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What Living Eight Miles from the Capital Really Means for Your Application McLean, Virginia occupies a peculiar position in the national admissions landscape. It sits eight miles from the U.S. Capitol. It borders the CIA’s headquarters at Langley. It feeds students into one of the most academically competitive public-school...

Few communities in the country carry as much college admissions weight as McLean, Virginia. Its public high schools rank among the top three in the state. Its private schools draw families from across Northern Virginia specifically for their college preparation. And its proximity to Washington, D.C. places students within...

McLean, Virginia sits at the intersection of old-money Washington and new-economy Northern Virginia. The community is home to a remarkable concentration of federal officials, intelligence professionals, defense contractors, and financial executives, and their children fill high schools that are, by nearly any national measure, among the most academically rigorous...

Families in McLean, Virginia understand, often before their children reach high school, that the local admissions landscape is unforgiving. Students attend some of the most academically rigorous public schools in the country: Langley High School, McLean High School, and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology draw from...

Research universities, a legendary music ecosystem, and a living botanical laboratory — Athens offers more than most students realize Athens, Georgia rewards students who pay close attention to where they live. Home to the University of Georgia, the state’s flagship research institution, Athens sits in the northeastern Georgia Piedmont...