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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students can take the standard courses, including advanced courses, at all schools across Fairfax County. Students have more opportunities for participation in sports and leadership in the "less prestigious" schools.

So in terms of building a solid resume for college applications, students can have more opportunities at a school such as Chantilly or Mount Vernon, than a highly competitive school like Oakton.

It depends on how you view the high school experience. Does your kid need to be surrounded other high achieving kids to pass geometry? Then go to a school that has overall higher test scores. Does your kid want to step into leadership positions as a sophomore rather than waiting for senior year to undergo the Hunger Games, with the one left alive as the next marching band drum major? There are options for that too![/quote]

Dumb post.  Chantilly is more competitive than Oakton, not less.  And not all schools have the same advanced courses, or the same extra-curricular opportunities.  Besides that, no one is going to care if you're the head of some random student club at a low-performing school as a sophomore.  Oakton college admissions blow away Mount Vernon every year, as you'd expect. [/quote]

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