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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is kind of ironic that this county's parents fight so hard to get into magnet high schools, have endless battles over admissions standards, which test to use or not, and then realize four years later that they've put themselves into a worse position than if they'd just let their kid be a great student at their home school.

Only do the magnet if it has something your kid can't get at the neighborhood school. Don't do it for "the cohort" [/quote]

I have a kid at RMIB and I disagree with you completely.  The ‘cohort’ of kids has been a huge positive for my kid.

Sure, my kid would have been a great student at her home school.  But she is turned into a fantastic student at IB.  The peer group, the study skills she’s learning, the writing experience, all of it - has been wonderful.

And I don’t think she’s in a worse position.  The work ethic and study skills she has developed at RMIB will take her far.  Would she love to go to Princeton?  Sure.  Can we afford it?  No.  So, it doesn’t matter.

She’ll go wherever is a good fit for her and I have no doubt that her experience at RMIB will serve her well.  At whatever college and in whatever major she chooses in the future.  [/quote]

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