When it comes to college applications, is there an advantage to going to a magnet in the poorly performing high schools?

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Anonymous wrote:What the title says. If colleges take only X number of students per school, will there be an advantage by going to a magnet (interest based or criteria based) in an overall poorly performing high school?

Lets say you are in the Wootton cluster and your kid wants to study CS in UMD- instead of going to Wootton's CS magnet programs which will be very competitive, would going to Rockville but doing the other non related courses in that magnet help - do colleges care about what your focus was in high school before admitting to that program?

Colleges don't care about your "focus" in high school. Colleges don't want you do college in high school. They want you to show you are capable at academics and community engagement.

If you want to study CS at UMD and are qualified for success in a magnet program, you're an auto admit so don't freak out

No. I know some magnet students who did fairly well (1500 SAT) who were denied at UMD for CS.

My DC goes there for CS and was from a magnet, but not everyone who chose CS or engineering for that matter from their peer group got into UMD.

This is a meaningless statement -- there is so much that goes into admit/deny. If you are an extremely bright Blair magnet kid, you might apply to UMD and they might deny you because they can see that UMD is a safety for you, or you applied late or didn't indicate any interest in UMD offerings, etc. You also don't know what is in peer's records. Maybe they are in the magnet but don't have as good grades or tested poorly or turned in a shitty application or have some other true interest that makes it obvious that they will likely go somewhere other than UMD.

UMD only takes so many students in per school and group. I know several of smart kids who got into other great schools but not UMD. CS and engineering are application after you get into UMD and very limited spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the title says. If colleges take only X number of students per school, will there be an advantage by going to a magnet (interest based or criteria based) in an overall poorly performing high school?

Lets say you are in the Wootton cluster and your kid wants to study CS in UMD- instead of going to Wootton's CS magnet programs which will be very competitive, would going to Rockville but doing the other non related courses in that magnet help - do colleges care about what your focus was in high school before admitting to that program?

Colleges don't care about your "focus" in high school. Colleges don't want you do college in high school. They want you to show you are capable at academics and community engagement.

If you want to study CS at UMD and are qualified for success in a magnet program, you're an auto admit so don't freak out

No. I know some magnet students who did fairly well (1500 SAT) who were denied at UMD for CS.

My DC goes there for CS and was from a magnet, but not everyone who chose CS or engineering for that matter from their peer group got into UMD.

That's because uninformed high schoolers / parents are hyper fixated on undergrad CS major, not realizing that their goal of "get rich in tech" doesn't depend on an undergrad CS major at all, and in fact it's probably better to major in something else and learn software as an interdisciplinary skill.

Surprise, some kids want CS. How is that hard to believe? It's not about getting rich as those who get rich are usually tech sales, but doing what you enjoy. It's not better to major in something else and learn software on your own as the skill set is very different. You must not be in tech.

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First, 1500 in SAT is an average magnet score.

Also, many students get into CS in college, but, cannot hack it. So, mental breakdowns, depression, risky behavior etc...starts happening in college when you cannot perform well.

CS, Engineering, hard STEM courses...these are difficult majors. You go to a magnet program in HS, you are able to handle these programs better in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, 1500 in SAT is an average magnet score.

Also, many students get into CS in college, but, cannot hack it. So, mental breakdowns, depression, risky behavior etc...starts happening in college when you cannot perform well.

CS, Engineering, hard STEM courses...these are difficult majors. You go to a magnet program in HS, you are able to handle these programs better in college.

You are pretty negative. Most are just fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the title says. If colleges take only X number of students per school, will there be an advantage by going to a magnet (interest based or criteria based) in an overall poorly performing high school?

Lets say you are in the Wootton cluster and your kid wants to study CS in UMD- instead of going to Wootton's CS magnet programs which will be very competitive, would going to Rockville but doing the other non related courses in that magnet help - do colleges care about what your focus was in high school before admitting to that program?

Colleges don't care about your "focus" in high school. Colleges don't want you do college in high school. They want you to show you are capable at academics and community engagement.

If you want to study CS at UMD and are qualified for success in a magnet program, you're an auto admit so don't freak out

No. I know some magnet students who did fairly well (1500 SAT) who were denied at UMD for CS.

My DC goes there for CS and was from a magnet, but not everyone who chose CS or engineering for that matter from their peer group got into UMD.

This is a meaningless statement -- there is so much that goes into admit/deny. If you are an extremely bright Blair magnet kid, you might apply to UMD and they might deny you because they can see that UMD is a safety for you, or you applied late or didn't indicate any interest in UMD offerings, etc. You also don't know what is in peer's records. Maybe they are in the magnet but don't have as good grades or tested poorly or turned in a shitty application or have some other true interest that makes it obvious that they will likely go somewhere other than UMD.

UMD only takes so many students in per school and group. I know several of smart kids who got into other great schools but not UMD. CS and engineering are application after you get into UMD and very limited spots.

I know of an eng student who got into Purdue but not UMD. Another CS major student 1500 SAT, GPA was around 3.8ish who also was rejected at UMD. Both were in a magnet program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, 1500 in SAT is an average magnet score.

Also, many students get into CS in college, but, cannot hack it. So, mental breakdowns, depression, risky behavior etc...starts happening in college when you cannot perform well.

CS, Engineering, hard STEM courses...these are difficult majors. You go to a magnet program in HS, you are able to handle these programs better in college.

You are pretty negative. Most are just fine.

Not really. A recently published new article show a 50% college drop rate for engineering-majored college undergrad because they cannot handle the rigor of the STEM courses.

[Anonymous]

Wheaton ranks #2 overall in the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering Top 25 Engineering Source Schools—and is the #1 MCPS school. Go Knights

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Anonymous wrote:Wheaton ranks #2 overall in the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering Top 25 Engineering Source Schools—and is the #1 MCPS school. Go Knights

ok

It is not the school, it is the student. And the successful student is the one who has the family/logistical/academic support and home environment that is capable of catapulting the student to success. And we all know who these families and students are.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eH4WYg3mc8FIb9IhZGqvbIbcVIjXziJF/view?pli=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, 1500 in SAT is an average magnet score.

Also, many students get into CS in college, but, cannot hack it. So, mental breakdowns, depression, risky behavior etc...starts happening in college when you cannot perform well.

CS, Engineering, hard STEM courses...these are difficult majors. You go to a magnet program in HS, you are able to handle these programs better in college.

Not at Blair's SMCS.