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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The transition from South Lakes to Langley presents a curious scenario. Apparently, a significant number of sophomores and freshmen from Carson Middle who missed out on admission to TJ opted for Langley instead.

This raises questions about the benefits for these students. Langley's academic reputation is largely attributed to parents investing in tutoring, with expenses exceeding $1,000 monthly and over $5,000 for college advisory services. Those unable to afford such costs might find themselves at a disadvantage. Moreover, during college applications, these students are up against peers whose families can afford early decision applications without financial aid or benefit from legacy admissions. Additionally, the longer commute to Langley might limit their time for self-study and after-school activities.

It would be intriguing to analyze the long-term outcomes for these students.[/quote]

The only schools sending 10 or more kids to Langley this year are South Lakes (29), Marshall (16), Westfield (13), and Herndon (11).  That's not going to have much impact on any of those schools, given their size.

South Lakes kids live closer to other AP schools with capacity than Langley (e.g., Herndon, Madison), so presumably they have to do something like agree to take Chinese or Russian to attend Langley unless there's some other factor justifying a pupil placement. Same for the kids from Westfield and Herndon, since they are AP schools.  If they are prepared to do that, and Langley has space, there's no reason to stop them.  If their parents can arrange for their transportation, they may be able to pay for the extra tutoring you claim Langley kids are getting as well.  And if they conclude later that they would be "better off" attending their base schools, nothing stops them from not renewing the pupil placement.

Marshall is a different situation, because Langley's currently the closest AP school with available capacity for some Marshall kids, so you could pupil place there for AP without having to take a particular foreign language offered at Langley but not Marshall (e.g., Japanese, Russian).  Overall, there are fewer kids pupil placing out of Marshall to AP schools than there were years ago when Madison, McLean, and Falls Church all had extra capacity. [/quote]

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