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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say that it is harder to stand out at a magnet program. I don’t think it gives you an advantage quite honestly. Lots of great reasons to attend a magnet program but college admissions isn’t one of them.

What seems to matter for elite institutions is having some kind of hook - high level athletics, music or national awards in science or CS competitions etc.    
you can look at prior years magnet destinations to see how many kids end up at mit or cal tech or CMU. It is highly variable from year to year and it is not clear to me that magnet programs have an edge over a regular high school with a good science program [/quote]

Where can I find prior years college destinations from the magnet programs? Is it in a separate thread on this forum?[/quote]

If you are in the program the information is available to students. I remember one year 8 students went to MIT and a couple of years later only 2 went. 
In a typical year, Blair sends around 40% of its students to UMD. The rest are equally divided between top 20 type schools on the one hand and top publics or tech institutions (such as Georgia Tech) or a handful of slacs.   IMO the kids getting into the top 20 schools have something that sets them apart from the other students taking rigorous classes and achieving high stats. It might be a top science award, or maybe they play a sport or an instrument at a very high level. 
High stats are great but they don’t help you stand out that much in a program where nearly half of the students are NMSFs. Earning straight As is a real achievement and might help a student stand out a little but I still think you need something extra for the top places.  [/quote]

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