This is just for fun... The most rigorous HS program in DC area.
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Anonymous
| What are RM and IB? |
Anonymous
Absolutely. However, Blair magnet wins hand's down for entering competitions. Absolutely fantastic. Hat's off to them. Intel Finalist this year was a senior from Richard Montgomery IB magnet program. RMIB is the hardest and most rigorous and combines both Humanities and Science. It is gruelling. None of the private schools can compete academically with these programs, however, you have many more students going to Ivy League from private schools because of legacy and money. So, there's that. |
Anonymous
Richard Montgomery High School that has an International Baccalaureate magnet program for Montgomery County students. Admission is very competitive and 8th graders have to take an SAT kind of exam as part of the admission process. |
Anonymous
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TJ without a doubt.
Undergrad is a breeze for many TJ graduates because of how rigorous the curriculum was through high school. |
Anonymous
| How is the RM IB program more rigorous than IB programs in general? |
Anonymous
I would say that's true for any high school in NoVA which offers AP or IB. My DC, a Langley grad, says undergrad is easy due to the preparation given in high school. |
Anonymous
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A good person to answer this question would be an admissions counselor at a top 40 or so school. They get familiar with the high schools that send a lot of applicants their way and they rack and stack the GPAs by the rigor of each school. I've been through the college app process a few times now and admissions counselors have definite opinions about high schools in the areas they are responsible for. You could probably call an admissions office and a counselor might be willing to discuss the question.
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Anonymous
In that case it's RM-IB, Blair Magnet, and T-J, hands down and indisputable. Check out the number of NMSF (SAT) for this year. All other schools (private or public) in the tri-state area are in the rear view mirror. |
Anonymous
 In the same way that TJ, Blair is more rigorous in STEM courses that are offered in general.
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Anonymous
TJ has more rigorous and different STEM courses than the other HS in the area. |
Anonymous
| 15 year Harvard interviewer here. Blair, with TJ as a close second. Those kids are publishing in math and science journals as first or second authors. Most college students aren't doing that. |
Anonymous
| I agree. Area interviewer for Yale. |
Anonymous
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1. RMIB
2. Blair, TJ 3. PHS 4. "W" schools and privates 5. Rest |
Anonymous
| I would not lump the area private schools with the W schools as there are "upper county" and "down county" privates! |
Anonymous
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Have you seen the latest US News & World Report national rankings?
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings Here's how they scored the top schools around our area: TJ comes in #4; Whitman #61 and Wooton #65, George Mason #76 Poolesville #83 James Madison #93 Langley #96 Also interesting is that two BASIS schools came in ranked #2 and #5. |