Magnet electives question

[Anonymous]

In 11th and 12th grade, can kids take other, non-magnet electives for the magnet electives that are marked on the website? Like can they take 2 years of computer science and rather than magnet electives take more liberal arts electives? I understand they need 4 years of math and 3 years of science to graduate.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

I think there are certain requirements to "graduate" from the magnet. If you took more arts elective you might not meet that (but maybe it does not matter).

[Anonymous]

Do you even hear yourself? You're asking if you can take non-magnet electives in the liberal arts to fulfill the magnet requirement? How does that even makes sense? Please don't bother applying your child.

[Anonymous]

Could you take AP Chemistry or AP Physics? I mean sure the magnet Physics and Chem cover some of that but don't prepare students for the AP, which is helpful for those magnet kids who plan to go to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you even hear yourself? You're asking if you can take non-magnet electives in the liberal arts to fulfill the magnet requirement? How does that even makes sense? Please don't bother applying your child.

Some people are well rounded and want to study advanced science AND humanities.
We need people like this.

Magnet has a whole extra period (8 vs 7 classes). There is room for non-magnet electives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you even hear yourself? You're asking if you can take non-magnet electives in the liberal arts to fulfill the magnet requirement? How does that even makes sense? Please don't bother applying your child.

Some people are well rounded and want to study advanced science AND humanities.
We need people like this.

Magnet has a whole extra period (8 vs 7 classes). There is room for non-magnet electives.

That wasn't the question. Yes there's room in the magnet schedule to take non-stem electives. But there are certain magnet stem requirements in order to be part of the program. It sounds reasonable to allow a student to substitute a non-magnet stem elective for the required magnet electives on a case by case basis, but I highly doubt a non-stem class would fulfill those requirements because otherwise why have them in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could you take AP Chemistry or AP Physics? I mean sure the magnet Physics and Chem cover some of that but don't prepare students for the AP, which is helpful for those magnet kids who plan to go to college.

Usually magnet students take magnet advanced physics which goes more into depth and they they take the AP exam after that, but it's a reasonable question to ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could you take AP Chemistry or AP Physics? I mean sure the magnet Physics and Chem cover some of that but don't prepare students for the AP, which is helpful for those magnet kids who plan to go to college.

Magnet Physics and Chemistry are mostly the full year MCPS class taught over 1 semester instead of 2. They do not prepare kids for the AP exam. I am not aware of kids taking the exam after freshman year. My DC took AP Chem after Magnet Chem and I think that is the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 11th and 12th grade, can kids take other, non-magnet electives for the magnet electives that are marked on the website? Like can they take 2 years of computer science and rather than magnet electives take more liberal arts electives? I understand they need 4 years of math and 3 years of science to graduate.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/PlanningGuideJR-SRYrs.pdf

3.5 years of magnet science electives, plus 1 year of magnet or AP science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could you take AP Chemistry or AP Physics? I mean sure the magnet Physics and Chem cover some of that but don't prepare students for the AP, which is helpful for those magnet kids who plan to go to college.

Magnet Physics and Chemistry are mostly the full year MCPS class taught over 1 semester instead of 2. They do not prepare kids for the AP exam. I am not aware of kids taking the exam after freshman year. My DC took AP Chem after Magnet Chem and I think that is the norm.

But for Physics there is Mathematical Physics class that aligns close enough to AP.

Really though, magnet students should find AP science classes a breeze, can get 5s without a dedicated AP classes because the AP tests have an extremely generous curve, and can not be concerned about getting credit because they can start with advanced/accelerated courses in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 11th and 12th grade, can kids take other, non-magnet electives for the magnet electives that are marked on the website? Like can they take 2 years of computer science and rather than magnet electives take more liberal arts electives? I understand they need 4 years of math and 3 years of science to graduate.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

Which electives are you looking for? The magnet schedule already includes English, History, World Language, and Art, and space for a few non-magnet electives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 11th and 12th grade, can kids take other, non-magnet electives for the magnet electives that are marked on the website? Like can they take 2 years of computer science and rather than magnet electives take more liberal arts electives? I understand they need 4 years of math and 3 years of science to graduate.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

If you don't want the magnet electives, you might be happier at an IB program (or Wheaton Engineering or a W if you have that option) which has more of a balance between science and humanities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 11th and 12th grade, can kids take other, non-magnet electives for the magnet electives that are marked on the website? Like can they take 2 years of computer science and rather than magnet electives take more liberal arts electives? I understand they need 4 years of math and 3 years of science to graduate.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/ParentResources/PlanningGuideJR-SRYrs.pdf

3.5 years of magnet science electives, plus 1 year of magnet or AP science.

This is an old doc but according to this the semester 9th and 10th science classes are a full credit? Is that still the case?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 11th and 12th grade, can kids take other, non-magnet electives for the magnet electives that are marked on the website? Like can they take 2 years of computer science and rather than magnet electives take more liberal arts electives? I understand they need 4 years of math and 3 years of science to graduate.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

If you don't want the magnet electives, you might be happier at an IB program (or Wheaton Engineering or a W if you have that option) which has more of a balance between science and humanities.

+1 The fact that you are asking the question shows this program may not be the right match. Wheaton biomed, in addition to engineering mentioned above, also has more room for electives.