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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this program in any ways helpful to get better college or scholarships?[/quote]
Kids get into top colleges and scholarships based on their own abilities rather than the programs they are in. A student who could attend SMACS will do just as well at a different magnet, in IBDP, in AP, or attending another specialty program.[/quote]

Colleges use metrics like GPA to determine merit. A typical magnet student will be credited with more AP-caliber classes than a student at their home school taking just APs. [/quote]
What? Are you trying to say that a magnet student takes more AP classes? This may be true, but they would also take a lot of AP classes if they were just at their home school. Or are you trying to say that somehow magnet AP classes count for more than "regular" AP classes, which is just untrue.

Colleges also don't just use whatever the district's GPA/WGPA calculations are. They recalculate using their own formulas to have something comparable across districts. In MCPS Honors, AP, IB, and classes designated "Advanced" all earn 1.0 quality point bump in WGPA. No difference based on type of advanced course.[/quote]

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