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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s your housing budget and where will you be commuting to?  Are you concerned that the public’s will be too much of a pressure cooker, or too big, or is there some other specific reason for looking at private?  Can you swing one of the $50k privates?[/quote]

We will need to live within a reasonable commuting time to the Dulles corridor, and can afford housing in that general area. The concern about publics is their size, and the environment (discipline issues, etc.). I've also gotten the impression that it's a pressure cooker atmosphere among those kids who tend to take AP classes at NoVa publics, but maybe I'm wrong about that. We've done a mix of public and private in the past, and prefer the private route. We would need financial aid to be able to afford a $50k private though, which I realize may not be forthcoming, but we figure it's at least worth a try, if we can find one that seems like a good fit. If it doesn't work out, we'll go with a public school. [/quote]

To be brutally honest, I think the probability of a high school offering financial aid to incoming 11th grader is between slim and none. They all have more demand than supply in terms of aid, and priority is always going to go to incumbent students that are continuing the aid that they’ve been receiving for years.

Everyone is providing the same info. Flint Hill is the only non-religious private that seems to meet your needs. I think aid is unlikely and some question whether FH is really different than area publics.  SSSAS is in Alexandria and may also work but it sounds like the commute is a bit far.  The rest of the secular list are in DC or Maryland: Field, Burke, SAES, SSFS. If you want to stay close to home and want a lower cost, the Catholic schools may be your best bet. Again, class size may not be much different than your publics.

While housing is more expensive, living in Arlington, Montgomery County, MD or McLean might give you more options. The commute to the Dulles corridor isn’t horrible and you are close enough to DC to open up many more options.

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