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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meridian all the way. [/quote]

If you like style over substance, sure.

Meridian is Potemkin School- a nice facade with little to offer behind it. Kids there do well in life because their families are already wealthy and connected, not because of the school.[/quote]

Like Yorktown. 
I'm betting the Potemkin School comment was made by the YHS snob poster.
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NP.  Yorktown has a definite image - wealthy, white, and very sports-oriented.  And to a significant degree it lives up to that image.

W-L doesn't really have as distinct image because it's so big.  There are wealthy, white, and sports-oriented kids there.  There are also academically focused kids doing the full IB program.  There are also some less wealthy kids, and there's also kids who just fly under the radar and/or do drugs.  So it's a bit more what you make of it, whereas Yorktown tends to either be a good fit or not.

That's just my take, having lived in Arlington for a while.

Meridian is very small.  I don't think it has as much to offer as the larger schools in Arlington and Fairfax.  They make a big deal of letting people know they are in Falls Church City, lest people think they live in an area zoned to Falls Church High or Justice High, and that's rather off-putting for people who otherwise fit the "Hate Has No Home Here" mold (apparently, neither do poorer kids).  [/quote]

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