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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is in AAP (GT) in Fairfax County, and is doing well.  The cohorts in the class are fabulous and I have no complaints.  The work he does is amazing - very advanced math, science, writing for that age.  DD's class, coming up 2 years behind, was very different at the very same school and her cohorts were as well -- just a more difficult group, including in the AAP group.  So we went to Holton and could not be more pleased.  Who Holton is good for?  A girl who is smart (not necessarily 99.5 percentile, but smart) AND who has a good presence -- IMO they are looking for intellectual capacity as well as some quality that might indicate leadership or self-motivation, be it in sports or other extracurricular activities, or a spunky personality.  What is Holton good for?  Small classes, incredibly engaged faculty, taking every girl and improving the skills she needs to work on while making her feel like a rock star about the skills she has mastered.  Public GT programs, wit the large classes and churn cannot get that personal.  My opinion after seeing both for several years?  There isn't any other place I would put a girl student in DC besides Holton.  It is very much about making girls into strong all-around scholars and members of society.  Read what Christine LaGarde and Julia Louis Dreyfus have recently said about their experiences there.  Check out the international education and STEM programs.  Look at how they beat GT programs on It's Academic.  Examine whether they have Olympians as sports coaches.  Susanna Jones, head of the school, and Patrick Bane, head of lower school, are amazing.  There is no Holton equivalent for boys or my DS would be there, instead of GT. [/quote]

+1 except it was wonderful for my 99.9 % DD.  Good luck, OP.[/quote]

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