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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What colleges do kids from the Loiederman magnet program go to? Do a significant number of alumni go on to careers in the performing arts? What do the rest do? Just trying to visualize the possible pathways for student here. [/quote]

OMG it’s freaking middle school! This doesn’t determine your career pathway. You’re taking the same core academic classes as every other MCPS student. You just have EXTRA choices than the kids not in the DCC. It’s not a true magnet program like the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts where kids have to audition and be at a certain performance level to be accepted.

Middle School is a horrible time socially for most adolescents so why wouldn’t you let them go to school where they are more likely to make friends with similar interests? Also take a minute to be less ignorant about the arts. They are more than just a career opportunity. It’s a way to maintain good mental health and develop life long skills that transfer to any profession.

Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school. Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that 66 percent of music majors who applied to med school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group.

https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/medical-school-admissions-doctor/articles/how-a-music-background-can-help-premed-students
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Calm down. It’s a reasonable question. Particularly if you’re not as familiar with arts programs you may not know how students apply this program to high school and, ultimately, college. Like, do they all go to a “school of the arts” or proceed onto other paths. I’m not the PP but try being a little kind and appreciate not everyone knows everything you do and that’s ok. [/quote]

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