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[quote=Anonymous]You really can't single out a variable like this and say definitively "magnets are worse for college admissions because the kids are competing against each other." Yes, to a limited extent that's true -- but they're also competing against all kids in their school district, in their county, and in their state. Top colleges want geographic diversity, which means that if you really want to give your kid an advantage, leave MCPS and Maryland altogether and move to rural Wyoming. Top colleges do not want overrepresentation from counties and states with high-quality education systems (whether private or public), so it's a disadvantage to be in MCPS/MoCo period, at least as far as competitiveness in the sense of being compared to kids from the same area.

You also need to look at the state of college admissions generally. The past three years of the pandemic, and especially going test-optional, have upset the applecart altogether and have increased the competitiveness of what used to be target schools for really top-notch kids incredibly, and have made reach schools beyond the reach of most. Check out the college board, Reddit, or College Confidential for some very sobering truths.[/quote]

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