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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard some unflattering things about the poor academics at Poolesville. But my friend's daughter is at Blair and absolutely loves it.[/quote]

Not sure about Blair. A majority of poolesville graduates go on to college park, so not that much different than other mcps high schools. [/quote]

That is typical of all magnets anywhere in the US.

[b]Magnets have no better trajectory to any college than a home school.[/b] That said they still are great for some kids. Each school and experience is your child no one else. Stop comparing people. Just because your kid is failing or hates it does not mean another is not thriving.

As for Poolesville, yes I would agree the teachers are not great. The program has some great points however if it can not be executed well what is the point of shelping all the way there?

People seem to have forgotten how and why magnets were established. You were sold a bill of goods.[/quote]

Then why does Blair and RM have so much better admission stats than the other MCPS schools? It's all in the Bethesda Beat annual college admission article. There's clearly a big divide between these programs and your run of the mill W.[/quote]

Also, I wouldn't necessarily agree that it's "so much better".  [/quote]

It is not much better. Two of mine we accepted at Blair. They went to a W school.  Ivies for college. Not Public ivies  IVIES>...

Magnets have how many seniors applying to the same few schools. Harvard or Yale or Princeton do not take all of those kids or even 25% of those. So home schools can be better for college admissions.

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Does Blair, RM and the magnets have better college and career mentoring?  If a child chooses to stay local, do the counselors or teachers take on the roles of mentors to help them if they want to do projects for competition, or help them think about their service activities.  I know the IB program looks after their own to ensure that the kids have a cohesive service project(s) that can be discussed.  And Blair has teachers who advise on internships or competitions.  How does it work if a student stays at a local school -- would that be pretty much completely on the student to search things out?[/quote]

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