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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm seeing some students from the various magnets not getting into the very top colleges.    I'm wondering if the long bus ride, and work load are worth it now.  Would it be better to stay at the home school and just focus on extra curricular activities?  So many colleges now going test optional. Obviously you have to have the grades, but great grades from non magnets + great extra curriculars seem to be the way to go.

WDYT?[/quote]

There are many excellent universities that are appropriate for magnet students. I don't see the point in just striving for the very top. Not going magnet and just taking a couple of levels of calculus and some AP science is fine too. Colleges like to see well rounded people, so those other electives and extra curricular activities mean something.

A high performer challenging themselves in a magnet is fine too. But certainly not the only path.[/quote]

A kid in the top 5-10% at any MCPS HS, magnet or no, is going to have excellent outcomes. If kid is serious about STEM, there is nothing like the Blair curriculum, though there is also nothing like the competition there.  If you can get a 4.0 at Blair and get national/international awards, high probability of Ivy admission. If a strong student, but not competitive at that level, probably better off staying at the home school and working on interesting ECs. Same with RMIB which, contrary to the stereotype, has lots of STEM kids too, though more kids applying to humanities or social science majors than Blair of course.[/quote]

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