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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FH is a glorified pubic school. Check out their college admits from last year - the same range you’d see at a public school. [/quote]

Flint Hill is significantly worse than Langley for college admissions. I’m not saying FH doesn’t have any smart kids but Langley will have a stronger academic peer group.[/quote]

NP, and we are not at either FH or LHS.

This admissions difference is not obviously an indicator of academics or how an unhooked child will do in the college lottery.  Really, it is impossible to compare schools directly like this — not enough data available about legacy status to know.  Many many Langley parents are wealthy alumni in GF who regularly donate to their Ivy or t30, so there are LOTS of legacies at Langley.  Fewer legacies are at FH simply because it has a broader geographic draw than LHS. This distorts the apparent LHS college placement rates.  Even with today’s lottery like college admissions, legacy hooks can be the tipping point that gets one child accepted and an equally academic (but unhooked) child a rejection.[/quote]

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