Tell me about Richard Montgomery IB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:34 may be the dumbest comment on this thread. Totally not true that most RM kids go to UMD or can walk to MC. Sheesh. That comment should be deleted. Go back under your bridge.

Well let’s put it this way, two of the five elementary school are walking distance to MC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Applied and Accepted numbers:

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2018/where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-to-college/2/

UMDCP: applied 291
Accepted: 141

I don't know that all 141 are in IB because look at the accepted at Ivies from RM as well as other top schools.

I know for a fact not all 141 were from RMIB. Because I know 2 kids from RM '18 who weren't IB but were accepted to Maryland. (1 declined, 1 enrolled.)

That makes only “139.” LOL

This is all so absurd. Some of you folks really hate RM. How are these statistics any different than someone attending Wooton with a bunch of Chinese tiger moms? No difference.

[Anonymous]

Well, all 140 won't be from IB, but majority of 140 will be from IB. No matter what happens, magnet program does make it harder for non-magnet kids in RM. Same holds true for other magnet schools as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applied and Accepted numbers:

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/september-october-2018/where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-to-college/2/

UMDCP: applied 291
Accepted: 141

I don't know that all 141 are in IB because look at the accepted at Ivies from RM as well as other top schools.

I know for a fact not all 141 were from RMIB. Because I know 2 kids from RM '18 who weren't IB but were accepted to Maryland. (1 declined, 1 enrolled.)

I know many kids from 20018 RM not_IB that are at UMCP..at least 10 off the top of my head.

That makes only “139.” LOL

This is all so absurd. Some of you folks really hate RM. How are these statistics any different than someone attending Wooton with a bunch of Chinese tiger moms? No difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a grind for sure. I went to RM but didn't do the IB program. The kids who did though, most went to MIT/Harvard/ etc. and are now doctors and attorneys.

Fortunately, you can become a doctor or an attorney without going to MIT or Harvard... Is that the overarching reason why these kids chose this program? Because more likely to get into Ivy League? Or are they like the grind/they are High Achiever Type As who can't imagine slowing down?

Do they burn out?

They all pop Adderall to stay up to study/survive. $2-3 a pill. Many have anxiety, sleep deprivation, depression, heavy stress, and can not stop comparing each other.

It is great for merit scholarships. It doesn’t get you in any places that much better. With so many needing a graduate program, where you go for your BA/BS does not matter as much. Enjoy your teen years. Work in college. Save a lot of money. Get a great GPA and go big for graduate school. You will end up exactly where they are with so much less stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a grind for sure. I went to RM but didn't do the IB program. The kids who did though, most went to MIT/Harvard/ etc. and are now doctors and attorneys.

Fortunately, you can become a doctor or an attorney without going to MIT or Harvard... Is that the overarching reason why these kids chose this program? Because more likely to get into Ivy League? Or are they like the grind/they are High Achiever Type As who can't imagine slowing down?

Do they burn out?

They all pop Adderall to stay up to study/survive. $2-3 a pill. Many have anxiety, sleep deprivation, depression, heavy stress, and can not stop comparing each other.

It is great for merit scholarships. It doesn’t get you in any places that much better. With so many needing a graduate program, where you go for your BA/BS does not matter as much. Enjoy your teen years. Work in college. Save a lot of money. Get a great GPA and go big for graduate school. You will end up exactly where they are with so much less stress.

Oh no... she’s back! The crazy weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a grind for sure. I went to RM but didn't do the IB program. The kids who did though, most went to MIT/Harvard/ etc. and are now doctors and attorneys.

Fortunately, you can become a doctor or an attorney without going to MIT or Harvard... Is that the overarching reason why these kids chose this program? Because more likely to get into Ivy League? Or are they like the grind/they are High Achiever Type As who can't imagine slowing down?

Do they burn out?

They all pop Adderall to stay up to study/survive. $2-3 a pill. Many have anxiety, sleep deprivation, depression, heavy stress, and can not stop comparing each other.

It is great for merit scholarships. It doesn’t get you in any places that much better. With so many needing a graduate program, where you go for your BA/BS does not matter as much. Enjoy your teen years. Work in college. Save a lot of money. Get a great GPA and go big for graduate school. You will end up exactly where they are with so much less stress.

Oh no... she’s back! The crazy weirdo.

This is my first post on this thread so not sure what you mean or who you think I am. If you want to think I am crazy while you blindly look away at how medicated, stressed, and sleep deprived your kids are, that is fine. Go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a grind for sure. I went to RM but didn't do the IB program. The kids who did though, most went to MIT/Harvard/ etc. and are now doctors and attorneys.

Fortunately, you can become a doctor or an attorney without going to MIT or Harvard... Is that the overarching reason why these kids chose this program? Because more likely to get into Ivy League? Or are they like the grind/they are High Achiever Type As who can't imagine slowing down?

Do they burn out?

They all pop Adderall to stay up to study/survive. $2-3 a pill. Many have anxiety, sleep deprivation, depression, heavy stress, and can not stop comparing each other.

It is great for merit scholarships. It doesn’t get you in any places that much better. With so many needing a graduate program, where you go for your BA/BS does not matter as much. Enjoy your teen years. Work in college. Save a lot of money. Get a great GPA and go big for graduate school. You will end up exactly where they are with so much less stress.

Oh no... she’s back! The crazy weirdo.

This is my first post on this thread so not sure what you mean or who you think I am. If you want to think I am crazy while you blindly look away at how medicated, stressed, and sleep deprived your kids are, that is fine. Go for it.

I have seen your “everybody’s on drug” posts too many times on DCUM. Gets old actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a grind for sure. I went to RM but didn't do the IB program. The kids who did though, most went to MIT/Harvard/ etc. and are now doctors and attorneys.

Fortunately, you can become a doctor or an attorney without going to MIT or Harvard... Is that the overarching reason why these kids chose this program? Because more likely to get into Ivy League? Or are they like the grind/they are High Achiever Type As who can't imagine slowing down?

Do they burn out?

They all pop Adderall to stay up to study/survive. $2-3 a pill. Many have anxiety, sleep deprivation, depression, heavy stress, and can not stop comparing each other.

It is great for merit scholarships. It doesn’t get you in any places that much better. With so many needing a graduate program, where you go for your BA/BS does not matter as much. Enjoy your teen years. Work in college. Save a lot of money. Get a great GPA and go big for graduate school. You will end up exactly where they are with so much less stress.

Oh no... she’s back! The crazy weirdo.

This is my first post on this thread so not sure what you mean or who you think I am. If you want to think I am crazy while you blindly look away at how medicated, stressed, and sleep deprived your kids are, that is fine. Go for it.

I have seen your “everybody’s on drug” posts too many times on DCUM. Gets old actually.

Definitely not me. Not even close to saying "everyone is on drugs." I am saying RMIB students take Adderall to stay up late at nights to concentrate/study when they are exhausted. Not sure if it is a thing in other schools or other magnets, but it definitely is a thing at RM. And there are a few students who make some serious money off of it.

[Anonymous]

Do not send your kid to RMIB if your end goal is "Ivy or bust"... Send only if you/your kid wants the best HS education possible. These kids, no matter which college they end up, things will work out fine.

[Anonymous]

Why the hatred towards cluster students? If they are admitted under the program rules, they are admitted. You sound like a bitter cynical parent determined to denigrate the program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not send your kid to RMIB if your end goal is "Ivy or bust"... Send only if you/your kid wants the best HS education possible. These kids, no matter which college they end up, things will work out fine.

I am an old IB diploma graduate from another state 20 years go. I can't comment about RM, but if the IB program is still similar these days, I agree with the above. I could have gotten better grades without IB, and I doubt IB got me into a better college than I could have done without IB (I went to JHU). But I loved the critical thinking and the breadth of the program. I developed better study habits than I would have gained otherwise, and I did not find college very difficult. IB is a good fit for someone who loves to learn and wants to be challenged, but not a good fit for someone who just wants an easy way into a good college.

[Anonymous]

Agreed, and not just limited to IB but to many other programs that are challenging, such as some of the magnet programs.

[Anonymous]

Sorry if this was already asked and answered but why is the Richard Montgomery IB program open to everyone in the county but other IB programs are only available to kids zoned for those schools? Seems unfair to kids zoned for RM that they have to compete with others in the county and others don’t. That is my understanding anyway. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this was already asked and answered but why is the Richard Montgomery IB program open to everyone in the county but other IB programs are only available to kids zoned for those schools? Seems unfair to kids zoned for RM that they have to compete with others in the county and others don’t. That is my understanding anyway. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

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Kids at RM do not have to compete with the whole county to start IB in 11th grade (when IB actually starts). They do have to compete to enter the 9th and 10th grade magnet which is a pre-IB program but there are also 25-ish 9th grade magnet spots that go the JW kids. They are really not disadvantaged at all.