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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here - not sure if it’s being disputed but the (magnet) IB program at RM really does have median SAT scores of 1500. It’s on the IB school profile.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/ib/2021-2022-ib-insert-9.30.21.docx.pdf[/quote]

But there are other MCPS IB programs, BCC, for one. I don’t suppose you have their median SAT?  RMIB isn’t the only game in town. [/quote]

+1 and it’s also the magnet IB for the entire county. I would expect the score to be high! UMD would compare RMIB students not the entire MCPS IB pool.[/quote]
Why wouldn't it compare RMIB with other IB students? They all take the same coursework and IB exams to get the diploma.[/quote]

RMIB is county wide test in magnet school students are selected.
The other IB schools are for the neighborhood students who want to challenge themselves.[/quote]
so how do you explain an IB diploma graduate with a 1440 SAT and 3.8ish weighted GPA not getting into UMD?

FWIW, I would be proud if my non IB student had a 1440.[/quote]

Not easy to explain but I will try.
Usually colleges compare you against your class mates.
The SAT might be little above average for his particular school but his GPA might be well below average.[/quote]

+1
And if the test scores & grades are essentially equal, then the difference in admissions decisions could be due to another reason.  Colleges also accept students with test scores and grades below their published ranges, and they deny admission to students with test scores and grades above their published ranges.[/quote]

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