Do you know if any RMIB kids who got rejected from UMD (in any year)?

[Anonymous]

DC is a junior in RMIB and I’m getting worried they won’t get into UMD. 3.92/4.8 but not a lot of EC. So-so test scores.

So high grades but not too much else.

Does anyone know any kids from RMIB, from any time in the last 5 years, who didn’t get into UMD?

[Anonymous]

No one should assume they are getting into UMD. Poolesville is clear about this, even for magnet students.

[Anonymous]

My DD with good stats was rejected last night. She isn't IB but she has friends who have heard of RMIB kids who were also rejected.

It happens.

[Anonymous]

OP, just chiming in to say I am in the same boat.

We have (obviously wrongly) always assumed that UMDCP was a solid safety for our RMIB junior with similar profile.

It really is crazy out there...

[Anonymous]

No I don’t know any. Parents of 2 IB kids

[Anonymous]

https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

I'm not usually a fan of putting stock in where other people report their kids got into college but you can get a sense here, especially when you look at numbers for RMIB and Blair, about where kids are applying in droves and where they're not getting in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

I'm not usually a fan of putting stock in where other people report their kids got into college but you can get a sense here, especially when you look at numbers for RMIB and Blair, about where kids are applying in droves and where they're not getting in

Thanks PP, I've seen this and it is somewhat helpful.

But if you accept the premise that the IB magnet program is a separate cohort, this doesn't offer much insight to the question asked.

[Anonymous]

OP it is not too late for your child to start up some ECs. They also have the whole summer to do something interesting. The key is to pick one or two activities that align with the student's preferred major. Maybe your child could ask around to do unpaid work for a nonprofit or small business, or tutor younger students, or write some articles about a topic of interest. Something to show more of their depth and engagement with a community outside of just their high school academic community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

I'm not usually a fan of putting stock in where other people report their kids got into college but you can get a sense here, especially when you look at numbers for RMIB and Blair, about where kids are applying in droves and where they're not getting in

Thanks PP, I've seen this and it is somewhat helpful.

But if you accept the premise that the IB magnet program is a separate cohort, this doesn't offer much insight to the question asked.

They aren't a separate cohort, they can present with the same profile as any other MCPS kid applying to UMD, so certainly not immune from rejection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

I'm not usually a fan of putting stock in where other people report their kids got into college but you can get a sense here, especially when you look at numbers for RMIB and Blair, about where kids are applying in droves and where they're not getting in

Thanks PP, I've seen this and it is somewhat helpful.

But if you accept the premise that the IB magnet program is a separate cohort, this doesn't offer much insight to the question asked.

They aren't a separate cohort, they can present with the same profile as any other MCPS kid applying to UMD, so certainly not immune from rejection.

UMDCP can't fill their entire class with Blair students. At some point, maybe especially from a school with that many strong applicants, it's a lottery. Not personal. Not a reflection of your kid. At all. Just a lottery.

There's a few ways to handle those odds.

1.) Not play.
2.) Play and accept the odds. Your kid has already beat odds so many times just getting into their magnet in the first place.
3.) Try to move metrics in your favor: apply to a different program, apply to MC to do two years there first, transfer in from Baltimore or St Mary's.
4.) And finally, consider the major and what, specifically, your kid wants from it. Think of ways outside the box to achieve these goals. UMDCP may have been a direct path, but it's far from the only path.

[Anonymous]

The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP it is not too late for your child to start up some ECs. They also have the whole summer to do something interesting. The key is to pick one or two activities that align with the student's preferred major. Maybe your child could ask around to do unpaid work for a nonprofit or small business, or tutor younger students, or write some articles about a topic of interest. Something to show more of their depth and engagement with a community outside of just their high school academic community.

The EC thing is an ongoing battle. Kid just doesn’t want to get involved in more than 1-2 of them that hard involve any programming. But kid does have loads of SSL hours. No sports, music, honors societies, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP it is not too late for your child to start up some ECs. They also have the whole summer to do something interesting. The key is to pick one or two activities that align with the student's preferred major. Maybe your child could ask around to do unpaid work for a nonprofit or small business, or tutor younger students, or write some articles about a topic of interest. Something to show more of their depth and engagement with a community outside of just their high school academic community.

The EC thing is an ongoing battle. Kid just doesn’t want to get involved in more than 1-2 of them that hard involve any programming. But kid does have loads of SSL hours. No sports, music, honors societies, etc.

Depth is valued as much, if not more than breadth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I don’t know any. Parents of 2 IB kids

+1 it was a safety for my IB kid last year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://moco360.media/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

I'm not usually a fan of putting stock in where other people report their kids got into college but you can get a sense here, especially when you look at numbers for RMIB and Blair, about where kids are applying in droves and where they're not getting in

Thanks PP, I've seen this and it is somewhat helpful.

But if you accept the premise that the IB magnet program is a separate cohort, this doesn't offer much insight to the question asked.

They aren't a separate cohort, they can present with the same profile as any other MCPS kid applying to UMD, so certainly not immune from rejection.

OP is asking about RMIB kids acceptance rates. She gets to choose the group she is asking about. Could be varsity athletes, could be first generation, could be frama club kids. In this case it is RMIB. So it is the cohort in question.