RMIB Magnet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAP does not approach the level of rigor that RMIB offers. It's not a good proxy.

But what is really the difference between RMIB magnet and local students just going through MYP and then selecting IB for 11th and 12th grades?

RMIB students take RMS magnet designated classes starting from 9th grade. These are only for RMIB magnet students.

RMS English 9 for example is a tough class, and prepares the student for 11th and 12th grade full IBDP. If you go into IBDP starting in 11th grade, it's harder to get used to the level of rigor.

MYP is nothing. Really, nothing.

-signed parent of both RMIB and non RMIB student

Ok. So, effectively, the difference is for 9th and 10 grades only and consists of more rigorous classes and a cohort?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score[/quote]

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.[/quote]


No, RMIB uses MAP-R, and Blair uses MAP-M. Plus other cretinous such as languages and essay etc. I do not know Poolesville. We are the current 8th grade student’s parents and went through the entire magnet program application process.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score[/quote]

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.[/quote]


No, RMIB uses MAP-R, and Blair uses MAP-M. Plus other cretinous such as languages and essay etc. I do not know Poolesville. We are the current 8th grade student’s parents and went through the entire magnet program application process. [/quote]

Link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAP does not approach the level of rigor that RMIB offers. It's not a good proxy.

But what is really the difference between RMIB magnet and local students just going through MYP and then selecting IB for 11th and 12th grades?

RMIB students take RMS magnet designated classes starting from 9th grade. These are only for RMIB magnet students.

RMS English 9 for example is a tough class, and prepares the student for 11th and 12th grade full IBDP. If you go into IBDP starting in 11th grade, it's harder to get used to the level of rigor.

MYP is nothing. Really, nothing.

-signed parent of both RMIB and non RMIB student

Ok. So, effectively, the difference is for 9th and 10 grades only and consists of more rigorous classes and a cohort?

Yes. If you join in 11th grade, you are effectively part of the IBDP, and take the same classes as the RMIB magnet kids do. But, IMO, it's harder to get used to that level of rigor. The % of kids who get the IBDP in the 11th grade only cohort is a lot lower than those who join in 9th grade. I can't remember the numbers exactly, but it was something like 80 something % for non magnet vs 90% something for magnet. This was a slide deck I saw a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAP does not approach the level of rigor that RMIB offers. It's not a good proxy.

But what is really the difference between RMIB magnet and local students just going through MYP and then selecting IB for 11th and 12th grades?

RMIB students take RMS magnet designated classes starting from 9th grade. These are only for RMIB magnet students.

RMS English 9 for example is a tough class, and prepares the student for 11th and 12th grade full IBDP. If you go into IBDP starting in 11th grade, it's harder to get used to the level of rigor.

MYP is nothing. Really, nothing.

-signed parent of both RMIB and non RMIB student

Ok. So, effectively, the difference is for 9th and 10 grades only and consists of more rigorous classes and a cohort?

Yes. If you join in 11th grade, you are effectively part of the IBDP, and take the same classes as the RMIB magnet kids do. But, IMO, it's harder to get used to that level of rigor. The % of kids who get the IBDP in the 11th grade only cohort is a lot lower than those who join in 9th grade. I can't remember the numbers exactly, but it was something like 80 something % for non magnet vs 90% something for magnet. This was a slide deck I saw a few years ago.

80% is still very high. This makes sense now. If you are a local student considering the IB magnet, it really doesn't matter except for the rigor in the MYP you get.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score[/quote]

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.[/quote]


No, RMIB uses MAP-R, and Blair uses MAP-M. Plus other cretinous such as languages and essay etc. I do not know Poolesville. We are the current 8th grade student’s parents and went through the entire magnet program application process. [/quote]

Link?[/quote]

They definitely use both. Attend the open houses and that’s what they’ll tell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAP does not approach the level of rigor that RMIB offers. It's not a good proxy.

But what is really the difference between RMIB magnet and local students just going through MYP and then selecting IB for 11th and 12th grades?

RMIB students take RMS magnet designated classes starting from 9th grade. These are only for RMIB magnet students.

RMS English 9 for example is a tough class, and prepares the student for 11th and 12th grade full IBDP. If you go into IBDP starting in 11th grade, it's harder to get used to the level of rigor.

MYP is nothing. Really, nothing.

-signed parent of both RMIB and non RMIB student

Ok. So, effectively, the difference is for 9th and 10 grades only and consists of more rigorous classes and a cohort?

Yes. If you join in 11th grade, you are effectively part of the IBDP, and take the same classes as the RMIB magnet kids do. But, IMO, it's harder to get used to that level of rigor. The % of kids who get the IBDP in the 11th grade only cohort is a lot lower than those who join in 9th grade. I can't remember the numbers exactly, but it was something like 80 something % for non magnet vs 90% something for magnet. This was a slide deck I saw a few years ago.

80% is still very high. This makes sense now. If you are a local student considering the IB magnet, it really doesn't matter except for the rigor in the MYP you get.

That is really high and speaks to the quality of teaching and the self-selection process IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.

They used to use both. But with the current process, the selection committee is only given MAP-R data. (and FWIW, the SMCS committees at Blair and Poolesville only get MAP-M).

That's it for HS magnet admissions? No grade history or teacher recs considered?

[Anonymous]

there are no teacher recs used now which IMO Is a good thing

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score[/quote]

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.[/quote]


No, RMIB uses MAP-R, and Blair uses MAP-M. Plus other cretinous such as languages and essay etc. I do not know Poolesville. We are the current 8th grade student’s parents and went through the entire magnet program application process. [/quote]

Link?[/quote]

They definitely use both. Attend the open houses and that’s what they’ll tell you.[/quote]


+1 You need to be strong in both areas to succeed at RMIB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there are no teacher recs used now which IMO Is a good thing

what about grades in middle school? seems pretty stark to base everything on Map tests (MAP-R or MAP-M whatever the case may be).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there are no teacher recs used now which IMO Is a good thing

what about grades in middle school? seems pretty stark to base everything on Map tests (MAP-R or MAP-M whatever the case may be).

grades also used along with short essays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAP does not approach the level of rigor that RMIB offers. It's not a good proxy.

But what is really the difference between RMIB magnet and local students just going through MYP and then selecting IB for 11th and 12th grades?

RMIB students take RMS magnet designated classes starting from 9th grade. These are only for RMIB magnet students.

RMS English 9 for example is a tough class, and prepares the student for 11th and 12th grade full IBDP. If you go into IBDP starting in 11th grade, it's harder to get used to the level of rigor.

MYP is nothing. Really, nothing.

-signed parent of both RMIB and non RMIB student

Ok. So, effectively, the difference is for 9th and 10 grades only and consists of more rigorous classes and a cohort?

Yes. If you join in 11th grade, you are effectively part of the IBDP, and take the same classes as the RMIB magnet kids do. But, IMO, it's harder to get used to that level of rigor. The % of kids who get the IBDP in the 11th grade only cohort is a lot lower than those who join in 9th grade. I can't remember the numbers exactly, but it was something like 80 something % for non magnet vs 90% something for magnet. This was a slide deck I saw a few years ago.

80% is still very high. This makes sense now. If you are a local student considering the IB magnet, it really doesn't matter except for the rigor in the MYP you get.

That is really high and speaks to the quality of teaching and the self-selection process IMO.

RMIB magnet cohort has one of the highest public school IBDP rate. I saw the numbers some place, can't remember where. IB Teachers from all over that go to the IB conferences know about RMIB.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score[/quote]

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.[/quote]


No, RMIB uses MAP-R, and Blair uses MAP-M. Plus other cretinous such as languages and essay etc. I do not know Poolesville. We are the current 8th grade student’s parents and went through the entire magnet program application process. [/quote]

Link?[/quote]

They definitely use both. Attend the open houses and that’s what they’ll tell you.[/quote]
That may be what they say, but I’ve spoken with teachers on the selection committee at both RM and Poolesville and they reported that they only got one or the other data point.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMIB use MAP-R score, do not use MAP-M score[/quote]

They use both. The IB program is humanities and STEM, not just humanities.[/quote]


No, RMIB uses MAP-R, and Blair uses MAP-M. Plus other cretinous such as languages and essay etc. I do not know Poolesville. We are the current 8th grade student’s parents and went through the entire magnet program application process. [/quote]

Link?[/quote]

They definitely use both. Attend the open houses and that’s what they’ll tell you.[/quote]

No, I attended the open house. That’s not what I was told. And if you are a current 8th grader’s parent and attended the open house, you would know. I can’t speak for previous years, but this year, RMIB only uses MAP-R. They also have language requirements and require an essay.