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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As I said before from my experience in the Bay Area- yes for the very top students but not for the next tier.  Those kids from the public high schools don’t seem to get in to the top privates or Cal and UCLA. Look at the Stanley Zhong example- Gunn HS, was in the top 9% of his class but had at least one B in junior year and took stem AP’s but not the humanities side. Best acceptance was UC Davis. Similar kids from our local independent high schools (and there are several very good private high schools) have better/more choices.

I know nothing of Langley HS but what I do know is AO are assigned by region so the AO who reviews applicants from Langley also reviews the applicants from the local private high schools.  Students in a geographic area are necessarily competing with each other . . [/quote]

No one knows (or cares) about any of the schools you keep mentioning.  This thread is asking about a specific school in FCPS.  Please stop posting about SF.  [/quote]

Agreed.  This is just so odd.  We have a poster asking if they should keep their kid in a public high school in McLean, VA and somebody is going on and on about San Francisco?  Why??[/quote]

The answer may be about SF, but from my experience with my kids, it is valid for the DMV, for the same profile, top 10% in public HS, great APs but did not score 16 5s. Best acceptance would be UMD. Meanwhile at [b]private schools, UMD is a safety and everyone gets in![/b][/quote]
Which private schools?

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