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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can see PP's point. Although I made negative points above about RM, I do believe it is a good school, I just don't think RM (sans IB) is in the same league as the schools in Bethesda/Potomac. At the end of the day it is about fit. [/quote]

The point is that there are a number of kids from W schools who are attending RMIB magnet.  Why are they there?  The admissions process to the RMIB program is not based on where your granddad went to college or your zip code - its entirely based on the student's performance.  RMIB magnet is a academically a very rigorous and hard program, and there is tremendous prestige if your kid gets into it. You don't have to be a good academically to be in W schools. You just need to live at the right address. That is the main difference. Kids get into RMIB based on their merit, through a very competitive process.  And these same kids can get into Ivies as well if the Ivies gave them full scholarships. However - the reality for most RMIB magnet students is that their parents make too much money for them to qualify for scholarships and too little money for these students to not look for value for money to ignore state schools.

Would RM be a great HS without the RMIB program? Maybe not as good as it is with the program, but it would be comparable to other HSs in MCPS.   Would W schools be as great if parents were not able to afford the expensive colleges and SAT prep courses and designer college admission coaches?

W schools means diddly squat if your kid is a dud academically. Being in a W school does not mean that extra brain cells and neural connections will be generated in your kid.  RMIB magnet kids are proven in the brains department at least.

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