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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Yes. [b]RMIB kids have proven they are smart, but They were smart before they got to RMIB, not because of RMIB[/b].

They were mostly born that way and many have parents that pushed them to do lots of test prep. If that is what the kids wants then great, but the IB kids would probably do just as well in their home school. Not having them in their home school makes the test shores for their home school look worse than they actually are, which has done wonders for Rockville real estate.

I am not against the IB program, I actually think their should be more specialized programs for everybody, but to believe the IB program made those kids this way is not true.

Maybe in your social group there is "prestige" in being in RMIB but many people think many of these kids are being pushed too hard and could be just as successful with a little more normal life, the kids often burn out and feel like failures even though they are the cream of the crop. And like everything, there are positives and negatives. It is best to understand your personal schools negatives so you can alleviate them as much as possible.

Being is a W school just means you are rich, one of your kids will probably get the brains of the person that made you rich and you can pay for tutors and test prep.

I get it.

BTW... There is a down side to Ivy's too, but that is another thread.[/quote]

Exactly. These kids are smart before they got into RMIB - definitely smarter than kids who applied and did not get into RMIB and went to W schools.

RMIB does not make these kids bright - just like W schools do not make W students bright. Who are we kidding?

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