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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But your child is the same kid regardless of which school they attend.  I don't believe their changes of a particular college will change.  Will they become smarter if they go to Wootton?  No..they will just be at a school with wealthier kids who are more likely to get into good schools...won't change their own specific chances.[/quote]

Maybe not. We did magnet track (no kids at Wootton or QO) for MS and HS. Coming out of MS magnet, a few of DC's friends were not accepted to HS magnets so they ended up going back to home schools. But after 4 years of HS, there was a huge difference in terms of college admissions between the kids who went to magnets vs. kids who went back to home HS.  Many magnet HS kids ended up Ivy and top tier schools (or UMD with scholarship) whereas the kids went back to home HS had much less positive results. So, I don't believe PP's statement is correct. [/quote]

Not surprising given that the magnet kids GOT IN to the magnets while the others were rejected..  Magnet kids obviously showed some strength over the others before HS started.[/quote]

PP you are responding to... I didn't make my point clear. In the middle school, all of these kids (mine and friends) were in the same group in terms of school performance - top 1/2 maybe but certainly not top 10% group. I was really surprised how they ended up so differently after HS. [/quote]

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