Blair magnet vs TJ: which would you apply to and why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair parents seem more sane than TJ parents.

7:58 here who picked TJ but this is so true at least here on DCUM. TJ parents (along with UVA boosters) are off the chart crazy here.

I wonder if your impression might be a result of TJ being about 5 times the size of Blair?

[Anonymous]

You are picking where to live for the wrong reason.
You should pick TJ and VA for better in-state college options

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair parents seem more sane than TJ parents.

7:58 here who picked TJ but this is so true at least here on DCUM. TJ parents (along with UVA boosters) are off the chart crazy here.

I wonder if your impression might be a result of TJ being about 5 times the size of Blair?

PP you are responding to. Maybe, I just don't know. Maybe VA folks love their schools more than MD folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has much better racial and economic diversity, which is important for a well-rounded kid.

That is such a PC thing to say. I clap you.

And yet so vapid, especially when describing what is essentially a school within a school.

This is not at all true. All of hte magnet kids non-math science, cs classes are regular Blair HS classes with any other kid who enrolls. Also, any Blair kid who has the pre-req can take a magnet class if there is space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the goal of this question? If you live in Maryland you apply to one. If you live in Virginia you applied to the other. Seriously ridiculous.

We are moving into the area and can settle in either state, within boundaries to make an attempt to get in.

The chances of getting in to either are not great enough to base your move on. Think about your commutes and housing budget.

[Anonymous]

TJ, it is easier to get in due to size

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ, it is easier to get in due to size

Overall cohort seems stronger at Blair too, since it's like the upper 25% of TJ so classes are less watered down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair parents seem more sane than TJ parents.

7:58 here who picked TJ but this is so true at least here on DCUM. TJ parents (along with UVA boosters) are off the chart crazy here.

I wonder if your impression might be a result of TJ being about 5 times the size of Blair?

PP you are responding to. Maybe, I just don't know. Maybe VA folks love their schools more than MD folks.

With Youngkin at the helm, VA will now be unstoppable! Except for all the crazy meddling...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ, it is easier to get in due to size

I think this is fuzzy math though. Blair kids are selected from much smaller area than TJ - which covers much larger area/kids. One could argue, 500 kids (or whatever the number) from much larger student body has more higher caliber kids than 500 kids from much smaller area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ, it is easier to get in due to size

I think this is fuzzy math though. Blair kids are selected from much smaller area than TJ - which covers much larger area/kids. One could argue, 500 kids (or whatever the number) from much larger student body has more higher caliber kids than 500 kids from much smaller area.

For Blair, 100 kids are selected from a pool of roughly 8000 each year. Similarly, something like 50 is selected from a pool of 4000 for Poolesville. Basically 150 kis from a grade of 12k kids in the entire county can attend a manget. Not sure how this compares to TJ but its probably worse odds.

[Anonymous]

TJ hands down. Blair is all who you know to get in - or have you been tagged from 5th grade and now I guess also must look like a Benneton ad. In addition as previously mentioned: the universities - so many better options in VA…and UVA is hands down more prestigious than UMD college park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the goal of this question? If you live in Maryland you apply to one. If you live in Virginia you applied to the other. Seriously ridiculous.

We are moving into the area and can settle in either state, within boundaries to make an attempt to get in.

NP here. Unless your jobs are completely remote, I would place a higher priority on shortening your commute. The traffic and commute times in the DC region are some of the worst in the country. You want to prioritize being closer to work for the days that you need to go to the office (if any). There are good options, both inbound and magnet in both Fairfax and Montgomery counties, but if you have to spend hours in the car daily for the years leading up to your child(ren) being in high school without even knowing if they will be accepted to said programs, then it isn't worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ hands down. Blair is all who you know to get in - or have you been tagged from 5th grade and now I guess also must look like a Benneton ad. In addition as previously mentioned: the universities - so many better options in VA…and UVA is hands down more prestigious than UMD college park.

I don't know. If my kid smart enough to get into TJ or Blair, I would definitely NOT be aiming for state schools like UVA ( UMD maybe because they have great CS, Engineering programs, great STEM overall; which is the focus of these two magnets.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville

Shhhhhh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are picking where to live for the wrong reason.
You should pick TJ and VA for better in-state college options

That's what I was going to say. We live in MD for a variety of reasons, but as the kids get older I wish we lived in VA for the broader array of good in-state college options.