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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To OP: do you believe your kid(s) is truly gifted, talented, and self-determined? If yes, choose FCPS, and try to push them to TJ. If they can't get in, several FCPS HSs are still pretty good and competitive, but TJ is a a whole new level.

If you believe your kids are somewhat gifted but not one of a kind, choose Howard county. Marriotts Ridge, Centennial or Clarksville are all very descent.

If you believe your kids are probably just high-achiever, and hard to tell the long-term trend, and you want them to enjoy a happy easygoing life and you are satisfied with UMD, you can try Bethesda or Potomac.

We moved to MoCo for the true jewelry on the top: the magnet/RMIB. Our elder one is lucky enough to ride through it with maximizing their education experience. We observed the consistent decline of education over the past 15 years or so under the name of so many popular words. Now these only jewels are going to be removed soon. Don't come for a good education for gifted kids. Period. [/quote]
I don't believe HCPS has more gifted kids than MCPS.  They have a lower FARMs rate than MCPS, for sure, and that impacts test scores.

I would say it's the other way.

If your kids are high achievers and UMD is fine, go to HCPS -- it's a lot easier to get into UMD from HCPS than MCPS.   Read the college forum here about students with high stats from the wealthy schools in MCPS getting rejected to UMD.  As a UMD AO stated - this is not the University of Montgomery County.  If you look at the student body of UMD and where they come from, the vast majority are from MCPS, so it's much more competitive to get into UMD from MCPS than HCPS.

If you think your kid is really gifted, MCPS or FCPS is your best bet.   But, FCPS TJ magnet which is a STEM magnet also changed the way they do admissions, so it's not like, as someone stated, grass is greener over at FCPS.

I'm not a fan of getting rid of the county wide magnets in place of the regional magnets, but at the least, MCPS does have a lot of programs to choose from for the high achievers.[/quote]

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