Will Dunbar get its a** handed to them by the 2a...

[First_Down]

Dunbar has a magnet program with very low entrance requirements. The school is not a full magnet, but has a magnet component.

Darn OLI, your responses tend to lead me to believe that the high school you attended must have had a low exist requirement with the way you articulate your utter distain for Duinbar. The kids call it hatin'. But I digress. The bottom line is that Dunbar has a health science curriculum. It's no different than say a school like Carver with it's vocational curriculum or the many many many high schools throughout the state with their specialized curriculum but are not magnet schools. Baltimore City high schools have a city-wide application process. But you know that, you just want to voice the hate. Voice on hater, Voice On!

[DayWalker]

Dunbar's requirements are the 4th toughest of the citywide schools with entrance requirements. The 1st three are City, Poly & Western. These four schools have higher entrance requirements than all of the remaining public high schools in Baltimore City.

And the entrance requirement of most public schools is to be a resident within the school boundary. That's a low entrance requirement Outside Looking In.

[85Knight]

Any graduate of Baltimore city private schools would laugh at the statement of St. Paul's and Boy's Latin being as stringent as every private. It's well known in the private school community that McDonogh, Gilman, Roland Park Country School and Bryn Mawr are easily the most stringent when it comes to admissions. After that, you have a second tier and then you have a third tier and so forth.

First off you don't have to be a private school alumni to know the academic reputations of the private schools in the area. Secondly, you misread what I wrote. I said that Boys Latin and St. Paul's aren't any less stringent than the A conference teams as a whole. That means Calvert Hall, Mt. St. Joe and now St. Frances are included. I didn't say they were as stringent as every school. That has nothing to do with the point I was making.

The point was that the A conference is not made up of the schools with better academic standards than the other private school leagues like that poster was insinuating. That makes no sense because some of the other schools are A conference for other sports. Your post just proves my point further that their are what you call "2nd" and "3rd" tier academic schools in the A conference for football and "1st" tier schools that aren't.

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

First off you don't have to be a private school alumni to know the academic reputations of the private schools in the area. Secondly, you misread what I wrote. I said that Boys Latin and St. Paul's aren't any less stringent than the A conference teams as a whole. That means Calvert Hall, Mt. St. Joe and now St. Frances are included. I didn't say every school.

The point was that the A conference is not made up of the schools with better academic standards than the other private school leagues like that poster was insinuating. That makes no sense because some of the other schools are A conference for other sports. Your post just proves my point further that their are what you call "2nd" and "3rd" tier academic schools in the A conference for football and "1st" tier schools that aren't.

Ok I misread what you were saying. As far as that goes, you're right on. There are definitely different tiers when it comes to admissions amongst the privates. Don't get me wrong, I would say basically all of the privates are fine institutions and one school that might work for one kid, very well will not work for another.