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[quote=Anonymous]Very interesting thread.  This is a very impressive list and I recognize that these are  impressive STEM placements for the TJ graduates. Congratulations.

We are not in VA but in MD (Poolesville).  We are also a donut hole family.  Since we are middle class, immigrants, non-legacy, not URM, non-white and basically not networked, we have perhaps viewed magnet school education a bit differently than others.  An Ivy admission is certainly not we are angling for.

What we want for our students  first and foremost is an extremely rigorous and challenging academic curriculum.  Next, the cohort is an essential component of the magnet experience because it immerses  itself in academics/scholastic activities and raises the bar for the classroom environment,  group projects and intellectual discourse and inquiry.  Both these things are made possible in public schools through the magnet programs. Where a magnet public school trumps a rigorous private school in these two areas is that there is enough volume in the public schools of self-selected overachievers to make such activities and education possible and economical.

The final outcome of being in such programs for us is an exceptionally well prepared student who can continue to achieve success in the most rigorous of academic environment and subject area in college and beyond.  As for Ivy schools - if they get admission in STEM areas in Ivy schools and there is a benefit in spending the education dollars there (Engineering from MIT) then it is worth it, but if the ultimate aim is to get into medicine then a pre-med from Harvard would be a waste of time and money for our student.

We all want to give a leg-up to our children.  Our contribution as middle class parents is to make sure that they do not have student loans when they get out of college.  Getting merit aid from strong  non-Ivy schools and flagship state schools  in STEM fields, will not only get our students the education they need to be successful in their career but also let them start their adult life without a debt burden.    [/quote]

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