Langley college decisions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also see a Dartmouth, few Penns, NYUs, Georgetowns and many UMich, UVA, VT, W&M admissions.

And Columbia, UChicago, Harvard, CalTech, Rice, Berkeley, Stanford, etc. Lots not listed on the IG that are in the Saxon Scope.

Wow. Great year for Langley. Are college admissions always this strong?

They are never that strong. It’s just another FCPS high school, but with wealthier kids.

I'm sorry, what? There are usually not 5-6 Yale admits, but there are definitely all the other schools mentioned above - every year.
DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What really talks is the 5 % freed and reduced lunch population.

What does this matter in college admissions? I feel like the people who also talk about the free lunch stat aren’t actually free lunch themselves.

I was once a free lunch kid. We now have a high income and live in McLean. We live here because of the good public schools and we like our house and close proximity to DC.

You are correct. No one on this forum is a free lunch family - they just like to grouse about other kids who get into coveted schools when theirs do not. Two of the kids who got into Ivies this year from Langley were National Merit Scholarship recipients. These are incredibly bright kids who deserve their success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also see a Dartmouth, few Penns, NYUs, Georgetowns and many UMich, UVA, VT, W&M admissions.

And Columbia, UChicago, Harvard, CalTech, Rice, Berkeley, Stanford, etc. Lots not listed on the IG that are in the Saxon Scope.

Wow. Great year for Langley. Are college admissions always this strong?

No, not at all. In a typical year, Langley don't send more than 6 to HYP combine. Sending 6 to just one school this year? I find it hard to believe.

You're welcome to find a copy of the Senior Scope and see for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also see a Dartmouth, few Penns, NYUs, Georgetowns and many UMich, UVA, VT, W&M admissions.

And Columbia, UChicago, Harvard, CalTech, Rice, Berkeley, Stanford, etc. Lots not listed on the IG that are in the Saxon Scope.

Wow. Great year for Langley. Are college admissions always this strong?

No, not at all. In a typical year, Langley don't send more than 6 to HYP combine. Sending 6 to just one school this year? I find it hard to believe.

You're welcome to find a copy of the Senior Scope and see for yourself.

Hard to believe but true.
About 40 kids listed as going to all the coveted DCUM schools. Two to Stanford. Seven to Michigan. So, top 10% of the class seems to be able to go wherever they want. If you include UVA and WM, top 20% are all headed to DCUM faves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also see a Dartmouth, few Penns, NYUs, Georgetowns and many UMich, UVA, VT, W&M admissions.

And Columbia, UChicago, Harvard, CalTech, Rice, Berkeley, Stanford, etc. Lots not listed on the IG that are in the Saxon Scope.

Wow. Great year for Langley. Are college admissions always this strong?

No, not at all. In a typical year, Langley don't send more than 6 to HYP combine. Sending 6 to just one school this year? I find it hard to believe.

+1

How's McLean doing this year?

McLean has an instagram: mcleancommitments2022

I’m sure this is not a complete list but several admissions to ivies, T20 and expected UVA, VT and W&M.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Actually 8 students from Langley got offers from Yale this year.

I heard 12

I heard 18.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Same as the last few years – URM and sports recruits are the only ones heading to the Ivy’s.

An incredibly talented pool of students are heading to other colleges.

The bolded is actually not true. Several students headed to Ivies who are neither URM nor sports recruits.

They are all/mostly legacies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Actually 8 students from Langley got offers from Yale this year.

I heard 12

I heard 18.

no to all three

[Anonymous]

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.

A good friend’s Langley ‘22 grad who is headed to an Ivy - mom told me if she could do it over, she’d she them to private for HS - Potomac or a top DC school. While her kid did fine at Langley obviously, she thinks the experience peers had at private school was much better across the board - academics, athletics, arts, socially. I didn’t drill down more other than to say I think Langley is a great HS and while she agreed it is good she thinks the top privates are better for overall HS experience and college prep.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am surprised that Yale accepted so many students from one school.

$$$ talks, bruh.

This is public school. The kids aren’t that rich. I’m not saying they are poor but not everyone is rich.

How do you suppose this supposed money got them into Yale?

Um considering the average price of a home in the Langley district is over a million, yes they are all rich. No other FCPS has as high a HHI as Langley. It’s by far the wealthiest FCPS.

[Anonymous]

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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.

A good friend’s Langley ‘22 grad who is headed to an Ivy - mom told me if she could do it over, she’d she them to private for HS - Potomac or a top DC school. While her kid did fine at Langley obviously, she thinks the experience peers had at private school was much better across the board - academics, athletics, arts, socially. I didn’t drill down more other than to say I think Langley is a great HS and while she agreed it is good she thinks the top privates are better for overall HS experience and college prep.

Agreed that private school may offer a better experience, but one must pay buckets for that. If the money is a “shrug” to you, go private, otherwise Langley is a good value.

[Anonymous]

Don't forget privates are generally much smaller student cohorts, and for some kids having a large community of students to make friends and have a variety of personalities and interest communities a feature they feel is limiting at privates. Plus intellectual outliers can't find peers as easily at privates. It is absolutely not clear that privates are the optimal choice for all wealthy kids regardless of tuition differences.

[Anonymous]

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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.

A good friend’s Langley ‘22 grad who is headed to an Ivy - mom told me if she could do it over, she’d she them to private for HS - Potomac or a top DC school. While her kid did fine at Langley obviously, she thinks the experience peers had at private school was much better across the board - academics, athletics, arts, socially. I didn’t drill down more other than to say I think Langley is a great HS and while she agreed it is good she thinks the top privates are better for overall HS experience and college prep.

Funny, we sent our kids to another FCPS public when we could have afforded privates and don’t regret the decision at all. Maybe it’s a Langley thing to feel apologetic about not spending even more of your money on status-signaling items like a Potomac education.

[Anonymous]

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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.

A good friend’s Langley ‘22 grad who is headed to an Ivy - mom told me if she could do it over, she’d she them to private for HS - Potomac or a top DC school. While her kid did fine at Langley obviously, she thinks the experience peers had at private school was much better across the board - academics, athletics, arts, socially. I didn’t drill down more other than to say I think Langley is a great HS and while she agreed it is good she thinks the top privates are better for overall HS experience and college prep.

I’m also a Langley parent with a grad heading to an ivy this year and I disagree. Langley is amazing and if your child doesn’t need any special learning requirements, like smaller classrooms, etc, don’t pay for private. For those who feel privates are always better, I disagree. We could easily afford private but chose Langley and are very happy we did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

A good friend’s Langley ‘22 grad who is headed to an Ivy - mom told me if she could do it over, she’d she them to private for HS - Potomac or a top DC school. While her kid did fine at Langley obviously, she thinks the experience peers had at private school was much better across the board - academics, athletics, arts, socially. I didn’t drill down more other than to say I think Langley is a great HS and while she agreed it is good she thinks the top privates are better for overall HS experience and college prep.

I’m also a Langley parent with a grad heading to an ivy this year and I disagree. Langley is amazing and if your child doesn’t need any special learning requirements, like smaller classrooms, etc, don’t pay for private. For those who feel privates are always better, I disagree. We could easily afford private but chose Langley and are very happy we did.

+1. I am a Langley parent, but my child is not going to an Ivy (so I’m not sure if my comment is relevant), but my kids are very well-prepared for college. For certain extracurriculars, you will get a better experience at a public school (Langley or otherwise). My kids do/did chorus and Langley chorus is much stronger than the private school choruses.