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[quote=Anonymous]I find it funny that people want to  cling to the idea that W High School means greater chances of going to an Ivy college later.   First of all - the kids who are getting into Ivy from W HS have - parents who are alum and contributes to the Ivy, they can pay thousands to someone for writing their essays and they can pay thousands to someone to practice alum interviews with them. Also, they can pay for a professional college counselor who charge hundreds an hour.

The upper middle class students in W schools (typically the Asians) - they are the ones who are slogging their butts off and trying to stack up their resumes.The reality is that all top colleges will only take a handful of students from ANY HS.  Be it magnet, w or non-w.    Magnets have more of upper middle class students and their chances of getting into college is better than any other upper middle class student in a W.  The ultra-rich will always find a way to get their students in Ivy.  George W Bush being an example of a solid C student at Yale.

There is no comparison of what the Magnet provides over any other school in the county.  Yes, once you are in a magnet program you can then bemoan the fact that 2.0 itself sucks or this or that teacher is not dedicated...but the truth is that what the magnet can offer is a whole lot more intense than other schools.

Having said that, if your child has gone through HGC and Magnet MS, and you end up going to a poor HS, their chances of getting into an Ivy is great!  IF you know what you need to do to make it happen.  Do you have the road map for that?

I would always want my child to get into the magnet HS simply because at some point in college they have to perform. Having gone through magnet makes it easier for them to succeed in college.

OP, a question for you. Are you super rich?  If that is the case you can live anywhere you want.  If you are upper middle class or lower, you should send your student to a magnet. I know of students in W schools who are taking Geometry  in 9th grade and not a single AP course.

The magnets also have students whose home schools are W schools. There is a reason why these students are choosing the harder magnets than their home schools.[/quote]

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