lot is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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It is not about money. It is about education. I think all of my kids’ friends have parents with grad degrees. Many of them are from top schools like Harvard. Tons of UVA alumni.

Meh, Langley parents equate money with virtue and keep close tabs on their kids' friends (or pretend to do so) so they can boast even more about how their kids have the "right" friends from "good" families.

DP. Wow, you seem absolutely triggered. Not sure where you're coming up with this nonsense, but it's not a good look. Try obsessing over something else for a change.

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It is not about money. It is about education. I think all of my kids’ friends have parents with grad degrees. Many of them are from top schools like Harvard. Tons of UVA alumni.

Meh, Langley parents equate money with virtue and keep close tabs on their kids' friends (or pretend to do so) so they can boast even more about how their kids have the "right" friends from "good" families.

Who boasts about the kids’ friends?? Are you talking about me? I’m the one who said I like my kids’ friend groups. I’m just glad my kids escaped Covid and that they are happy well adjusted kids. Their kids are nice kids and their parents seem involved and interested in their children. What is wrong with that? Some are well off. Others are not. Plenty of kids with parents who are military or feds.

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This thread is just the usual Langley-bashing that some DCUM posters seem to get off on. Really pathetic. Apparently, we're not allowed to say our kids have nice friends with involved families - unless, of course, they attend Mt. Vernon or Annandale. Langley parents are NOT allowed to be happy with their school.

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It is not about money. It is about education. I think all of my kids’ friends have parents with grad degrees. Many of them are from top schools like Harvard. Tons of UVA alumni.

Meh, Langley parents equate money with virtue and keep close tabs on their kids' friends (or pretend to do so) so they can boast even more about how their kids have the "right" friends from "good" families.

Who boasts about the kids’ friends?? Are you talking about me? I’m the one who said I like my kids’ friend groups. I’m just glad my kids escaped Covid and that they are happy well adjusted kids. Their kids are nice kids and their parents seem involved and interested in their children. What is wrong with that? Some are well off. Others are not. Plenty of kids with parents who are military or feds.

IKR? I don’t know a single parent who has boasted about his/her kids’ friends. We are feds and my kids have friends across the Langley economic spectrum. Sometimes I know the parents; sometimes I don’t. To think people dwell on this is ridiculous. And no, the parking lot is not full of Teslas, Audis and Mercedes — it’s full of used cars. My kid drives a Honda and carpools with other friends who don’t have cars. Some friends live in big houses; others don’t.

DP. +100
This describes us as well. As another poster stated earlier, the only people who continually obsess over Langley and wealth (or perceived wealth) are those who don't have kids there. No one who goes there cares about this nonsense, much less talks about it.

[Anonymous]

Four posts in a row, PP? LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Four posts in a row, PP? LOL.

Your point? I read four posts that I decided to respond to. It’s called a message board.

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Anonymous wrote:Four posts in a row, PP? LOL.

Your point? I read four posts that I decided to respond to. It’s called a message board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chantilly. More down-to-earth and less arrogant.

OP specifically wants, overtly wants to social climb.

Even if everyone at Langley were an insufferable snob, it would be fine with her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax county high schools are all diverse,

Every single one

People just like to complain

I used to live in Alexandria and now live in McLean. Both schools are incredibly diverse, just in different ways. Our school in Alexandria had a large Spanish speaking population and our McLean school has more Asians and Middle Eastern students.

Langley has next to no economic diversity. Chantilly does, as does every other high school in FCPS besides Langley.

+1

OP, look at the college acceptances from Langley. Colleges tend to think "the rich white folk" will do well in life, no mater what, "no need to take m/any of them!"

Chantilly gets my vote.

THIS. THIS.THIS. It’s especially hard if you’re not super wealthy because colleges assume you have lots of money and connections. A lot of people in McLean are living completely boring - and not at all luxurious lives - to pay the mortgage on an out of date little house. But for college, they are compared against the kids who spend $25,000 on private athletic coaching, $6,000 on test prep, and four years of private tutors because they share the same zip code.

So much misinformation. There are plenty of good college acceptances at both Langley and McLean and they are not all the rich kids.

I do agree that OP should not stretch their budget just to pay their mortgage in McLean but your analysis of McLean is just ridiculously wrong.

Colleges compare kids to their classmates. Colleges know which zip codes are rich. It doesn’t matter if you’re scraping by in McLean, you are compared to the kids who are truly wealthy and have all the perks your kid doesn’t have. Drive through the student parking lot and count the Teslas, Audis, and Mercedes. When those kids need private coaching, tutoring, or test prep to get a high score or excel in a sport, they get it. And it costs thousands. Sports alone can be tens of thousands a year. You’re kidding yourself if you think your UMC kids’ acceptances wouldn’t be better in a more economically diverse school.

If this resonated at all, there'd be a lot more families slumming in poorer zip codes to give their kids a boost when it comes to college admissions.

But it doesn't. Feel free to compare college admissions from Langley with those from Annandale and Mount Vernon and see who is getting into better schools.

And parents know that, in the long run, their kids will do better if they attend high school with kids more likely to be up for academic challenges rather than kids in need of frequent remediation. You have to look not only at how the "same kid" would fare applying from two different areas, but also whether your kid will end up progressing as much and presenting as favorably if they attend less challenging schools with lower expectations.

That's not to say Chantilly isn't a great school, but your anecdotes - including the oft-repeated but false trope about Langley's student parking lot being full of Teslas, Audis, and Mercedes - indicate that you traffic in suburban myths and can't be taken seriously.

Well said. So sick of these twits pretending to know anything at all about schools their kids don’t attend.

This “twit” drives through that parking lot twice a day. Nice meet you. Langley is a great school but there’s no secret sauce there besides how many families have money. What’s weird is those of you who want to pretend that one Fairfax County school could be “superior” for any other reason.

Anyone can claim that they are at the school daily.

But who said Langley was special?

Who said the kids there are achieving off pure luck and not the start their parents gave them? Obviously money makes that easier from the organic food during the prenatal period to a stay at home mom to tutoring.

OP can move or not. She may find what she hopes, and she may find that she uprooted her kids for nothing and wasted a colossal amount of money.

Not our problem.

[Anonymous]

Langley is better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It is not about money. It is about education. I think all of my kids’ friends have parents with grad degrees. Many of them are from top schools like Harvard. Tons of UVA alumni.

Meh, Langley parents equate money with virtue and keep close tabs on their kids' friends (or pretend to do so) so they can boast even more about how their kids have the "right" friends from "good" families.

DP. Wow, you seem absolutely triggered. Not sure where you're coming up with this nonsense, but it's not a good look. Try obsessing over something else for a change.

DP here and there is actually much truth to what first PP mentioned, albeit no one dare speak about it or admit it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Langley is better

Yeah, if you want to your kids to attend HS with only UMC/rich kids, some of whom are incredibly clueless and snotty.

Otherwise, no real difference.

https://www.instagram.com/chantilly2022decisions/

https://www.instagram.com/langleycommits2022/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Langley is better

Langley people with kids at Potomac school look down on Langley people with kids at Langley High School, who in turn look down on people with kids at Chantilly HS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Langley is better

Yeah, if you want to your kids to attend HS with only UMC/rich kids, some of whom are incredibly clueless and snotty.

Otherwise, no real difference.

https://www.instagram.com/chantilly2022decisions/

https://www.instagram.com/langleycommits2022/

You do realize that when you go to college, you will also be surrounded by these UMC/rich kids.

You may not see a difference between the college admissions but I do.