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[quote=Anonymous]Our family has deep experience with Langley.  We were also just accepted for 9th grade for our child at Potomac.  I provide that simply as a baseline of our experience on this topic.  I agree with a number of points that 13:08 posted.  But I also disagree with several.  Specifically:

I do think many people would choose Potomac over Langley. But for one primary reason:  it goes right through high school.  Many families prefer to have a longer term solution.

I totally agree with the comments on Langley being a friendly place.  We have many good friends at Potomac.  But being close to the school, I have always noted a pattern of what I view to be insecurity by many of the parents - hence the poster's comment on how they need to quickly establish that they are Potomac families.

I totally disagree about the athletics comment.  Potomac is actually an extension of the quality and commitment to athetics that you get at Langley.  In other words, they have ok athletics programs, but certainly not at the level of seriousness that you see at some of the schools of the Landon ilk.  A student that does well in athletics at Langley would actually fit quite naturally into the programs at Potomac.

Finally, the schools that Langley students go on to are actually quite excellent.  Yes, there is a range.  But it certainly tips well to the quality side.  This year there are student heading on to NCS, Madeira, St. Albans, Sidwell, Georgetown Day, Georgetown Prep, a couple of the New England boarding schools, just to name a few.

And yes, we declined on Potomac.  It is an excellent school.  But we had a couple of other preferred choices.
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