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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Realistically, though, who can move around the county so easily to pick which magnet their kids "might" be able to attend?  What's the acceptance rate at each, anyway?  I thought both were very hard to get into. [/quote]

You don't have to move around.  MCPS will move you around to [b]certain[/b] programs.

Yes, they are hard to get into and benefit only certain kids.  The local high school can often accommodate a child better.  It is all a matter of best fit.  [/quote]

I don't understand though. I thought you have to live upcounty to get into Poolesville STEM and down county to go to Blair. Are you saying a kid living in Silver Spring can somehow get into Poolesville?[/quote]

From MCPS: [b]The Global Ecology House is open to applicants from any high school cluster in the county. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in Algebra 1 or higher by Grade 8.[/b]  Same for the Blair Magnet and I think the RM IB program.[/quote]

No its not the same for the Blair magnet...  from MCPS website:

To apply to the Blair program, students must live in one of the following high school clusters:

Bethesda-Chevy Chase 
Winston Churchill 
Walter Johnson 
Richard Montgomery 
Rockville 
Sherwood 
Walt Whitman 
Thomas S. Wootton 
Northeast Consortium 
Downcounty Consortium

To apply for the Science, Mathematics, Computer Science House at Poolesville High School, students must live in one of the following high school clusters:

Clarksburg 
Damascus 
Gaithersburg 
Magruder 
Northwest 
Poolesville 
Quince Orchard 
Seneca Valley 
Watkins Mill 
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