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[quote=Anonymous]College AOs look first at your HS ranking or special programs. Blair SMCS, RMIB, Poolsville SMCS and GE, are well-known among top college AO offices, and students will be automatically separated from the rest applicants from the same HS and only be compared with their peers in the same program. Otherwise, higher school ranking would help unless you are truly phenomenal or did some phenomenal things in lower-ranking HSs.

With the regional model, top colleges will soon realize the student body changes because every school/program is required provide school/program stats. Once the credibility is gone, it's hard to build it back, and it will take any other program a decade or so to build their names. So short answer is, it's always better to be the top among your peers if college admission is your pure driver.

Mr. O repeats it every year in the information session that if your goal is top college admission or getting 5 in as many as AP tests, don't join SMCS. This is a program to challenge yourself and make you reach your potential. It's so sad that to see the program being forced to water down. [/quote]

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