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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The magnet students at Blair went to HYP , Stanford as well as Carnegie Mellon, MIT and Cal Tech.
The magnet students at Poolesville went to CMU, Cal Tech and MIT and in lower numbers than Balir magnet.

Just for the record.

Absolutely, the magnet students went to the schools that accepted them.  It's impossbile to do so otherwise.[/quote]

I'm not agreeing with the persistently irrational PP who's a booster for Poolesville.

However, correllation and causation aren't the same thing.  It's possible that Poolesville kids got more scholarship money from other schools and went there, or that culturally they were less inclined to apply to Ivy League schools, or whatever.

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Without making judgments regarding either programs, I find supporters on both sides less than credible.  Poolesville is a smaller group, and without knowing where the students applied, the scholarships they received, etc., and the equivalent info from the Balir magnet, one cannot make an informed decision.

While the number of Intel finalists at Blair has seemingly declined, we don't know the cause.

The best bet is for any parent to visit the schools, have your child shadow a student, speak to magnet students who have not been preselected by administrators and make YOUR OWN CHOICE.  Kids are remarkably honest about their programs and just visiting the school can be a revealing experience.

Good luck with your choice.[/quote]

What better way to judge education than acceptance to the most selective institutions?[/quote]

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