Magnet/IB MCPS public schools and admission into top colleges

[Anonymous]

My DD is a junior in one of the above MCPS program. Does being in a magnet or IB program in this county offer an advantage in college admissions. My DD's dream school is MIT or Caltech. She is aware that these are not at all easy schools to get into,but as a parent what can I do to guide her.
She is a straight A student, SAT 1560, taken 5 AP's with 4 and 5 (will take more this year). She is very interested in computer science and has leadership roles in computer science club and few other clubs in school. She has participated in CS competitions in high school at national (and one international competition where she won). What are her chances and what more can she do if she is aiming for some of the top of the top schools?

[Anonymous]

As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

[Anonymous]

Typical DCUM parents showing off their kids' stats and asking if they're good enough for top schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

A kid with those excellent stats will get into a good program, come on. Just because no one has a slam dunk to get in everywhere doesn’t mean you can’t get in anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

Her chance maybe “higher” than boys at certain schools but certainly not “high”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

When you say Caltech does not do holistic admissions, what does Caltech look at?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

Her chance maybe “higher” than boys at certain schools but certainly not “high”.

My DD is a sophomore, not in the above specialized programs. She is also interested in CS. How much of an advantage is it being a girl for admission process? She has not taken SAT as yet, but has straight A's, taken 3 AP's in freshman year with 5's and is involved in leadership activities outside school in CS (leading a chapter of girls who code club, participated in app challenge and so on). What are her chances to get into top schools?

[Anonymous]

I think it helps in that it can demonstrate your kid is taking a difficult schedule, but there are other ways to demonstrate that too

[Anonymous]

OP I compared the destinations for Walt Whitman (our home school) and RMIB when my kid was thinking of applying for that program. Their results were pretty comparable in terms of results and college acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I compared the destinations for Walt Whitman (our home school) and RMIB when my kid was thinking of applying for that program. Their results were pretty comparable in terms of results and college acceptances.

Wouldn't Whitman students have more legacy cases than RMIB, since those students are from all over the county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I compared the destinations for Walt Whitman (our home school) and RMIB when my kid was thinking of applying for that program. Their results were pretty comparable in terms of results and college acceptances.

Remember RMIB is only about 100 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

A kid with those excellent stats will get into a good program, come on. Just because no one has a slam dunk to get in everywhere doesn’t mean you can’t get in anywhere.

? who said that type of kid can't get in anywhere? I'm referring to top univ for CS, like Stanford, MIT. Excellent stats alone wouldn't get you in to such schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a female, her chances are high at a good univ. for CS, except caltech. They don't do holistic admissions.

I know a kid who got 1580, straight A student in magnet, 5s on APs, but a male, so, this kid won't have an easy time of getting into top rated CS programs.

When you say Caltech does not do holistic admissions, what does Caltech look at?

grades and scores. They don't care about diversity, which is why the demographics there skews male, Asian.

[Anonymous]

Her chances are good if she really researches opportunities. My friend’s (white) DD, similar stats w/lots of APs, from a magnet in IL got scholarship $$$ at CMU this past spring, applied RD. Best program out there, imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I compared the destinations for Walt Whitman (our home school) and RMIB when my kid was thinking of applying for that program. Their results were pretty comparable in terms of results and college acceptances.

Remember RMIB is only about 100 kids.

Right. If 4 kids from WW and 4 kids from RMIB were accepted for a certain school, that means that the RMIB kid had a MUCH greater chance of getting in than the WW kid.