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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are honestly better off in MCPS getting into a magnet high school from your homeschool middle school. I think that Wyngate offers the best options. Lovely elementary school in great neighborhood. On the smaller side and relatively new building. Barnsley Elem and Eastern Middle are the most popular magnets but also eligible for Takoma Park if your child ends up interested in STEM. The home middle school is North Bethesda which is only three blocks down from the elementary school. They send a ton of kids to RM IB and Blair. Especially Blair. Best Science Olympiad team in the state nearly every year. Brand new addition. Not overcrowded and teachers and staff are very loving and attentive. [/quote]

As a former TPMS magnet student, I am not sure this is true (getting in to Blair magnet is easier from home middle school).  At TPMS they said that about 1/2 of the TPMS magnet goes on to the Blair magnet.  The major factor in admissions used to be (pre-pandemic) a group administered test.  If you're kid hasn't been exposed to higher level math at least two years and more above grade level, then they are unlikely to do well at the test.  Most middle schools do not have a significant number of kids taking Algebra in 7th grade and Geometry in 8th, which would be the minimum to tracking into Blair.  Yes, there are kids who get in from home middle school, but most of them are probably enrolled in math like Mr. Li's or CTY or other outside program. [/quote]

Take this with a grain of salt.  My child just graduated from Balir Magnet.  She came from a non-magnet middle having finished honors geo.  She only knew one kid who did a prep course to get in to the program (and he went to TPMS).  My co-worker also warned me that my child would liklehy not get in with out prepping.  I think there are probably a group of prep families that just assume that everyone is doing it but it is just not true.

Find a house you love that works with your commute.  Maybe you child will end up at a magnet or maybe not.  There is no path that guarentees anything and it all may change before your child gets to HS.  Plenty of opportunities outside of magnets too.  While my child loved Blair she also recognized that it made her a small fish in a big pond.[/quote]

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