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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you RM parents are reading too much into these posting. Your insecurities are showing. I think the point has been made that RM, although a really good school, is probably just above average if you removed the IB program. In the same token, if you removed the magnet program from Blair then Blair would probably drop off a cliff. Now way Blair has 30+ NMSF without the magnet program and no way RM has 40 NMSF without the IB program. The average SAT, AP scores, college placements at both school would just drop. RM would become a peer of Sherwood, Magruder and Quince Orchard. Blair would not have a peer in MoCo. Yet, Whitman and Churchill would still produce they type of kids they have always produced. Wootton and WJ would also continue to do well.  Again, OP asked about RM sans IB. My answer is that the program is okay it is not one of the top schools in MoCo.

Sorry if that hurts but that is the reality.[/quote]

+1 Very true

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Another +1 from me.  The IB just covers up how atrocious the GENERAL population of students at RM is.[/quote]

Really? Are you a teacher or parent at RM? I would hope that you are, if you're going to make a statement like that. Otherwise, it lacks credibility.  It may very well be the case that W s are more rigorous and have more motivated kids than RM w/out IB, but the question is whether RM is the type of school that should be avoided? I think no. A good kid will do we'll there. There is everything in place to reach everyone's full potential and no hindrances. [/quote]

You people are really having a difficult time with this. Please see the original post. RM is a good school w/o the IB and not a school to be avoided. It is a better than average school -- In between the Ws and the Rockvilles, Northwests, etc. of MoCo. Again, taking out the IB kids, the median SAT, which is already below the W median, is likely to drop several hundred points. The numbers don't lie. RM sans IB is just an above average school in MoCo. Even WJ, which is the weakest of the Ws created its own magnet program (APEX). So to answer the question of the posters above -- Do the W have special programs that don't exist elsewhere? Yes, some of the W schools do have programs. Within the magnet group of 50+ per year, the average SAT is ~2100 (see link). That compares favorably with the median IB SAT.  http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/wjhs/programs/apex/APEX_Profile.pdf
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rmhs/ib/2013-14%20IB_Insert.pdf[/quote]

I think most people don't have a problem with the point you're making. Okay, so RM isn't as strong as the W schools. For me the difference was small enough that it wasn't a problem. For others, it might be. We all have to draw the line somewhere, and it won't always be in the same place.

Where posters (or at least, I) have a problem is with posts that refer to Rockville as "the hood" or the non-IB students at RM as "atrocious." That's not only incredibly ugly, it also displays a rather glaring disconnect from reality. [/quote]

I used the word "hood" earlier. In my view, "hood" means "real world." There are parts of Rockville that are less prosperous than others. There is nothing wrong with that but it does shape the demographics of the school and from my own personal experience, some of the kids in those neighborhoods, don't have the same goals and some of the kids in King Farm and other nicer/suburban neighborhoods. That is just the reality and that reality will impact the student body at RM. I also know many high caliber students at RM who are not in IB.

To RM alumn, I am glad that you had a good experience at RM and that you plan to send your kids there.

Let's be real here -- We are lucky to have the academic options we do have in MoCo. Doesn't matter whether you are Silver Spring, Rockville, Bethesda or Olney. Good, focused students have great schools (private and public) from which to chose.  [/quote]

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