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“Also, the percentage pass rate is higher at RM.”

What you mean to say is that the pass rate of a group of students who were competitively selected to attend a program is predictably higher than the pass rate of a group of students who did not need to meet any criteria to attend a program, right?

Just saying [/quote]

I agree with you.  But I'm not sure the point of the statement.  [b]Don't people consider the outcomes of private school when deciding to send their kids there?  And isn't that really the same analysis?[/b]  Don't people consider the outcomes from graduating various colleges when choosing to go there?  Both of which are based on competitive selection...

In other words:

"The top tier college acceptance rate of a group of students who were competitively selected to attend (Sidwell/Choate/GDS) is predictably higher than the top tier college acceptance rate of a group of kids who did not compete and attended their local public school."
"The average annual income post-graduation of a group of students who were competitively selected to attend a top tier college is predictably higher than the annual income of a group that did not compete and get accepted to those schools."[/quote]

No.[/quote]

You are saying that people do not think about the outcomes when making these types of decisions?  Then what do people consider?[/quote]

It's not the same analysis.

Any kid who gets into the magnet program for IB at RM will likely be equally successful, with respect to the IB diploma, at any of the multiple high schools in MCPS that offer IB. And might even be MORE successful at getting into fancy colleges at some of the other high schools than at RM, because the competition for [b]fancy colleges[/b] from kids who are in the magnet program for IB at RM must be stiff.[/quote]

When you define a "Fancy college" aren't you including in that analysis the overall outcomes from that degree, notwithstanding that individual outcomes may differ?

What you just described is not wrong, but it is precisely true of the examples that I gave as well.[/quote]

If you're making the point that being in the RMIB magnet helps you get into the fancy colleges - well, I doubt it. I bet it hurts you. If you want to increase your chances of getting into a fancy college, go to Watkins Mill or Kennedy or Springbrook. Or move to Idaho and become a shepherd.[/quote]

The admission data published by Bethesda Beat by high-school suggests otherwise. RMIB >>> Kennedy > Springbrook etc.[/quote]

Yes, the college admission data published by Bethesda beat shows that RMIB has more impressive statistics than any other school aside for Blair in the county.[/quote]

The school is RM. RMIB is not a school.[/quote]

The entire thread is about RMIB!  It’s in the title.[/quote]
DP.  I think PP's point is that the Bethesda Beat article shows RMHS as a whole, not just RMIB.  Some people think that RM's college admissions data in that article only reflects RMIB students. It doesn't. I know of several non RMIB students who do very well in college admissions.  That is why RM as a whole is on that list, and why the other regional IBs are not on the list.[/quote]

All NMSF from RM are in IB [/quote]
ok, and ?  We're not talking about NMSF.[/quote]

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