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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1]Even if BCC has a high FARMs rate, the UMC students will still have to put the same "pressure" on themselves to be competitive for selective colleges. And there's probably a large cohort of them creating "competition" and "pressure."  So I keep wondering, what makes Whitman a pressure cooker.  I appreciate the example of the child practicing SATs since 7th grade.  And the reality of the amount of external coaching/training/lessons.  But wouldn't that wealth factor exist in BCC as well?  It draws from one of the wealthiest areas in the country.[/quote]

Every school has such a cohort. There isn't anything special about Whitman. Sure, it's a fine school but RMIB makes it look easy by comparison.[/quote]

The IB Diploma Programme has exactly the same requirements at all of the schools that offer the IB Diploma Programme.[/quote]

Actually the two schools are roughly on a par, and if you look at historical evidence of where the kids end up, Whitman usually beats RMIB just slightly. And I think that's because a lot more kids at RMIB want to get into UMD [/quote]

Whitman isn't even in the same league as RM. Just look at the college outcomes listed by Bethesda Beat. It isn't even close.[/quote]

Whitman is precisely what you'd expect for a school that is 95%+ white/Asian with almost 0% FARMS. It isn't anything special. It just has fewer students dragging down its test averages than other schools because of the boundary gerrymandering that allows this kind of [b]segregation[/b] to continue.[/quote]

You clearly have no idea what this word actually means. Segregation is illegal in the United States. Look it up, moron. [/quote]
Don't call PP a moron.  They know exactly what the word means and they're misusing it on purpose because they want to guilt people into supporting busing.  They're a liar.[/quote]

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