Magnet 11th grade electives

[Anonymous]

At Blair, could experienced parents give some insight into whether most kids take 2 math, 2 science, research/engineering, and then two comp sci or do some choose say algorithms and a math elective or other science elective and not a comp sci class?

[Anonymous]

Bump — any insight into 11th grade Magnet electives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At Blair, could experienced parents give some insight into whether most kids take 2 math, 2 science, research/engineering, and then two comp sci or do some choose say algorithms and a math elective or other science elective and not a comp sci class?

According to DC, it all depends on the student's interests. There are four slots (eight semester courses) available for electives, and DC filled them with math/CS/music. DC had friends that did different combinations like physics/economics/FL, biology/chemistry/music, etc.

[Anonymous]

As PP said, it really depends on kid/interests. Mine took 2 maths in sr year but not in jr. Took orchestra, magnet reqs, analysis 2, AP Lit, AP World, foreign language and PE req jr year. Did 2nd math but no sci/cs sr year.

[Anonymous]

OP, why don't you ask the magnet coordinator what most kids take?

[Anonymous]

It’s totally varied. Thats the beauty. That is a reason some kids chose blair, you have CHOICES about what you want to take as its almost all electives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At Blair, could experienced parents give some insight into whether most kids take 2 math, 2 science, research/engineering, and then two comp sci or do some choose say algorithms and a math elective or other science elective and not a comp sci class?

Most students take Applied Statistics because it can help with the research paper.

Beyond that, it depends on the student's interest. My DC is a magnet senior and says by junior year, the kids tend to either go a bio-chem track or a math-CS-physics track. DC says more do the bio-chem, but DC went math-CS-physics, so DC has taken two math classes at a time in junior/senior year.

My DC junior year electives were:

Applied Statistics
Linear Algebra
Magnet Analysis 2A/B (multivariable and differential equations)
Quantum physics
Analysis of Algorithms (CS class)
Computational methods (CS class)
Introduction to Networking and Cybersecurity (CS class)
Orchestra (all year)

A kid whose interests lean more toward bio/chem might take only one math class at a time and select bio and chem electives instead of the CS and physics electives DC chose.