If accepted to Blair Stem and Richard Montgomery IB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this thread has sent OP screaming back to their home school yet?

If OP was sane they hopefully stopped reading long ago. Some parents clearly need a Xanax and to stop living their life through their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

It seems like that poster was correct after all. According to this document, RMIB average SAT score was 1236 in 2023.

[Anonymous]

RMIB accepts 120+ students; 20+ are reserved for its feeder school, JW. So it brings in about 100 students from outside. About SAT score, 12xx is inline with the school score. It cannot be RMIB’s score. In fact, I haven’t heard anyone got a score below 1500; mostly 1550+.

[Anonymous]

No, it's the school's overall average score
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-rmhs-profile.pdf?usp=sharing

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

It seems like that poster was correct after all. According to this document, RMIB average SAT score was 1236 in 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RMIB accepts 120+ students; 20+ are reserved for its feeder school, JW. So it brings in about 100 students from outside. About SAT score, 12xx is inline with the school score. It cannot be RMIB’s score. In fact, I haven’t heard anyone got a score below 1500; mostly 1550+.

But I recently heard a mom of a straight-A student at RMIB worrying that her kid couldn’t even break 1450 on the SAT.
There was also a news article saying that Blair SMCS magnet students have the highest SAT average in the country. Honestly, I think Blair is probably always at the top nationwide, and it makes sense. Other states' STEM schools are huge, with 400–800 students per grade, but Blair only has 100 per class, so it’s a super selective group. You don’t have to be amazing at math to get into RMIB, whereas Blair only takes kids who are really good at math. And their English skills are probably similar, right? Kids who are insanely good at math usually do well in English too.
Of course, college admissions aren’t just about SAT scores, and RMIB students do great too, but if we’re talking purely about academic ability, Blair SMCS is one of the top in the nation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

😄 Explains why poster's DC couldn't get in Blair magnet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

😄 Explains why poster's DC couldn't get in Blair magnet

Except that Blair has two magnet programs, dummkopf, totaling about 175 students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this thread has sent OP screaming back to their home school yet?

If OP was sane they hopefully stopped reading long ago. Some parents clearly need a Xanax and to stop living their life through their kids.

No more Xanax. Organic farm update.

[Anonymous]

Have. Not read this who’s thread but my son chose Blair over RMIB bc it was closer to our house and I didn’t like the vibe at RM. too striver, competitive, where are you going to college and all that. Grades for grades’ sake etc. I loved how Mr Ostrander - in the intro- said “we do not have a slide for where our kids go to college. That is not important here- come to Blair if your kid wants to have a great HIGH school experience. Your kids are smart and college will work itself out.” So refreshing! Student-focused!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

It seems like that poster was correct after all. According to this document, RMIB average SAT score was 1236 in 2023.

That is obviously, obviously a mistake.

It's impossible for both of these claims to be true for the 120ish student IB program, even including the local reserved seats.

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2023
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 621
Mathematics 615 Total - 1236

That's a NMS index of 186

• National Merit Scholarship Competition; Commended Students - Class of 2023- 72

Cut off is above 207

72 of 125 students scored above about 1380, the Commended Scholar cutoff.

That means that the median score was above 1380

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

😄 Explains why poster's DC couldn't get in Blair magnet

Except that Blair has two magnet programs, dummkopf, totaling about 175 students.

😄 Explains why poster's DC got in RMIB ... so much for analytical thinking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

It seems like that poster was correct after all. According to this document, RMIB average SAT score was 1236 in 2023.

That is obviously, obviously a mistake.

It's impossible for both of these claims to be true for the 120ish student IB program, even including the local reserved seats.

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2023
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 621
Mathematics 615 Total - 1236

That's a NMS index of 186

• National Merit Scholarship Competition; Commended Students - Class of 2023- 72

Cut off is above 207

72 of 125 students scored above about 1380, the Commended Scholar cutoff.

That means that the median score was above 1380

OMG I also think it's wrong - maybe not a "mistake" but maybe something the RMIB staff put on there on purpose for one reason or another.

But you need to learn basic math. The median being that number does not mean that the mean cannot be 1236 something. It's mathematically improbable but it is possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

It seems like that poster was correct after all. According to this document, RMIB average SAT score was 1236 in 2023.

That is obviously, obviously a mistake.

It's impossible for both of these claims to be true for the 120ish student IB program, even including the local reserved seats.

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2023
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 621
Mathematics 615 Total - 1236

That's a NMS index of 186

• National Merit Scholarship Competition; Commended Students - Class of 2023- 72

Cut off is above 207

72 of 125 students scored above about 1380, the Commended Scholar cutoff.

That means that the median score was above 1380

ok, make that 1400. happy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a strong program but niche, for STEM obviously but majority pre-engineering. RMIB is better for kids who like STEM and humanities, and produces excellent analytical writers across disciplines. Historically RMIB has had better college outcomes because Ivy+ schools prefer a broader liberal arts focus. Blair does better with MIT. Both are very competitive but RMIB students are a little more chill. Last year RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. This year it was reversed, Blair produced twice as many. So the cohorts vary too.

No disagreement with the general characterization, but the college outcome results are not correct, can easily google at Bethesda Magazine.

Also not correct, that last year (2023) RMIB produced twice as many NMSF as Blair. MCPS announcements on number of NMSF winners have been very consistent in the last 20 years. Blair has always been the majority, typically 40+ NMSF. RMIB has very good results as well, but about 50-75% of Blair's.
Results for 2023 and 2024, you can google previous years results easily.

NMSF 2023 Moco
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13329

NMSF 2024 Moco
https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

Hope this doesn't become another pissing battle, both magnet programs are excellent, with Blair more focused on STEM, and RMIB more focused on humanitieis and analytical writing. Both schools have all the resources to produced excellent grads going to top colleges. To each their own.

Once again, Blair magnets are larger than RMIB.

Think about the math (ironic).

RMIB accepts about 125 students each year
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/uploadedfiles/ib/2023-2024-ib-insert-for-rmhs-school-profile-1-3.pdf?usp=sharing

Blair Magnet accepts about 100 students each year
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/MagnetProfile.pdf

It is indeed ironic that your math skills is not up to par

It seems like that poster was correct after all. According to this document, RMIB average SAT score was 1236 in 2023.

That is obviously, obviously a mistake.

It's impossible for both of these claims to be true for the 120ish student IB program, even including the local reserved seats.

The Mean SAT scores for the Class of 2023
Evidence Based Reading and Writing: 621
Mathematics 615 Total - 1236

That's a NMS index of 186

• National Merit Scholarship Competition; Commended Students - Class of 2023- 72

Cut off is above 207

72 of 125 students scored above about 1380, the Commended Scholar cutoff.

That means that the median score was above 1380

It's probably a mistake but that does the commended score have to do with the SAT average?
The commended scores are PSAT, not SAT.