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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting that Wootton and Walter Johnson had more MIT acceptances each than Blair.[/quote]

Once again, for those of you in the back:  Half of the Blair magnet class goes to UMD-CP every year, and it's not because they cannot get into HYP and MIT.  It's because their families cannot afford to pay for those schools, and/or because they prefer to save their money for graduate or professional school.[/quote]

Cute story. But even here in the back of the class I can see that the stats don’t support your argument.

57 kids from Blair applied and 2 were accepted at MIT.

26 and 3 for Wootton and 17 and 3 for Walter Johnson.

It’s not that they weren’t applying - they didn’t get in.

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Here is the Polaris list of Maryland schools sending (not acceptances) to Harvard, Princeton and MIT

https://www.polarislist.com/best-high-schools-in-maryland

A little out of date but it has the numbers for 2015-2018. 
Regarding MIT Blair had 5 students accepted in 2015, 6 students accepted in 2016, 3 students in 2017, 11 students in 2018, 5 students in 2019 and 2 in 2020

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What happened in 2018?  So is that then a good result for the STEM magnet school?  With the 1540 median SAT and advanced curriculum?  [/quote]

I don’t know if it is a good result but when you look at the Polaris website and control for size (100 students in blair Magnet) I don’t know if any school in the country does better at MIT admissions. Having said that no school guarantees success with top 20 admissions. 
I wish your child the best of luck. I hope they find what they are looking for in high school and beyond. 
FWIW I don’t think blair would be a good choice if you are so worried about college admissions 
The program is very collaborative and the kids really support and look out for each other. They don’t compare college acceptances or worry that if a friend gets into college x that means there is less chance that they will get in. It just isn’t part of the culture.  I think it would be very difficult for a family to enjoy the experience if they are constantly comparing their child to the other students in the program or worrying that a student’s success would come at the expense of their child   [/quote]

I think TJ does better. [/quote]
TJ ihas 4x as many students [/quote]

TJ has higher sat scores than Blair. [/quote]
Not higher than the Blair Magnet[/quote]

TJ has the highest average SAT scores of all high schools in the country.  [/quote]
I guess reading comprehension is not your forte. But I am not surprised.[/quote]

Let me spell it out for you. TJ's average SAT score is higher than Blair magnet. Is that good enough for you?[/quote]
No because you're wrong.[/quote]

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