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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do Langley and McLean High compare? Are they pressure cookers.[/quote]

More pressure than many of the base schools. Less pressure than the highly selective magnets and the tip top privates.  Woodson has the Rep of being the worse FCPS in terms of pressure though (besides TJ). Not sure that’s a good thing though.   :arrow: if you are ta TJ and it doesn’t work for you, you can drop back at any time. Not so for base schools. [/quote]

This makes me feel like we made the right decision to move to McLean. We have no interest in sending our kids to TJ.[/quote]

I feel like it’s an individual decision and there is no one right answer.  I have a kid who manages the pressure well, and loves TJ.  And not just the academics. The kids, the ECs they do, the community. It’s a great school for DC1.  But, I thank my lucky stars that DC2, who also applied, was a finalist but not selected. DC2 is every bit as smart (IQ tests for the 2 kids were 2 points apart), but a perfectionist who stresses about Bs. TJ would have eaten them alive. Some kids want the challenge and thrive at TJ.  Some kids are overwhelmed.   And a lot have to do with personality and learning style, not intelligence. You have to do what works for your kid. [/quote]

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