High School magnet results are out

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Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

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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!

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/

Based on the data in the article,if the goal is to get into a top college then applying from Blair magnet isn’t much an advantage, I guess.

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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!

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.

Blair magnets are mature enough NOT to be obsessed with a college brand name. I heard a 2020 Blair magnet who was admitted by Columbia/Penn/Caltech but went to UMD College Park.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

Er no. Ivy schools offer full financial aid to all eligible students. Financial situation is irrelevant - they are needs blind admissions/

What W school parents can afford is not a reflection on their kids getting offered places in these schools. How can you not already know this?

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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!

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.

Blair magnets are mature enough NOT to be obsessed with a college brand name. I heard a 2020 Blair magnet who was admitted by Columbia/Penn/Caltech but went to UMD College Park.

A huge number of the RMIB kids also go to UMDCP.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

Er no. Ivy schools offer full financial aid to all eligible students. Financial situation is irrelevant - they are needs blind admissions/

What W school parents can afford is not a reflection on their kids getting offered places in these schools. How can you not already know this?

Right, but as a donut hole household, an ivy isn’t in the cards for my kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

Er no. Ivy schools offer full financial aid to all eligible students. Financial situation is irrelevant - they are needs blind admissions/

What W school parents can afford is not a reflection on their kids getting offered places in these schools. How can you not already know this?

Wait what? Ivy schools give a full ride to everyone accepted? Or they give a full ride to everyone accepted with certain stats? I'm confused...

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Anonymous wrote:Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

Er no. Ivy schools offer full financial aid to all eligible students. Financial situation is irrelevant - they are needs blind admissions/

What W school parents can afford is not a reflection on their kids getting offered places in these schools. How can you not already know this?

Wait what? Ivy schools give a full ride to everyone accepted? Or they give a full ride to everyone accepted with certain stats? I'm confused...

Ivy's have extensive need based aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks PP — nothing there. Maybe they did not post for private school students

I think they did not post in Parentvue for kids applying from private school. We are in the same situation and did not receive a letter. I was told that the letters would also be sent by mail tomorrow, so should be received this week.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

Er no. Ivy schools offer full financial aid to all eligible students. Financial situation is irrelevant - they are needs blind admissions/

What W school parents can afford is not a reflection on their kids getting offered places in these schools. How can you not already know this?

Wait what? Ivy schools give a full ride to everyone accepted? Or they give a full ride to everyone accepted with certain stats? I'm confused...

Reading comprehension, please. PP said 'full financial aid to all eligible", not "everyone accepted".

They look at the applicants not considering their ability or inability to pay (at least, in theory). So, yes, what you can and can't afford has no relevance to your kid getting in. Once accepted, the kid's family income needs to be below a certain point for a full ride.

That said, there are partial scholarships for kids even from middle-class families.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivy/Private admissions has lot of other factors apart from school. Legacy, Financial situation, scholarship. Many W school parents can afford to send DC to Ivy and private colleges.

Er no. Ivy schools offer full financial aid to all eligible students. Financial situation is irrelevant - they are needs blind admissions/

What W school parents can afford is not a reflection on their kids getting offered places in these schools. How can you not already know this?

Wait what? Ivy schools give a full ride to everyone accepted? Or they give a full ride to everyone accepted with certain stats? I'm confused...

Reading comprehension, please. PP said 'full financial aid to all eligible", not "everyone accepted".

They look at the applicants not considering their ability or inability to pay (at least, in theory). So, yes, what you can and can't afford has no relevance to your kid getting in. Once accepted, the kid's family income needs to be below a certain point for a full ride.

That said, there are partial scholarships for kids even from middle-class families.

I did not understand the phrase I bolded, so I asked for clarification. I don't think the snark was warranted. I offered two possible interpretations and asked which one was correct, because the phrase "eligible" was not clear. It was a reasonable interpretation of "eligible" to mean "accepted." Is the point that financial situation is irrelevant to acceptance, but relevant to financial aid packages offered?

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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!

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/

Based on the data in the article,if the goal is to get into a top college then applying from Blair magnet isn’t much an advantage, I guess.

Yes, it is. You have to look at not just one year.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

I think it is harder to get in from the middle school magnets, just like it’s harder to get into the middle school magnets after CES.

Agree. But what is the f point of going to MS magnet then???

The education is the point.

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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!

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/

Based on the data in the article,if the goal is to get into a top college then applying from Blair magnet isn’t much an advantage, I guess.

Yes, it is. You have to look at not just one year.

Blair parent here: Blair is a great program for challenging STEM kids to meet their potential, but not for getting into top colleges. Yes, plenty of Blair magnet kids are accepted but I've seen at least 10 years of data and the PP's are correct many non-magnet students (at an equivalent rate), at least at W schools, get into top 20 schools.

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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!

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/

Based on the data in the article,if the goal is to get into a top college then applying from Blair magnet isn’t much an advantage, I guess.

Yes, it is. You have to look at not just one year.

Blair parent here: Blair is a great program for challenging STEM kids to meet their potential, but not for getting into top colleges. Yes, plenty of Blair magnet kids are accepted but I've seen at least 10 years of data and the PP's are correct many non-magnet students (at an equivalent rate), at least at W schools, get into top 20 schools.

Forgot to add that the issue with attending a magnet is that you are compared with your high achieving peers for college admissions and colleges limit the number of students they accept from any particular program or high school. If you are in the magnet but at the bottom or even middle of the pack, you will not be as competitive in top college admissions compared to your top ranking peers. Better to be a top student in a less competitive program or smaller pond high school if your primary goal is getting into a top 10 or 20 undergrad program. Note: this is not an issue in our household because our goal is UMD for financial reasons or merit at a lower tier college. The plan is to save money for graduate school at a top 10 university.