Magnet High Schools
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Anonymous
Such an arrogant thing to say. |
Anonymous
What is EE? Extended essay? |
Anonymous
Yes, PP is reinforcing the point that RMIB is not a humanities magnet per se. Kids can elect to focus on STEM, but there is more analytical writing and fewer advanced electives than at Blair. I think the analytical writing focus is incredibly useful for college preparation. |
Anonymous
Agree, the breakdown of SAT averages by demographic per high-school released by MCPS showed that Blair had the highest SATs for the largest cohort common to it and any W, and this wasn't Asians so magnet kids weren't a factor. |
Anonymous
No, I don't. That's the point. They are no different than the precious W kids whose parents are also lawyers, doctors, etc.. The point is that RM is not ghetto. Give me a break. There are many homes in that cluster that are pricey. Yes, RM has more low income kids than W schools - about 23%. Does that make RM ghetto. Talk about "special" and arrogant. |
Anonymous
yep, exactly. RMIB doesn't have as many selection of STEM classes like Blair magnet does, but it's not accurate to say that it's purely a humanities program. They can choose to HL physics and CS, for example, which is what DC is doing. And ITA, all that analytical essay writing has been really helpful for my STEM focused DC. |
Anonymous
You are the one who opened that door. |
Anonymous
They're just another W parent suffering from magnet envy. RMIB is a great school with one of the strongest programs in the entire region. |
Anonymous
Here we go again. I don't know who this nutcase is, but they're only quoting White SAT scores. IMHO, Blair isn't what it used to be. 1. The lottery has damaged the Magnet program. The best-of-the-best aren't in the MS magnets anymore, which will start affecting HS magnets, not next year but the year after. 2. If you look at Blair overall, it's one of the lower-middle performing schools in MCPS. Remove about 100 Magnet kids jacking up the scores, and it's really a meh. 3. The Blair crowd isn't going to like this part. They can argue all they want, but college admissions boards look at the stats. Remember that U.S. News looks at the whole school, not just a few classrooms, so I do feel very sorry for the Blair kids applying to college this year. Whitman made #1 in Maryland and #104 in National rankings this year. Wootton #2 MD, #167 National Poolesville #4 MD, #248 National Churchill #5 MD, #294 National MCC, RM, WJ, NW, QO, Damascus all scored higher than Blair (#34 in MD, #1,476 in National rankings) https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/rankings The only score that surprised me was Poolesville. At first, I expected it to be higher than Whitman, but the lightbulb went on when I saw the SAT and AP/IB passing scores. Although Poolesville edged out Whitman in meeting UofMD college entrance requirements, on the national requirements (e.g. SAT, AP/IB), Whitman did spank Poolesville a bit. Remember that the point of HS is college readiness at the National scale. No one cares what MCPS equity thinks - they care about who is Nationally (and Globally) competitive. In that respect, yes, Whitman is currently #1. |
Anonymous
Nah. You're lying. Not sure why you keep reposting this drivel. Guessing you've got a White kid at Blair Magnet? First of all, this data is from the class of 2017, so it's old. Second, only 65.2% took the SAT at Blair, compared to 74.6% at Poolesville or 75.2% at Paint Branch. [Table A6.] Third, 1326 by Whites at Blair wasn't the highest score by race for all of MCPS - it was just the highest at Blair. Poolesville had 1420 by Asians and 1380 by Blacks / African Americans. [Table A8.] Three strikes. You're out! 
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Anonymous
+1. What a dimwit. |
Anonymous
Will you stop with the inaccurate information?! MCPS magnet high schools do not lottery! Sorry your kid didn’t get in. |
Anonymous
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I had two kids in the Blair Magnet. My sense is that the MC STEM magnet programs are roughly comparable to TJ in Virginia. The schools may emphasize different things and have different strengths (attributable in part to the individual teachers at each school), but overall the quality is roughly equivalent. I think they all offer incredibly strong programs, with more opportunities than a single student can take advantage of. I think there is probably more student driven variation than caused by program constraints. While individual students may be more or less interested in a STEM subject/field, I think that they can probably pursue their individual interests, at any of these schools, as far as they want (subject to time constraints). I also think that the programs are all well-respected by colleges who, in comparing students between the schools will probably be more swayed by the work the student undertook at the school, than which school they attended.
These are all great kids at great schools. It doesn’t have to be a competition. |
Anonymous
Agree these programs are great. The biggest issue with MCPS is they need to double them. They need more seats at twice the locations. |
Anonymous
Pp you quoted, and I completely agree with you. I think we should expand the magnet programs, immersion programs, etc., while also strengthening the base curriculum. I think any student who wants to learn should be given the opportunity. |