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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could we expand this across Fairfax county? how do Arlington Schools rank compared to whatever would be considered the "best" in FFX?

Essentially, would like to try to figure just how average to bad Deal and Hardy are in comparison to the better and best schools in N.VA? [/quote]

I am not in Fairfax and can speak more to high schools but Langley and McLean are night and day different experiences from any DC schools. Also experience of living over there is pretty different - it might be what you are looking for, or maybe not. [/quote]

NP.  I would say TJ is the best for gifted kids.  Langley best for your above average hard working kid.[/quote]

TJ is a miserable amount of work, leaving little time for the kinds of activities that help kids develop soft skills (and make them stand out for college if you care about that). Honestly I would do SWW over TJ except for a very small subset of kids who are really only interested in academics and don't care about going to a big name college.[/quote]

I’m the PP.  It is not a lot of work if you have a gifted kid and why I said Langley for an above average kid which are lots in the DMV.  This is especially if the kid is interested in STEM.

You cannot be serious comparing TJ to SWW, even Langely to SWW.  Both schools head and shoulders so much better in all areas with academics and offerings, EC, sports, facilities, peer group.  Seriously.

Please get out of your DC bubble of low expectations and your rose colored glasses.  I say this as a DC parent with eyes wide open.[/quote]

I am in Nova and my kid got into TJ but turned it down. I really think it is only the right place for a small subset of gifted kids - no matter how naturally smart you are, that school is a ton of work and the teachers really seem to pile it on almost out of spite. For example, the Spanish teachers are supposed to be brutal. I think the new principal is trying to make some changes so hopefully it will be better in the next few years. I have heard good things about SWW - but you can't count on your kid getting in. Regardless, it does not make sense to be thinking about TJ when you decide whether to move to Nova, since you do not know if your kid will get in. But the Arlington schools are all solid, which was the original question.[/quote]

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