High School magnet results are out

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Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

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I just found out from this board results are in. I was checking the mail everyday. Lol. DD, all 4.0's 6-8 and in HS courses, rejected for MS CES, essay included goals, archery, and NJHS leader and volunteering. MAP R-99%, MAP- M 99.2%, just a few points higher. WL-17 Northwest, invited to RM and PV SMAC. Accepted PV.

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Anonymous wrote:Got into Poolesville ecology and humanities, rejected at RMIB and poolesville SMAC, but got into Watkins Mill IB... Any idea if regional IBs are comparable to RMIB... DD was hoping to get into RMIB!

An IB program is an IB program, but the cohorts might be different. In either case, it's a self-selecting group though so if your daughter likes the virtual open house, I'd say go for it.

Most applicants to regional IBs in previous years were admitted.

There’s been one previous year.

I have a friend whose daughter graduated last year from Watkins Mill IB. Loved it! Got into HS magnet but preferred to stay at neighborhood school with friends. The whole point of the regional IB is to create a bigger cohort and have them in classes together beginning 9th grade. Before it was just 50 kids choosing the diploma program in 11th.

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For those whose DC got in Blair what are the extracurricular activities/awards?

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Hi -- I'm new on the forum. My sibling just got into both the STEM program at Blair and the IB program at RM. I went to a different HS so am not familiar with either of these programs. I want to do what I can to help advise their decision -- any recommendations on resources that can help compare these programs? I'm reaching out to folks from these schools but I don't know many. Thanks so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi -- I'm new on the forum. My sibling just got into both the STEM program at Blair and the IB program at RM. I went to a different HS so am not familiar with either of these programs. I want to do what I can to help advise their decision -- any recommendations on resources that can help compare these programs? I'm reaching out to folks from these schools but I don't know many. Thanks so much.

I have a similar question. I searched the forums for info, but it looks like most of the discussion of these programs is either about how/whether accepted, and then where kids go to college. It skips the actual program and experience. I'm going to try starting a new thread...

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My daughter got accepted to Blair CAP, but not RMIB. She went to a non-magnet middle school. She was also in the cohort for the incoming sixth grade where they changed the way they selected if you recall. No kids were selected from her MS to go to MS magnets that year - the MS said this was because there was a cohort at the MS. I wanted to bring that up just bc of the posters saying their kids were in the magnet MS and didn’t get accepted anywhere to HS. Remember that this is the class where the incoming MS process changed, so there were kids like mine competing with yours that didn’t have the opportunity to join your kid at the MS magnet.

I recall being super bummed that year that she wasn’t selected and felt like these kids got ripped off again with the covid changes to the application process this year. This process really sucks, and I’m very sorry for anyone crushed today. My daughter was too for the Ms process.

That said, she had a great time at her homeschool. Best years of her life she say lol. So I’m glad with how it turned out.

As far as her stats, she has straight all As except one B in a math quarter for 7th grade. High 90s MAPs. So it seems like they didn’t just the all As, 99 MAP kids. Which makes sense to me - there are probably tons of those anyway, so even if it just limited it to that, it would still have to be sorry lottery process.

She does have an absolute passion for theater and writing and “communication arts” in general - basically everything the CAP program is about. We went to the open house and it was breathtaking how perfect the program is for her. She’s a self motivated leader who loves language and writing and acting and making movies. It’s about communication and media, and her essay absolutely reflected that. And no, I didn’t help her with it a bit.

She’s white if it matters (just saying that bc a PP is making up things about selecting for “diversity”). She has two friends who also were selected - also white, also totally into what the program is about. One comes from Eastern and the other from her home MS.

Sharing just bc it seems like people are interested in who was actually selected. Maybe it really was about interest in the programs topics as reflected in the essay? Which is really all they had this year anyway.

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For those of you worrying, my kid came from eastern magnet with top scores in everything and awards etc and didn’t get a spot in CAP. It was heartbreaking and seemed to make no sense. BUT it’s funny how things work out - tons of AP courses and opportunities for rigor that mean you can carve your own program and it’s turned out my kid has taken advanced courses in areas that wouldn’t have been options in CAP.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking life is somehow over or great colleges aren’t an option if you don’t do a magnet. Your kid is still the same smart, hardworking person they were before the application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

Actually not quite right... Whitman's Ivy League intakes are about parallel with RMIB's Ivy League intakes. And then there are the privates...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

Actually not quite right... Whitman's Ivy League intakes are about parallel with RMIB's Ivy League intakes. And then there are the privates...

+1 If you look at Bethesda magazine's yearly college acceptance lists you will see that many kids get into top schools outside the magnets. I'm sure if there was a list for upcounty, DCC, etc you would see similar data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

Actually not quite right... Whitman's Ivy League intakes are about parallel with RMIB's Ivy League intakes. And then there are the privates...

+1 If you look at Bethesda magazine's yearly college acceptance lists you will see that many kids get into top schools outside the magnets. I'm sure if there was a list for upcounty, DCC, etc you would see similar data.

Here's a link: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

Actually not quite right... Whitman's Ivy League intakes are about parallel with RMIB's Ivy League intakes. And then there are the privates...

+1 If you look at Bethesda magazine's yearly college acceptance lists you will see that many kids get into top schools outside the magnets. I'm sure if there was a list for upcounty, DCC, etc you would see similar data.

Here's a link: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/

Thank you for the link.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

Actually not quite right... Whitman's Ivy League intakes are about parallel with RMIB's Ivy League intakes. And then there are the privates...

+1 If you look at Bethesda magazine's yearly college acceptance lists you will see that many kids get into top schools outside the magnets. I'm sure if there was a list for upcounty, DCC, etc you would see similar data.

Here's a link: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/

Thank you for the link.

Consider the impact of legacy status on these admission numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter got accepted to Blair CAP, but not RMIB. She went to a non-magnet middle school. She was also in the cohort for the incoming sixth grade where they changed the way they selected if you recall. No kids were selected from her MS to go to MS magnets that year - the MS said this was because there was a cohort at the MS. I wanted to bring that up just bc of the posters saying their kids were in the magnet MS and didn’t get accepted anywhere to HS. Remember that this is the class where the incoming MS process changed, so there were kids like mine competing with yours that didn’t have the opportunity to join your kid at the MS magnet.

I recall being super bummed that year that she wasn’t selected and felt like these kids got ripped off again with the covid changes to the application process this year. This process really sucks, and I’m very sorry for anyone crushed today. My daughter was too for the Ms process.

That said, she had a great time at her homeschool. Best years of her life she say lol. So I’m glad with how it turned out.

As far as her stats, she has straight all As except one B in a math quarter for 7th grade. High 90s MAPs. So it seems like they didn’t just the all As, 99 MAP kids. Which makes sense to me - there are probably tons of those anyway, so even if it just limited it to that, it would still have to be sorry lottery process.

She does have an absolute passion for theater and writing and “communication arts” in general - basically everything the CAP program is about. We went to the open house and it was breathtaking how perfect the program is for her. She’s a self motivated leader who loves language and writing and acting and making movies. It’s about communication and media, and her essay absolutely reflected that. And no, I didn’t help her with it a bit.

She’s white if it matters (just saying that bc a PP is making up things about selecting for “diversity”). She has two friends who also were selected - also white, also totally into what the program is about. One comes from Eastern and the other from her home MS.

Sharing just bc it seems like people are interested in who was actually selected. Maybe it really was about interest in the programs topics as reflected in the essay? Which is really all they had this year anyway.

Pretty much all the CAP kids are white, so she will fit right in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For everyone concerned about missing out: my kid didn't get into either of the programs he applied to, and went to his local HS. He was disappointed.

Four years of HS later, he was accepted - early decision - to a top 10 school. Life goes on. Make of it what you can.

Hang in there!

Thanks - sounds great! And congrats!

Thanks. Kid's quite excited.

That's awesome. Magnets have lots of supports. Making it to a top school outside of a magnet program is hard. Your kid did really well!

Actually not quite right... Whitman's Ivy League intakes are about parallel with RMIB's Ivy League intakes. And then there are the privates...

+1 If you look at Bethesda magazine's yearly college acceptance lists you will see that many kids get into top schools outside the magnets. I'm sure if there was a list for upcounty, DCC, etc you would see similar data.

Here's a link: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2020/college-bound-5/

Thank you for the link.

Consider the impact of legacy status on these admission numbers.

And funds for private counseling, SAT support, essay writing etc