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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This may seem like a dumb question but we are contemplating moving from out of town to MoCo and I'm having trouble understanding from these forums and the school websites the bewildering array of choices here. I'm also worried, based on the timing of our move, that my DC won't even be able to apply to magnets at the right time.  Anyone have a child just go to one of the big schools Whitman/BCC/Blair without going to those special programs--can they still take whatever AP courses are offered and get into a really good school?

DH and I were both lucky enough to go to a great Ivy league school but we both came from small towns so aren't familiar with the whole a million schools/choices/10 APs expected world. I knew everyone in the entire county who applied to the same schools I did! This is definitely a different league and era, so any advice most appreciated. [/quote]

If I were you, I'd move to the Wheaton HS zone. [b]I bet that there are a whole lot fewer applications to "top colleges" from Wheaton HS than from Whitman/BCC/Blair[/b]. Here is a list of the AP classes Wheaton HS offers (scroll down to the bottom):

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/wheatonhs/departments/aphonors/[/quote]

I think if one was really determined to give a bright-but-maybe-not-magnet-level kid a chance at a top school, and was not caught up in the status game, this is very smart advice. [/quote]

Completely agree.

But OP, why are you so invested in Ivies for your kids?[/quote]

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