Is the quality of the Blair Magnet Program going down?

[Anonymous]

Teacher's experience is critic for preparing the students for all the competetion. Blair had a new young teacher (no experience in intel competition) to lead their research program for the past 3-4 years. I think she will get better and send more students to win. Same for the magnet teachers in Poolesville HS. As why accept rate is better for Poolesvill Magnet, The long bus ride is the main reason some students/ parents pick RM over Poolesville HS. There is no competition between the two programs. My DC was in one.

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP I really do not think this should be about who is on the rise, who's better than who, etc. I'm glad there are two programs available to kids in both parts of the county.

I do want to post this though to those saying Blair is on the decline. Poolesville's college acceptances:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/poolesvillehs/careercenter/PHSClass_of_2011_College_Acceptance_List.pdf

Now compare this to Blairs and it becomes clear which schools students got the best pickings of colleges to attend

[Anonymous]

Where's a list of Blair's college acceptances?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP I really do not think this should be about who is on the rise, who's better than who, etc. I'm glad there are two programs available to kids in both parts of the county.

I do want to post this though to those saying Blair is on the decline. Poolesville's college acceptances:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/poolesvillehs/careercenter/PHSClass_of_2011_College_Acceptance_List.pdf

Now compare this to Blairs and it becomes clear which schools students got the best pickings of colleges to attend

That's all of Poolesville, though, not the STEM program.

[Anonymous]

No one form the STEM program to HYP or Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one form the STEM program to HYP or Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore?

They had kids go to Cal Tech, CMU and MIT; that's more the target.

[Anonymous]

They had kids go to Cal Tech, CMU and MIT; that's more the target.

But, so did Blair (in addition to HYP and Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore). So what's your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP I really do not think this should be about who is on the rise, who's better than who, etc. I'm glad there are two programs available to kids in both parts of the county.

I do want to post this though to those saying Blair is on the decline. Poolesville's college acceptances:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/poolesvillehs/careercenter/PHSClass_of_2011_College_Acceptance_List.pdf

Now compare this to Blairs and it becomes clear which schools students got the best pickings of colleges to attend

That's all of Poolesville, though, not the STEM program.

Doesn't matter, the point is no one in the school went to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc..

[Anonymous]

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP I really do not think this should be about who is on the rise, who's better than who, etc. I'm glad there are two programs available to kids in both parts of the county.

I do want to post this though to those saying Blair is on the decline. Poolesville's college acceptances:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/poolesvillehs/careercenter/PHSClass_of_2011_College_Acceptance_List.pdf

Now compare this to Blairs and it becomes clear which schools students got the best pickings of colleges to attend

That's all of Poolesville, though, not the STEM program.

Doesn't matter, the point is no one in the school went to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc..

Is it possible that the magnet program students found MIT and similar schools more appropriate to their goals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP I really do not think this should be about who is on the rise, who's better than who, etc. I'm glad there are two programs available to kids in both parts of the county.

I do want to post this though to those saying Blair is on the decline. Poolesville's college acceptances:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/poolesvillehs/careercenter/PHSClass_of_2011_College_Acceptance_List.pdf

Now compare this to Blairs and it becomes clear which schools students got the best pickings of colleges to attend

That's all of Poolesville, though, not the STEM program.

Doesn't matter, the point is no one in the school went to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc..

Is it possible that the magnet program students found MIT and similar schools more appropriate to their goals?

Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

The magnet students at Blair went to HYP , Stanford as well as Carnegie Mellon, MIT and Cal Tech.
The magnet students at Poolesville went to CMU, Cal Tech and MIT and in lower numbers than Balir magnet.

Just for the record.

Absolutely, the magnet students went to the schools that accepted them. It's impossbile to do so otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The magnet students at Blair went to HYP , Stanford as well as Carnegie Mellon, MIT and Cal Tech.
The magnet students at Poolesville went to CMU, Cal Tech and MIT and in lower numbers than Balir magnet.

Just for the record.

Absolutely, the magnet students went to the schools that accepted them. It's impossbile to do so otherwise.

I'm not agreeing with the persistently irrational PP who's a booster for Poolesville.

However, correllation and causation aren't the same thing. It's possible that Poolesville kids got more scholarship money from other schools and went there, or that culturally they were less inclined to apply to Ivy League schools, or whatever.

[Anonymous]

I'm not agreeing with the persistently irrational PP who's a booster for Poolesville.

However, correllation and causation aren't the same thing. It's possible that Poolesville kids got more scholarship money from other schools and went there, or that culturally they were less inclined to apply to Ivy League schools, or whatever.

Earth to dcum poster:

I'm sure you're right. The Poolesville kids all turned down Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford because they got more scholarship money elsewhere from schools with less endowment/student.

PM me offline, I have a bridge in Alaska to sell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The magnet students at Blair went to HYP , Stanford as well as Carnegie Mellon, MIT and Cal Tech.
The magnet students at Poolesville went to CMU, Cal Tech and MIT and in lower numbers than Balir magnet.

Just for the record.

Absolutely, the magnet students went to the schools that accepted them. It's impossbile to do so otherwise.

I'm not agreeing with the persistently irrational PP who's a booster for Poolesville.

However, correllation and causation aren't the same thing. It's possible that Poolesville kids got more scholarship money from other schools and went there, or that culturally they were less inclined to apply to Ivy League schools, or whatever.

Without making judgments regarding either programs, I find supporters on both sides less than credible. Poolesville is a smaller group, and without knowing where the students applied, the scholarships they received, etc., and the equivalent info from the Balir magnet, one cannot make an informed decision.

While the number of Intel finalists at Blair has seemingly declined, we don't know the cause.

The best bet is for any parent to visit the schools, have your child shadow a student, speak to magnet students who have not been preselected by administrators and make YOUR OWN CHOICE. Kids are remarkably honest about their programs and just visiting the school can be a revealing experience.

Good luck with your choice.