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“Also, the percentage pass rate is higher at RM.”

What you mean to say is that the pass rate of a group of students who were competitively selected to attend a program is predictably higher than the pass rate of a group of students who did not need to meet any criteria to attend a program, right?

Just saying [/quote]

I agree with you.  But I'm not sure the point of the statement.  [b]Don't people consider the outcomes of private school when deciding to send their kids there?  And isn't that really the same analysis?[/b]  Don't people consider the outcomes from graduating various colleges when choosing to go there?  Both of which are based on competitive selection...

In other words:

"The top tier college acceptance rate of a group of students who were competitively selected to attend (Sidwell/Choate/GDS) is predictably higher than the top tier college acceptance rate of a group of kids who did not compete and attended their local public school."
"The average annual income post-graduation of a group of students who were competitively selected to attend a top tier college is predictably higher than the annual income of a group that did not compete and get accepted to those schools."[/quote]

No.[/quote]

You are saying that people do not think about the outcomes when making these types of decisions?  Then what do people consider?[/quote]

It's not the same analysis.

Any kid who gets into the magnet program for IB at RM will likely be equally successful, with respect to the IB diploma, at any of the multiple high schools in MCPS that offer IB.[b] And might even be MORE successful at getting into fancy colleges at some of the other high schools than at RM, because the competition for fancy colleges from kids who are in the magnet program for IB at RM must be stiff[/b].[/quote]
[b]Which then goes to show that there are more higher achieving students at RMIB than BCC IB.[/b]

But you are correct.  100 kids from RMIB all applying to similar schools.  [/quote]

Was anybody saying otherwise? There is a competitive (in multiple senses of the word) magnet program at RM.[/quote]

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