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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Afford" is flexible.  We can "afford" the better school, but it is $200K more than other zones.  The question is:  Is the end result actually better at the "avoid" schools b/c of less competition?

Let's assume the educational experience is better at the "great schools" --- is that more or less important than getting into a better college?

Just for an example -- is the educational experience/peer/teachers at a school like Madison/McLean important enough that you would take that over a school like Edison/Hayfield/Annandale if your child's likely to get into JMU coming from Madison/McLean but might have a better shot getting into WM/VT/UVA from the latter group of HSs? [/quote]

I have two children, one just finished his first year of college and one is currently a junior in HS.  They attend(ed) McLean HS.  The college kid was extremely well prepared for college.  He got into Tech engineering, but chose to go to another out of state school (it was a better fit for him).  He is getting better grades at college than he did at McLean and he studied well at McLean.  He took 7 APs and had a weighted GPA of almost 4.0 when he graduated.  He took the harder math and science APs and the history ones almost everyone takes.  His GPA put him at around the 80th percentile for GPA.  (He just missed getting the medal to wear for graduation- the cut off is weighted 4.0 and about 20% of the class got them.- half a grade somewhere would have done it for him.)

I can't speak to the other schools, but would highly recommend McLean. [/quote]

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