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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blair has been the top feeder in MD for Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and TJHS has been the top one in VA. But Blair has a magnet program (100 students) while TJHSST is whole school magnet (approx. 500 students in each grade)

[b]Blair Stats: [/b]
25 students from Blair got into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT during 2018-2020, so a little more than 8 students per year. Assuming that almost all of these students were from the magnet program, the admission rate would be about 8/100 or 8% 
https://www.mymcmedia.org/in-maryland-blair-is-top-feeder-school-to-harvard-princeton-mit/
https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-maryland

[b] TJHSST Stats:  [/b]
57 students from TJHS got into Harvard, Princeton, and MIT during 2018-2020, so 19 students per year, which implies an admission rate of 19/500 or 3.8%
https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-virginia

[b]This suggests that Blair magnet students have about twice the chance of being admitted to Harvard, MIT, and Princeton compared to TJHSST  (8% vs. 4%).[/b]

Any thoughts on this comparison?  
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Getting to MIT Harvard Princeton requires national/international levels of awards such as math Olympiad, science Olympiad. These are not very relevant to school education, but rather personal intelligence and family support. In other words, these kids would still be able to go to Harvard MIT Princeton if they stayed at a local high school. [/quote]

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