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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Country club atmosphere at FHS???   Seriously?

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My kids are in neither school, but we looked at both. Including a lot 1:1 informational interviews with current and past parents for fact-gathering.  Reading this board does not constitute research.

No FHS is not a country club atmosphere.  It’s a school with a fair amount of wealth, yes.  But no more so than a lot of other independent schools around here.  It has a word-class robotics team. It has a beautiful campus.  They have as many AP classes as you can take (although I believe you have to get dept permission).  Are there things that aren’t ideal?  For us, yes.  But it is a really good school and if it suits your family and educational goals, then your kids can have a great experience there.

BIM trades on the reputation of its counterpart branches from the Bay Area etc that are well-regarded.  BIM is in a mostly empty class B office tower in Tysons.  It is mostly kids who wanted (or whose parents wanted them) to go to TJ HS, but didn’t get in.  So they searched for the next best STEM-focused proxy they could find. Our near universal feedback was that it is a dismal pressure cooker.  [/quote]

This is essentially how I was going to answer your question.  BIM and FH are night and day so whereas it might be difficult to choose between many independent schools in this area, this choice should be relatively easy based on your vision for what schooling should look like for your child.  [/quote]

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