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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pick the best house with the best commute. That will impact your life more than any perceived differences between the schools.  (If your child is interested in Chinese as a foreign language - go for McLean, if they lean toward Russian- pick Langley)[/quote]

It looks like Langley is offering Chinese 1 on-site next year.

Langley historically has offered more foreign languages than other high schools, including McLean (such as Japanese and Russian).  There are other electives than McLean and other schools offer than Langley does not - for example, McLean has the AP Capstone courses (AP Research/AP Seminar) sequence, which Langley does not.  But both are AP schools and the academic differences aren't significant.

Culturally, the main differences arise from the fact that Langley has less SES diversity than McLean.  McLean has less SES diversity than any other neighborhood high school in FCPS except Langley, but it's more like some other schools in FCPS (Madison, Oakton, Woodson, Robinson, and West Springfield) in terms of diversity than it is like Langley.

I don't think you can make generalizations about which school would be more "welcoming."  Both schools have a fair number of new students each year. [/quote]

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