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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just read some of the old threads about RMIB being terrible for some teens and am worried. If you had a child at Eastern how does the amount of work compare? What about homework? Is it double or more?[/quote]

+1.  I am worried as well, especially with the heavy load in the 11th and 12th grade year when kids also have to deal with testing and college app.  From reading their curriculum, the first two years sound pretty great but the later two seems limited to us, both in terms of the kids' ability to select electives and overall free time to be a high school student.[/quote]
From what I know, the vast majority of RMIB students have extra curricular activities, at least 2, between school clubs, sports and other outside activities, they do a lot.

But not gonna lie, 11th grade goes up a notch in terms of workload.  But, if they can manage it (not procastinating, ie, distracted by the phone, computer games, etc..), it can be managed.[/quote]

Unlike middle school, there are lots of ways for High School students to take a challenging course load in any MCPS school.  There are a ton of APs available everywhere.  There are very few students who need the extra-tough curriculum that is IB/SMACs.  Don't fool yourself, the higher work load at RBIB starts Freshman year.  Yes, lots of students have extracurriculars, but have to manage them more carefully because they have increased work.  [/quote]
? My kid is a junior in RMIB, started in 9th grade. I'm not kidding myself. I speak from experience. LOL  And actually, most of the IB students (if not all) take AP classes, too, like AP BC Calc and APUSH.[/quote]

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