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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with responders here, commute is king. You will never regret a short commute. Also (God forbid) you have to pick up your children from school because of illness or something, you are right there. Peace of mind will go a long way.

Since you mentioned Tysons, I would also recommend Marshall. SOL scores are just as good (if not better) than McLean across the board the last few years. Only reason it gets neglected at times is because of IB vs AP. But still a top tier academic school. [/quote]

It’s the IB program. If I am not wrong you can’t transfer credits to college like AP. Am I right ?[/quote]

New poster here. You're wrong; most colleges give credit for "HL" (higher level ) IB exams just as they do for AP exams. You will see a LOT of overwrought misinformation on DCUM about IB, how it works, and whether colleges give credit for IB; there are posters on DCUM who will insist that it's not as rigorous as AP, there's no college credit given etc.--not accurate. Please talk to the IB coordinator office at any IB high school if you might move in boundary for an IB school, to get the facts on things like this. Because there's less IB in the county, and fewer parents know about it, some AP parents like to post about it but lack first-hand knowledge. Our DC got an excellent HS education at Marshall with IB. No issues getting college credit and colleges knew what IB is and how rigorous it is. [/quote]

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