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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know much about privates, but DC is a Blair magnet graduate. The cons for Blair magnet is 1. very intense 4 years  2. disadvantaged college acceptance results
The pros: much better preparation for STEM related fields at college[/quote]

What do you mean by disadvantaged college acceptance results? Being in the Blair magnet puts you at a disadvantage compared to students who aren’t in a magnet? What are you saying??[/quote]
You compete against other students in your school/program for college admission to top schools. It doesn’t matter how amazing the kids are, colleges are only going to admit 2 or 3 from the same school (yes, MIT admits 6-7 from SMCS). Sometimes it’s hard for a kid to distinguish themselves when everyone is taking same classes, same ECs, same high scores. A kid doesn’t stand out in the cohort of 100 SMCS kids the same way they would in the top 10 at their home school.[/quote]

I see. So let me get this right. My kid, whose home school is Blair should turn down the magnet place because he’ll have a better chance for college applications if he’s in the general population at Blair not magnet. Did I get that right?[/quote]

I think that strategy is aimed at people whose home school isn’t also Blair. 
I’m sending my DC to Blair and am worried about the big fish/big pond aspect, but the hs experience will be so good, we’ll worry about college when the time comes. I don’t want to have them spend four years in a program that’s less of a good fit, just to try to game college admissions. We’re from close-in MoCo and that means tons of very strong applicants, even from non-magnets.  [/quote]

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