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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a couple of kids living in Bethesda who went to Eastern/Takoma then Blair. The commute is brutal, and there have been problems with behavioral problems on the bus. The parents organized a carpool because it got so bad. My youngest goes to Westland, and despite a much shorter commute, I pick her up as well, because the afternoon bus is always full of fights and screams, and it's stressing out my kid. Imagine what it's like with a longer commute (and a change of buses!).

So even though attending families have always had great things to say about the magnet content in the Eastern/Takoma/Blair middle and high school, there are some operational downsides.

Also, since the kids I know have either already graduated or are in their senior year, the parents have realized that it makes college admissions harder, or at least, doesn't make them easier. Kids compete with their cohort, and it's really hard to stand out among magnet peers. Just FYI...

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That reminds me of a real life horror story where the UMC family spent $$$$ for an elite prep school, their kid was class president with 1560 SAT and got rejected from everywhere except the type of schools anyone can get into.[/quote]

"a" real life story? It happens to thousands of hot-housed kids across the country every year. It is well known that you don't pay for an elite private to get into Ivies unless you have a hook (parents are alumni, star athlete, etc). This is because half of your wealthy peer cohort in that school has hooks already, that no amount of academic differentiation can erase, and since each Ivy only takes so many kids from each high school... it's over before you've even run the race. Public school magnets are a far better choice for the non-billionaire, in that you get a great education and excellent time management skills; your peer cohort might not be as "hooked" as the private school cohort, but it's still going to be very hard to differentiate from classmates; and it's free with taxes instead of setting the family back 60K a year.

Sorry for the side-track.
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