Blair magnet advice needed

[Anonymous]

Hi - we have a current 10th grade at the Blair SMCS magnet. Need advice from any parents that have BTDT re: getting ready for college applications. Do parents hire private counselors since the Blair counselors have so many students? How do middle level kids do in terms of college admissions ? My kid just has average extracurricular activities - he is not an Olympiad team member, robotics genius or Regeneron level scientist. Any tips or advice welcome !

[Anonymous]

Extracurriculars are important, but not that important. Consider a private admissions consultant if you can afford it.

[Anonymous]

Consider a private admissions consultant. As the parent of a Senior who did very well at SMCS, college admissions is a crap shoot. Have a good mix of reach schools and safeties and your kid will be fine.

[Anonymous]

My kid was a recent grad. They did a sport so no time for mathy/sciencey exc. College support was pretty weak... typical mcps. We did not hire a counselor but put a lot of effort in both parents and student. Chose between free tuition at UND and Cornell. . Chiae UND

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was a recent grad. They did a sport so no time for mathy/sciencey exc. College support was pretty weak... typical mcps. We did not hire a counselor but put a lot of effort in both parents and student. Chose between free tuition at UND and Cornell. . Chiae UND

Forgot..they did have a decent internship for the research project at a federal lab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was a recent grad. They did a sport so no time for mathy/sciencey exc. College support was pretty weak... typical mcps. We did not hire a counselor but put a lot of effort in both parents and student. Chose between free tuition at UND and Cornell. . Chiae UND

Choose UMD

[Anonymous]

Use a free AI admissions "advisor" to find target universities. Your kid has a solid shot at UMD honors or OOS state college honors with scholarship or T20/T30 full pay ED.