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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the advice to avoid Blair or Richard Montgomery if your kid is not in the Blair magnet/CAP, or in the RMIB program.

I'll go against the grain here, though, and advise you to to look at W schools instead of Wheaton high schools.[b] College admissions officers at the top schools pay a lot of attention to the degree of difficulty at your school. The W schools have a well-earned reputation for rigor.[/b] For yucks, you could read The Overachievers about stress at Whitman. While I'm certain many Wheaton/Northwood kids work extremely hard, it's unfortunate that the reputation just hasn't caught up (yet).

If you do go the Wheaton high school route, your kid might be able to show mastery by taking lots of APs and getting 5s on them (kids applying to the most selective colleges generally send their AP 5s in with their SATs, even though AP scores aren't a required part of the application). But it may be a little early to know if your kid will be interested in going the AP-heavy route.[/quote]

I am certain this is true. It is also undoubtedly true that a high achieving kid will find a bigger peer group at the W schools. But in terms of college admissions, there's also a numbers game to consider. For example, let's say an admissions officer at Ideal U is looking at 35 strong applicants from Whitman, and 2 strong applicants from Northwood (just to use as an example). Who will have the better chance at admission, the Northwood kids, or #s 34 and 35 from the Whitman pool?

Obviously the W schoosl have many advantages over Wheaton, Kennedy, Rockville, etc. But it's an interesting argument.[/quote]

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