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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're making it sound like IBD at DCI is on a par with the best suburban programs in the DMV. Untrue. I have nieces and nephews in IB programs in MoCo so I know that you're incorrect in thinking that there's no well tracked progression from K-12 in the burbs for immersion. My siblings' kids did Chinese immersion at College Gardens before Robert Frost MS for partial immersion (automatic feed). They've had a good many native speakers (like our family) in their classes all along. It's not difficult to test into Richard Montgomery's IBD program for Chinese and BCC has IBD for all in-boundary students who meet prerequisites. [b]In the better suburban programs, kids can't land in IBD classes if they haven't cleared established academic bars down the chain like they can at DCI. Same story in Arlington and Fairfax. IBD FOR ALL only works so well[/b] whatever sugarcoating you want to apply. I'm prepared to believe that Latin offers more HS rigor overall, and that Latin Cooper's future HS might, too. [/quote]

In Fairfax, Arlington & Loudoun kids don't need to test into GT programs to access middle school honors classes in core subjects or IB Diploma programs. Like in MoCo, students need to earn certain grades in pre-IB classes to access IB classes. In VA, teachers are paid and trained better than at DCI.

OP, unless you're all fired up about Spanish immersion, I'd go with Latin Cooper. Latin has been around a lot longer than DCI and has a much better college admissions track record, which Latin Cooper can piggyback off of. But neither DCI nor Latin (let alone Latin Cooper) offers serious extra-curriculars as compared to the burbs. If you're aiming high in college admissions, you need to seek out your own ECs and pay for them in DC charter. You probably also need to pay for decent college counseling. That's how it works.[/quote]

Latin doesn't have great college admissions record.  They lose many of the high performing kids after middle school.

Also AP kids are a dime a dozen, even at the high performing schools in the burbs.  You stand out much more and get noticed with IB if you do well.[/quote]

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