Culture at McLean High vs Langley High?

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

Op here. I would hope our kids would go to better schools than UVA. DH and I are both Ivy League educated.

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

Op here. I would hope our kids would go to better schools than UVA. DH and I are both Ivy League educated.

Good luck with that.

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OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

Op here. I would hope our kids would go to better schools than UVA. DH and I are both Ivy League educated.

Two kids from McLean High were accepted ED to Harvard this year.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

Op here. I would hope our kids would go to better schools than UVA. DH and I are both Ivy League educated.

Two kids from McLean High were accepted ED to Harvard this year.

I know the girl, she took many APs, good at math, model UN and is the leader of MB

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Neither McLean nor Langley send tons of kids to Ivies. McLean had 9 from Class of 2017 and Langley had 8.

There are always kids going to other SLACs like Williams, as well as to other state schools like Berkeley and Michigan that some consider preferable to UVA. However, for the most part, there are few better ways to make enemies quickly at those schools than to have a dismissive attitude towards UVA and other state schools.

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

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Langley parent here, and also another minivan driver. The woman you're referring to is the infamous Bullis Mom. Her daughter wasn't even at Langley for a full year, yet she returns again and again to excoriate the administration, claiming they "forced" her daughter to overload on APs. Any Langley parent can tell you, this is utter B.S. I've had kids there on and off for the past ten years, and they've always been told exactly the opposite by counselors and admin; that is, only take what you can handle, and *never* overload on APs.

It's obvious Bullis Mom has other personal issues and decided to use Langley as a scapegoat for all her other complaints. Of all the haters on DCUM, she's by far the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

This is simply not true. Please stop spreading misinformation.

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

Op here. I would hope our kids would go to better schools than UVA. DH and I are both Ivy League educated.

Good luck with that.

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This is hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

This is actually quite true. I had a child at Langley who was clearly middle of the pack. Langley would have never supported him applying to UVA or William & Mary. He wasn't top 10% with national awards so went to JMU. Second child went private and was a top student, top grades and test scores and national awards and just squeaked into UVA. Today, I doubt he would get in.

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Anonymous wrote:This is actually quite true. I had a child at Langley who was clearly middle of the pack. Langley would have never supported him applying to UVA or William & Mary. He wasn't top 10% with national awards so went to JMU. Second child went private and was a top student, top grades and test scores and national awards and just squeaked into UVA. Today, I doubt he would get in.

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Five brothers and sisters and I attended Langley back in the 90's, all immigrants from Vietnam. One ended up at Harvard, two at Columbia and one at UVa. I was not good enough and had to attend George Mason University. All of us are now doing very well and are residing in the Mclean zip code. Btw, I own a IT company and all of my brothers and sisters are working for me, and yes I make more $$$ then all of my siblings . For those in the middle of packs at Mclean or Langley, please remember this: past performance does not guarantee future results

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Anonymous wrote:This is actually quite true. I had a child at Langley who was clearly middle of the pack. Langley would have never supported him applying to UVA or William & Mary. He wasn't top 10% with national awards so went to JMU. Second child went private and was a top student, top grades and test scores and national awards and just squeaked into UVA. Today, I doubt he would get in.

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Five brothers and sisters and I attended Langley back in the 90's, all immigrants from Vietnam. One ended up at Harvard, two at Columbia and one at UVa. I was not good enough and had to attend George Mason University. All of us are now doing very well and are residing in the Mclean zip code. Btw, I own a IT company and all of my brothers and sisters are working for me, and yes I make more $$$ then all of my siblings . For those in the middle of packs at Mclean or Langley, please remember this: past performance does not guarantee future results

Can I work for you? You sound like a great boss.

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I keep seeing the phrase UCM used on this thread. Does UCM mean something different from UMC?

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Anonymous wrote:I keep seeing the phrase UCM used on this thread. Does UCM mean something different from UMC?

if you had gone to an ivy league school you would know ... jk

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

Is it even possible to take all APs as a sophomore? I thought the only AP that was available to sophmores was AP world history.

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Anonymous wrote:A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise. Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.

Those cars don't mean anything. it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy. I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each. they have been going there since kindergarten. It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12. That will be 820k for both kids. I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself. There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school. Newsflash: wealthy =/= bad people. Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there. I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.

Yep, bitter.

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy.

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.? The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district. They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc. So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore. I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves.

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary? I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS? If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.

Op here. I would hope our kids would go to better schools than UVA. DH and I are both Ivy League educated.

OP, I'm not going to attack you for your sentiment. It's understandable that someone who attended an Ivy League school would want the same for their child. But what is your plan for trying to get your child accepted into an Ivy? In a world where nearly perfect grades in top level courses are no guarantee for UVA, what makes you think that it's reasonable to assume your child will be accepted by an ivy?