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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't speak for now, but I graduated from Blair in the late 90s. I got into every college I applied to, including some Ivys. I chose UMCP, because they gave me a full ride (banneker key scholarship, not sure if they have it anymore). Anyway, when I got to UMCP, I found many of my old magnet classmates there (I'd guess 40/100, at least). And they were the most represented school in all of MD with the full ride scholarship. If I were to guess, at least half of those attending from Blair got a full ride.

So yeah, a lot of us went to UMCP but there were very very good reasons for that. I have never regretted going there, and the magnet easily prepared me for my STEM career. A lot of my old classmates went onto to medical school from there, and a few have them have mentioned how relieved they were to not have undergrad debt in addition to med school debt.  I don't think you should feel bad if you go to Blair/Poolesville and don't end up in an Ivy.  [/quote]
OP here.. this and the right above you poster are good to hear.

I'm hearing that UMD Honors for CS with merit is pretty hard to get into, and probably some of the other engineering majors.  So, I guess from that perspective, and being able to handle the workload, being in a magnet is worth it.

And I agree that graduating with zero debt is a boon now a days. Many of us, my situation included, don't have family wealth, and while we make good money, we also live in a hcol area, so trying to pay for expensive privates would be difficult.

This is kind of new to me because my trajectory to college was a B rated state school from out west.  We didn't have this many high achieving kids in my school, so I guess I was expecting more for college admissions for these magnet kids.  But, also, times have changed for college admissions, too.[/quote]

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