Blair magnet and RMIB - how have EA/ED gone?

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it weird how there never seems to be any real information about where Blair SMCS kids go to college, while most of the other schools have instagram pages and RMIB even has a document I’ve seen on previous threads that summarizes admits. Why is Blair SMCS so closed up about it? I know many of the kids go to UM but really would be good to know. It’s a really strong cohort of kids and some realistic expectation setting would be helpful, considering how much kids can’t help but compare themselves to their peers.

The magnet administrator very much doesn’t want to share that info. He made that very clear at the open houses - it has no bearing on where your kid will go and you should pick that program if it’s the right level of challenge for your kid not because you expect it to get them into a particular college.

I don’t like these “shoulds”, finger wagging and ought tos. People do engage in strategic placements to get the desired outcomes for their children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it weird how there never seems to be any real information about where Blair SMCS kids go to college, while most of the other schools have instagram pages and RMIB even has a document I’ve seen on previous threads that summarizes admits. Why is Blair SMCS so closed up about it? I know many of the kids go to UM but really would be good to know. It’s a really strong cohort of kids and some realistic expectation setting would be helpful, considering how much kids can’t help but compare themselves to their peers.

The magnet administrator very much doesn’t want to share that info. He made that very clear at the open houses - it has no bearing on where your kid will go and you should pick that program if it’s the right level of challenge for your kid not because you expect it to get them into a particular college.

I’m certain the main reason most of the magnet applicants/students want to go to that magnet is because they and their parents want to get into a particular college. So, yes, these people want to know what the end result of having gone to the magnet will likely look like.

You don't what you are talking about. Going to magnet gives you disadvantage in terms of college admission. You go there for other reasons.
Magnet alum.

Such as?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

You're suggesting that there is a concerted and organized effort by the students that participate in shadow day to drive away a certain type of student?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

You're suggesting that there is a concerted and organized effort by the students that participate in shadow day to drive away a certain type of student?

Yes, this is absurd. Both Blair and RMIB are majority Asian, and are both in racially diverse schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

You're suggesting that there is a concerted and organized effort by the students that participate in shadow day to drive away a certain type of student?

No. I am suggesting that whomever this student was shadowing that day made them feel like they would be frozen out socially once they got there. One bad bunch on one day does not make for a concerted and organized effort. It just means that one kid (two kids?) was unkind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

You're suggesting that there is a concerted and organized effort by the students that participate in shadow day to drive away a certain type of student?

No. I am suggesting that whomever this student was shadowing that day made them feel like they would be frozen out socially once they got there. One bad bunch on one day does not make for a concerted and organized effort. It just means that one kid (two kids?) was unkind.

Well I think PP said that is exactly how their kid was made to feel. Your suggestion then is that the RMIB student actively intended to make them feel that way?

[Anonymous]

The RMIB trashing on this thread is really something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The RMIB trashing on this thread is really something.

It is weird, right? Why speak negatively about a program your child does not even go to and you have no personal experience with? I understand recounting an experience with shadow day and why your kid made the choice they did. But trashing the program is odd.

I don't see nearly as many parents trashing Blair...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

You're suggesting that there is a concerted and organized effort by the students that participate in shadow day to drive away a certain type of student?

No. I am suggesting that whomever this student was shadowing that day made them feel like they would be frozen out socially once they got there. One bad bunch on one day does not make for a concerted and organized effort. It just means that one kid (two kids?) was unkind.

Well I think PP said that is exactly how their kid was made to feel. Your suggestion then is that the RMIB student actively intended to make them feel that way?

Who could possibly know if it was offhanded/casual/unconscious bias or something actually Machiavellian? Either way it is unfortunate that a student passed on RM because another student was unpleasant.

Move on. It's life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The RMIB trashing on this thread is really something.

It is weird, right? Why speak negatively about a program your child does not even go to and you have no personal experience with? I understand recounting an experience with shadow day and why your kid made the choice they did. But trashing the program is odd.

I don't see nearly as many parents trashing Blair...

I don't think it's a coincidence that the trashing coincides with EA/ED results.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the Blair parents claiming to be put off by RMIB focus on college admissions are full of it. They'd be on this thread crowing if Blair's EA/ED results were amazing. Like the TJ parents gushing about all the MIT early admits.

I was one of thise abd was really put off by the heavy name dropping and one upmanship towards Blair. (Again, hoping that got better with new admin). Sure, we care about college admission opportunities, but at that point, we really wanted to hear about the program. Our kid's shadow day was also a bit of a bust like another PP (I'm sure those things are hit/miss). But, in the end, it was course opportunities and proximity that tipped the scales to Blair, and I'm sure the same could be said of students who chose RM. Or Wheaton. My 2nd chose Wheaton over Blair for more hands-on approach (and also got into 1st choice T10). I think it's just a couple parents who wants to have a battle for #1. #1 program is the one that resonates the best with your kids (and works with transportation).

I'm another parent whose child chose Blair over RMIB after the shadow day. In my child's case, proximity was a huge factor but student attitude was another.

I've told this story here before and been accused of lying, but my child is multi-racial but white-presenting in the sense that most people would guess "Italian or Greek?" before guessing multi-racial. However, they still identify as multi-racial even if the genetic lottery spit out a lighter-skinned kid. At shadow day, the RMIB kids were using racialized insults about Blair's broader population to try to get my child to choose RMIB. I'm sure it all felt like light-hearted teasing to the white and Asian RMIB kids, but to my child it felt like a clear message that they wouldn't be welcome in the IB program.

I'm sorry that happened to your kid.

And it is regrettable that so many people left from shadow day and/or the admitted students presentation.

But those things cannot be relied on to be an accurate representation of the experience of students actually in the program. I haven't seen anyone here with experience in the RMIB program say any of those things.

Sadly it may be because they successfully drove away the kids they didn't want to have as classmates? I hope not

You're suggesting that there is a concerted and organized effort by the students that participate in shadow day to drive away a certain type of student?

No. I am suggesting that whomever this student was shadowing that day made them feel like they would be frozen out socially once they got there. One bad bunch on one day does not make for a concerted and organized effort. It just means that one kid (two kids?) was unkind.

Well I think PP said that is exactly how their kid was made to feel. Your suggestion then is that the RMIB student actively intended to make them feel that way?

Who could possibly know if it was offhanded/casual/unconscious bias or something actually Machiavellian? Either way it is unfortunate that a student passed on RM because another student was unpleasant.

Move on. It's life

PP you are responding to, and I think we are in agreement. I'm just floored by somebody believing there is actual intent here.