Blair SMAC Senior Destinations

[Anonymous]

The next stops for the Montgomery Blair SMAC Class of 2018...

Boston University
Brown University
Cal Tech (3)
Carnegie Mellon University (2)
Cornell University (2)
Duke University (2)
Elon University
Georgia Tech
Harvard University (3)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
M.I.T. (6)
Oxford University
Princeton University
Rice University
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Stanford University (2)
Stevenson Institute of Technology
Towson University
University of California Berkeley
University of California Los Angeles (2)
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Delaware
University of Maryland Baltimore County
University of Maryland College Park (37)
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania (2)
University of Pittsburgh (2)
University of Southern California
University of Toronto
University of Vermont
Vanderbilt University (2)
Virginia Tech (2)
Yale University (5)

[Anonymous]

Wow, UMD got nearly 40% of the class

[Anonymous]

UMCP's ranking and reputation is skyrocketing. Objectively by acceptance rate, it is as competitive out-of-state as UVA, Michigan, and Berkeley. In-state it isn't all that much easier to get in. It's a bargain for in-state tuition.

[Anonymous]

You can bet most if not all of these magnet kids got scholarship $$$ from UMCP. The university is committed to keeping the best in-state kids at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can bet most if not all of these magnet kids got scholarship $$$ from UMCP. The university is committed to keeping the best in-state kids at home.

They really are. They're putting their money where their mouth is. They got sick of losing all the most talented kids to UVA and UNC. This happened to coincide with everybody realizing that an undergraduate degree is way overvalued. The school is doing a great job at locking down a huge proportion of the highly qualified seniors in Montgomery County, Howard County, and Baltimore County.

[Anonymous]

Bravo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, UMD got nearly 40% of the class

A lot of donut hole families.

Many of those kids got huge merit scholarships. They do every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, UMD got nearly 40% of the class

It does every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, UMD got nearly 40% of the class

A lot of donut hole families.

Many of those kids got huge merit scholarships. They do every year.

What is a donut hole family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, UMD got nearly 40% of the class

A lot of donut hole families.

Many of those kids got huge merit scholarships. They do every year.

What is a donut hole family?

Make too much for FA but not enough to pay full price or have multiple kids

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what SMAC kids end of studying in college? Is it a certain percentage engineering, a certain percentage computer science, a certain percentage physics, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Very impressive year for the Blair Magnet.

[Anonymous]

Is 5 or 6 about the average for MIT per year? I seem to recall a listing from 2016 that had 6 going to MIT. Was wondering if that is consistent historically. Does CalTech ever make it to the list?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 5 or 6 about the average for MIT per year? I seem to recall a listing from 2016 that had 6 going to MIT. Was wondering if that is consistent historically. Does CalTech ever make it to the list?

Don't know, but those numbers for MIT are ridiculously impressive.

I also think it makes sense that UMD-CP gets so much of the class. It's a great school and has strong STEM departments, which I'm sure these kids are interested in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 5 or 6 about the average for MIT per year? I seem to recall a listing from 2016 that had 6 going to MIT. Was wondering if that is consistent historically. Does CalTech ever make it to the list?

The list shows 3 kids going to CalTech