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[quote=Anonymous]I have a senior in OHS, so I can chime. We moved here for 9-12 grades. I searched all schools in the area since we  were moving from outside of NOVA and purposely chose Oakton over Madison or Marshall.

My senior now admitted to three Ivy Schools, Northwestern, UVA (full scholarship), Northeastern (large scholarship), and few other top schools). 
School is very diverse, it is true. I've seen variety of girls there: some dressed up as pp described above, and some dressed up very modest, some asian girls dressed up in a high end designers' clothes, and some very conservative muslim girls covered up head to toes. So saying there are only one type of girls is very inaccurate. My child moved here from private school and grew up in uniforms. She was / and still doesn't care about fashion too much, and she fits in school very well. Usually dressed up in jeans or leggings, sweater, or hoodies (sometimes even old dad's hoodie) and never felt uncomfortable there.

My child never was in AAP or any other advance classes, but was able to take all Honor classes in 9th grade and now graduating with 12 or 13 AP classes. I found the school is challenging but not a pressure cooker like other schools in the area. My kid was on two varsity sport teams for all four years, and still was able to maintain 4.0 unweighted GPA. Before we relocated, we apply to TJ and the child was admitted, but we chose to go to Oakton instead to have more free time for sports and other extra curriculums.

I personally don't know anything about the drugs in the school. I am not in denial, I am sure there are some drugs around. But we have not encountered any in the last four years (and I am talking not only about my child, but also about her circle of friends).

OP, let me know if you have any other questions. [/quote]

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