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[quote=Anonymous]You asked about a magnet boosting a kid's chances in college admission. Colleges are well-acquainted with the magnet programs in suburban DC school districts, so in that sense it really helps. Most colleges assign admissions people to each region, so the regional admissions person will know the differences among schools in this area. If by some chance your kid applies to a school that hasn't heard of his/her magnet, the school summary sheet that the HS guidance counselor sends off with your application will make things quite clear - I think you can see these if you go to individual HS guidance office pages.

On the other hand, your kid in a magnet will be competing against lots of other really bright kids, and typically the magnet schools have 2-3 dozen (yes, dozen) national merit scholarship semi-finalists per graduating class, and this could make it tough. I guess I wouldn't want my kid taking the AP course in a school like RM or Blair, which aren't whole-school magnets, unless they were focused on a non-magnet subject like art. In other words, your hopeful pre-med student in the regular Blair program would face tough competition from the science magnet kids, although possibly this has worked for some.[/quote]

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