Wheaton Engineering Magnet Feedback?

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Can anyone share their experience with the Wheaton engineering magnet program? Anyone know if there will be an open house?

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I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

The tech programs you’re referring to are at Thomas Edison, not Wheaton.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

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DD is in at Wheaton's engineering magnet but did not receive a letter. Did everyone else get a letter with the open house information?

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What is the difference between Wheaton’s engineering program and Rockville’s?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

Maybe it is now, but my daughter is in college for aero/astro engineering and was specifically told Blair Magnet was a better option to get into top engineering programs for BA/MA engineers and the Wheaton program was great for polytechnic engineering schools. Not A/C repair etc... but engineering technology and design and graphing. This is not a knock, because some of these degrees are amazing

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

Maybe it is now, but my daughter is in college for aero/astro engineering and was specifically told Blair Magnet was a better option to get into top engineering programs for BA/MA engineers and the Wheaton program was great for polytechnic engineering schools. Not A/C repair etc... but engineering technology and design and graphing. This is not a knock, because some of these degrees are amazing

I agree with this PP’s assessment. My kid took IED, FWIW and considered PLTW.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is in at Wheaton's engineering magnet but did not receive a letter. Did everyone else get a letter with the open house information?

My kid got in too and this is the only program he didn’t get a letter for. I guess we’ll get it tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

Maybe it is now, but my daughter is in college for aero/astro engineering and was specifically told Blair Magnet was a better option to get into top engineering programs for BA/MA engineers and the Wheaton program was great for polytechnic engineering schools. Not A/C repair etc... but engineering technology and design and graphing. This is not a knock, because some of these degrees are amazing

Ha! Take a look at the matriculation list from Wheaton. Never seen anything like it, every top school is represented — Stanford, Caltech, Princeton, MIT. They are all there. It was unbelievable last year.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

Maybe it is now, but my daughter is in college for aero/astro engineering and was specifically told Blair Magnet was a better option to get into top engineering programs for BA/MA engineers and the Wheaton prog ram was great for polytechnic engineering schools. Not A/C repair etc... but engineering technology and design and graphing. This is not a knock, because some of these degrees are amazing

Ha! Take a look at the matriculation list from Wheaton. Never seen anything like it, every top school is represented — Stanford, Caltech, Princeton, MIT. They are all there. It was unbelievable last year.

Last year, University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins were also in the mix. DS is a senior in their biomed program and one of his classmates just got into Brown. The engineering (and biomed) programs at Wheaton are smaller than Blair's STEM program, so you are a big fish in a small pond at Wheaton.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

Maybe it is now, but my daughter is in college for aero/astro engineering and was specifically told Blair Magnet was a better option to get into top engineering programs for BA/MA engineers and the Wheaton program was great for polytechnic engineering schools. Not A/C repair etc... but engineering technology and design and graphing. This is not a knock, because some of these degrees are amazing

Not sure who told you this. I have kids in both programs. Blair has been around longer and likely has more recognition as a program. Wheaton is relatively young. Wheaton is the better program for students interested in engineering in terms of curriculum. Not sure why you differentiate with polytechnic-- VT has a higher ranked program than Harvard.

Let me be clear, Wheaton magnet engineering is not geared towards technical drawing or AC repair! This is for kids interested in Aerospace, Civil, Mechanical, Computer, etc engineering. They have students accepted to top schools in general and for engineering. Look at their Instagram. You will see Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, Harvey Mudd, USC, Harvard, U Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA and many more.

So, whoever keeps saying that the Wheaton program is somehow a para-type technical program, just stop. You don't know what you are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is in at Wheaton's engineering magnet but did not receive a letter. Did everyone else get a letter with the open house information?

Congrats! Wheaton has an amazing Society of Women Engineers group. They build and race cars and compete regionally (with great success) and now internationally.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there who is loving it. Great program, great opportunities, great teachers/counselors/principal. Engineering classes are ver hands on. They'll take intro to Engineering design, principles of engineering, digital electronics, civil or aerospace or computer, then a senior capstone with a project. There are various engineering clubs, robotics, science, etc. Plus art, theatre, chorus. (Great chorus and theatre teachers). Band/orch is not particularly strong. Gorgeous building. Welcome!

Thank you for this clarification. I have heard that the programs like engineering at Wheaton are tech programs for kids who aren't going to college but rather into fields like mechanics, AC repair, and so on. Do the engineering kids take AP classes?

No the engineering magnet at Wheaton is for kids who want to be aerospace engineers or architects.

Maybe it is now, but my daughter is in college for aero/astro engineering and was specifically told Blair Magnet was a better option to get into top engineering programs for BA/MA engineers and the Wheaton program was great for polytechnic engineering schools. Not A/C repair etc... but engineering technology and design and graphing. This is not a knock, because some of these degrees are amazing

Ha! Take a look at the matriculation list from Wheaton. Never seen anything like it, every top school is represented — Stanford, Caltech, Princeton, MIT. They are all there. It was unbelievable last year.

I said pretty much the same, but I missed a few key names you mentioned!