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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the fact that 40% of the program are National Merit Scholars and the average SAT score of the program is 2250 means nothing if kids choose to go to UMD because it has the program they want or is most financially manageable to them.[/quote]

The middle class/upper middle-class kids would still likely have SAT scores of 2250 and be NMS at their home schools.  The lower-income students would still be at the magnet.  So, I'm not saying it means nothing, I'm saying it's a wash.

Do you really think that UMD is these kids dream school?  (I'm not saying anything bad about the school).  If Blair really created amazing students we would see more students going to top schools (both because they would get in and because of merit scholarships). [/quote]

You must have young kids - certainly not college ready yet.

About 1/2 MCPS high schools have not even 1 NMSF. Not even 1. Out of 130-160 NMSF in MCPS produce every year, about 1/2 comes from two programs - Blair Magnet and RM/IB (about equal number from each). This  year each produced slightly over 40 kids. Think about that for a moment - out of 100 kids, 40-some are NMSF. These kids are performing at a very high level. If they mix-in kids just based on color of their skin, it just means either those kids will fail (if they maintain current standard) or water-downing the program (if you want to retain all kids at any cost).

As for UMD comment, a lot of kids in this area with parents making 200k and up, they are not qualified to get FA at top tier schools. So, many take UMD path with merit aid and save money for post-college education - med school, law school, phd...etc. including all of my kids. [/quote]

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