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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty sure that any kid who takes a slate of 4-5 APs or is in an IB program is going to face more rigor than at HA. My kid is in a magnet and we know several kids at HA. One of the HA kids had to do a summer "bridge" program at DC's Ivy. The PP at 15:38 who allowed that "maybe" the magnets are "on par" with Holton cracks me up. [/quote]

[b]In my experience t[/b]he kids from top privates are more well prepared for and have better college and career outcomes than the magnet school kids.  There may an explanation, but I don't know why.  The APs in many public schools are a joke (as reflected by the test scores), but magnets do take the academics seriously - they just haven't figured out the balance part yet.  [/quote]

Tell us more about your exp. I want to know how you can support your claims. [/quote]

+1. In my experience, with DC at an Ivy, the point about preparedness actually works in favor of the public magnet kids.

PP seems to be mixing issues here, by talking about overall college and career outcomes. I, too, would love to know how many "career outcomes" she's familiar with among private vs. magnet kids. Anyway, re college outcomes, I don't think there's any dispute that kids from families that can pay $35k/year for private school are more likely to be full pay at private colleges, while many magnet kids are happy to take the generous merit packages at UMD or UVA or a 2nd-tier private school (Ivies don't offer merit aid). Is being full pay at an Ivy (which my own DC is doing, FWIW) really a "better" outcome than getting generous merit aid at a state or 2nd-tier private college? That's definitely up for debate.

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