High School magnet results are out
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Anonymous
And ability to pay $75K/kid/year for college. Half of the Blair SMAC magnet goes to UMD-CP every year and it’s not because they don’t have the stats for elite schools. |
Anonymous
That’s not the goal, and many if not most Blair magnet families neither qualify for financial aid, nor can pay full freight at elite schools. |
Anonymous
Well, based on that bethesda article plenty of blair kids tried to get into elite schools and were rejected. It's not like they were accepted but chose not to go because of financial reasons. |
Anonymous
Oh, my sweet summer child. |
Anonymous
And they offer nothing to upper middle class families who don’t have $600K-$1M available to pay for college for multiple kids. |
Anonymous
It does seem to be the case. Blair makes it harder for kids on the borderline to get into a top college. |
Anonymous
That article doesn’t break numbers down among SMAC, CAP, and other Blair students. |
Anonymous
but still, only a few kids from the whole blair made it to top colleges. it is quite disappointing. |
Anonymous
Question on the bolded for clarification. Are you saying that, for example: College A is only going to take 5 students from RMIB and 5 students from RM, so chances are better if you are top 5 in RM than being top 10 in RMIB? I would think though, that even if the concept is true, what is more likely is that College A would take 20 students from RMIC and 5 students from RM, so the chances come out roughly even, if not slightly in favor of the IB student? (That aside, I am with you on your plan to do UMD and save money regardless.) |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
OP here. I'm not sure about students within the same high school but in different programs. My educated guess is that the kids in RMIB would be more competitive than the non-magnet RM kids. I was referring to magnet kid at Blair or RM vs a kid at zoned HS. However, if College A limits acceptances to 10 kids at RM, I would think more RMIB gets would get in or else there are quite a few exceptional non-magnet kids that year. The exceptional non-magnet kids will look even better because they are being compared to the non-magnet population. Full disclosure, I'm a professor and have worked at two top tier universities frequently mentioned on this board. I have served on grad admissions but not undergraduate. However, I am friends with a few undergraduate admissions officers and a director and have learned a lot about the process. |
Anonymous
Could you give your opinion on Blair SMAC too? Is it worthy of the long commute if DC really just wants to get into a top college afterwards? It sounds like DC will have a better chance at home HS. |
Anonymous
My child thinks it is worth it but again, his goal is UMD. My child is financially conservative and is on board with our plan to help with grad school because we can afford state tuition. Have you looked at the last 5 years of college acceptances at your zoned school? How many kids got in at your target schools? Do you think your child will be in the top 10-15% in the Blair magnet? These are questions I would consider before making a decision. |
Anonymous
Thank you for your input. My guess is that DC will be in the 15-25% range. My sense is that she cares more about the vanity of going to blair. We will certainly accept whatever decision she makes. I expect that she will regret it later but I do not see a way of talking her out of it now. |
Anonymous
And many do not apply because their parents can’t pay for them. |