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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to both Wakefield and Yorktown about 10 years ago (I'm sure some stuff has changed since then but not much). If your child can succeed academically at any school I would suggest Wakefield. 
The only draw back was at Wakefield there seemed to be two   options advanced or remedial there was less of the middle average student so my classes were either too hard or too easy. The students at Wakefield were much more accepting and diverse. 
Yorktown on the other hand was like DCUM. Lots of concern over brands and what neighborhood you lived in (because you can't just live in north Arlington you also had to be in the right hood.). Plus the drug culture was 10x worse. At Wakefield the most anyone did was some drinking and pot. At Yorktown coke was big and so was perscription drug abuse. There were many more parents with big house who would travel and so there were more crazy parties. Plus I think Wakefield students had more to lose if they got caught. They are more depended on scholarships and merit to get into good schools were as Yorktown kids had money and legacy. 
Some of this may have changed since I've been there and some of this may have been who choose to hangout with at each school. I am also not say that every student at Yorktown was a coke addict there was good and bad at both but this was more of a general vibe I got from both schools. [/quote]

OP here, thank you for sharing. To be more clear, we are in Yorktown district. We looked into W&L, but because of overcrowding there is zero chance DC would get a transfer. I think Wakefield would be a better fit for DC's needs.  [/quote]

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