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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Some observations after both night sessions and shadow days:

-Blair’s evening session was more informative and organized than RM’s session. It was helpful to see some of the teachers from different subjects at Blair.
-My kid found the opposite to be true for the shadow days. RM was more organized and informative. My kid was excited about Blair’s research class. Yet, the kids spent the double period doing other things such as homework.
Kids seemed overall happier at RM and enthusiastic about the program. (Granted, kids were paired with seniors at RM rather than freshmen at Blair.)
-Both programs have a very high number of NMSF. No other program or school in the county can compare. interestingly, Blair’s medium SAT are 300 higher than RM’s program. [/quote]

Which grade did your kid shadow? 9th graders and 11th graders can feel quite different. 9th graders are still in the process of fitting into the program, while 11th graders have already adjusted and should be starting to enjoy it.[/quote]

Not the PP, but my child had the same experience last year. He was deciding between Blair Magnet and RMIB, and the RMIB presentation focused on college admissions while the Blair presentation focused on the experience of being in the program. The real deal-breaker, though, was when the RMIB kids tried to reassure my child that he wouldn't need to interact that much with "Gen pop" at Richard Montgomery, and used racially disparaging language to describe first the rest of the student body at RM (regarding Black and Latino kids) and[b] then to mock the kids in the Blair Magnet (Asian American)[/b].

To my kid, it just felt mean. I'm not saying all RMIB kids are racist, but they are weirdly competitive and it felt okay to them to use racial language as part of that competition. 
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Um.. RMIB is like 80%+ Asian.  What you stated is BS.

Also, several of the RMIB kids are RM cluster kids, which included my own Asian kid.[/quote]

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