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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this thought has entered our minds, as well. The chances of getting in are very slim. Both DW and I are Ivy league graduates. We both were the first in our families to go to college, which I suspect helped with both admissions and financial aid. DW interviews local high school students for her alma mater every year and is just depressed by these kids' academic records and activities--way more stellar than us back in the day. It seems like their entire childhoods were spent preparing for this. Despite any possible legacy advantage, I think the chances for our kids are very slim, and that's fine. As long as they go to college, get a career they enjoy and can support themselves, that's fine with us. But back to the original question, we are actually zoned for Rockville High School, and although the kids are that old yet, it does have us wondering what the chances are of such an admission from a school like Rockville, all else being equal?[/quote]

^This is exactly what my worry has been.  Both my husband and I went to MIT out of regular non-magnet GT programs in public schools.  While we would hope our children will eventually go to good colleges and our oldest was just accepted for the HGC for 4th grade in Silver Spring, we look at the list of kids who get into the upper-grade magnets and get the awards, college admissions, and scholarships, and so many seem to have been from wealthier areas with tiger parents who push them from birth.  [b]We chose to let our kids have fun in preschool and learn how to make friends.  Maybe that was a mistake.[/b][/quote]

PP, please read that last line again and whether it was sarcastic or sincere, recognize how insane that is. [/quote]

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