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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax county high schools are all diverse,

Every single one

People just like to complain [/quote]

I used to live in Alexandria and now live in McLean. Both schools are incredibly diverse, just in different ways. Our school in Alexandria had a large Spanish speaking population and our McLean school has more Asians and Middle Eastern students.[/quote]

Langley has next to no economic diversity. Chantilly does, as does every other high school in FCPS besides Langley. [/quote]

OP, look at the college acceptances from Langley.  Colleges tend to think "the rich white folk" will do well in life, no mater what, "no need to take m/any of them!"

Chantilly gets my vote. [/quote]

THIS. THIS.THIS.  It’s especially hard if you’re not super wealthy because colleges assume you have lots of money and connections.  A lot of people in McLean are living completely boring - and not at all luxurious lives - to pay the mortgage on an out of date little house. But for college, they are compared against the kids who spend $25,000 on private athletic coaching, $6,000 on test prep, and four years of private tutors because they share the same zip code. [/quote]

So much misinformation. There are plenty of good college acceptances at both Langley and McLean and they are not all the rich kids.

I do agree that OP should not stretch their budget just to pay their mortgage in McLean but your analysis of McLean is just ridiculously wrong.[/quote]

Colleges compare kids to their classmates. Colleges know which zip codes are rich.  It doesn’t matter if you’re scraping by in McLean, you are compared to the kids who are truly wealthy and have all the perks your kid doesn’t have.  [b]Drive through the student parking lot and count the Teslas, Audis, and Mercedes. [/b] When those kids need private coaching, tutoring, or test prep to get a high score or excel in a sport, they get it.  And it costs thousands. Sports alone can be tens of thousands a year.  You’re kidding yourself if you think your UMC kids’ acceptances wouldn’t be better in a more economically diverse school. [/quote]

Ah, the usual BSers have shown up.  Maybe write about a school you actually know something about?
DP[/quote]

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