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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A quick scan of the parking lot will tell you otherwise.  Plenty of rich people's kids go to Langley.[/quote]

Those cars don't mean anything.  it just tells you they are UCM, not wealthy.  I live in 0.5 mile from Langley and I have two full-pay tuition kids at private schools, around 40k/year for each.  they have been going there since kindergarten.  It costs me about 420k/year for each kid from K-12.  That will be 820k for both kids.  I can have multiple Benz, Range Rover and Bentley with that kind of money.

Benz, BMW, Range Rover are dime and dozen at Madeira and Potomac schools.[/quote]

This post tells you plenty about the attitudes you'll encounter in the Langley HS neighborhoods, even if not at the high school itself.  There is more conspicuous consumption than you'll find in most of the McLean HS neighborhoods.

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I'm not the PP, but perhaps you didn't comprehend his/her post. The point was that PP sends her kids to private, at a great cost - not that PP actually has those vehicles.

You're clearly one of the Langley haters who will jump on any excuse to malign the school.  Newsflash:  wealthy =/= bad people.  Plenty of incredibly generous, philanthropic families out there.  I'm sorry you're so bitter about... something.[/quote]

:roll: [/quote]

Yep, bitter.[/quote]

About what? PP was just pointing out how much some (not all) people in the Langley areas like to gab about how much money they spend - whether it’s on those “dime a dozen” luxury cars or their expensive private school tuitions.

It provokes amusement, not envy. [/quote]

You do realize the PP's response - about spending money on private school rather than on cars - was in direct response to the ever-tiresome accusation of Langley kids driving expensive cars to school, being wealthy, etc. etc.?  The people who love to "gab about money" are those who hate anyone living in the Langley district.  They're fixated on how much money these people have, what they spend it on, what kind of cars they drive, etc.  So maybe if you and others would stop worrying about the incomes of people you know nothing about, there wouldn't be a need to respond to you.[/quote]

Of all the things to be hyper-sensitive about, having a lot of money shouldn’t be too high on the list. The easier way to deflect it is by mentioning the mini-vans and older cars in the Langley parking lot, as did a PP, not by pointing out that a BMW is chump change for those spending close to a million on privates.

[b]In any case, the biggest critic of Langley I ever recall on this forum was the woman who pulled her daughter out after 9th grade, claiming that the counselors were trying to make her take all AP courses as a sophomore.  I found that hard to believe at the time and, from everything I’ve heard, the current counselors at both Langley and McLean really urge kids to consider their course load carefully and not over-extend themselves. [/b] [/quote]

OP, are your DCs hoping to go to UVA or William and Mary?  I ask others on this forum -- what kind of GPA/class rank do you need to get accepted to UVA from Langley or McLean HS?  If UVA is a "safety school" for the top 5-10 students in each graduating class, your DC will need to pretty much take all APs to compete and be in the running for UVA admission.  [/quote]

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