Blair Magnet Parents

[Anonymous]

Yes but that class started in late January, it would have helped to orient parents also in the Fall so they also can help their student. Even a very conscientious hard working 16 year old may need help with this (ours was just turning 16 in the Fall). I have 2 kids in college and have a handle on the age group and this is the kind of support parents can be helpful. I guess I am just sad I did not know to help my 11th grader earlier with this. The involvement of the program made me think they would work on it through the class.

[Anonymous]

I feel like there were parent meetings for the magnet that provided this information and had opportunity for questions. I would probably let Mr O know of your concerns. He can probably help your child line something up too.

[Anonymous]

I have a junior at PHS SMCS and she found an internship very early on at SSTI. She is over the moon happy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a junior at PHS SMCS and she found an internship very early on at SSTI. She is over the moon happy!

I have a current sophmore in PHS SMCS. Any advice you can give on the process/steps you and your child did to secure the internship. Any tips?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a junior at PHS SMCS and she found an internship very early on at SSTI. She is over the moon happy!

Internship at SSTI, or used SSTI to find an internship?

I think the only research SSTI does is social science research on program effectiveness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do UMD researchers take non-Blair/PHS students too, or is this more magnet privilege to segregate students?

Why wouldn't they? The magnet might act as a hook but they are many other types of hooks a kid can have.

I don't know why. Things don't happen unless people do them. SMCS has relationships with institutions.

Have non-SMCS schools provided information to students about summer research internship opportunities?

[Anonymous]

My kid put all their eggs into one basket, which was a residential summer program at a university. If they had not been accepted, they would have been very late into the year without a summer research assignment. So for parents of younger kids, I'd strongly advise you to make sure your student is reaching out to multiple people and apply to multiple programs. (To be fair, I'm sure they were told this in class, but my kid did not follow through. And they're usually pretty self-sufficient, so by the time we realized they hadn't applied anywhere else, it was so close to the notification date for the summer program that they just waited it out.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid put all their eggs into one basket, which was a residential summer program at a university. If they had not been accepted, they would have been very late into the year without a summer research assignment. So for parents of younger kids, I'd strongly advise you to make sure your student is reaching out to multiple people and apply to multiple programs. (To be fair, I'm sure they were told this in class, but my kid did not follow through. And they're usually pretty self-sufficient, so by the time we realized they hadn't applied anywhere else, it was so close to the notification date for the summer program that they just waited it out.)

How is a residential summer program that you pay for an internship? Did this meet the criteria for the Blair magnet? I thought most of those programs were cash cows only and usually unaffiliated with the prestigious institution where they are located.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do UMD researchers take non-Blair/PHS students too, or is this more magnet privilege to segregate students?

Why wouldn't they? The magnet might act as a hook but they are many other types of hooks a kid can have.

I don't know why. Things don't happen unless people do them. SMCS has relationships with institutions.

Have non-SMCS schools provided information to students about summer research internship opportunities?

I think what PP meant is RSI program or something similar. There are several these types of program that are free, but harder than getting accepted by Harvard or MIT. RSI can be considered satisfying the R&A course credit, but I doubt if those few prestigious math camp can satisfy the requirements (again, extremely hard to get accepted, so if accepted, kids should definitely choose those over an internship).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid put all their eggs into one basket, which was a residential summer program at a university. If they had not been accepted, they would have been very late into the year without a summer research assignment. So for parents of younger kids, I'd strongly advise you to make sure your student is reaching out to multiple people and apply to multiple programs. (To be fair, I'm sure they were told this in class, but my kid did not follow through. And they're usually pretty self-sufficient, so by the time we realized they hadn't applied anywhere else, it was so close to the notification date for the summer program that they just waited it out.)

How is a residential summer program that you pay for an internship? Did this meet the criteria for the Blair magnet? I thought most of those programs were cash cows only and usually unaffiliated with the prestigious institution where they are located.

Ok, that was a lot of assumptions.

First, I don’t think the requirement is an “internship,” I think it is that the kids do some kind of research that they can report on.

DC found this program through the Senior Research course, on a list of possible summer programs. The teacher gave them a recommendation, and knows they’re going, so I feel pretty confident in saying that it is SMCS-approved.

I don’t know about programs you pay to attend. I’d assume some of them offer research opportunities. This program is free for students, including transportation to the university, and the students receive a stipend.

Does that answer your (very weird and judgmental) questions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid put all their eggs into one basket, which was a residential summer program at a university. If they had not been accepted, they would have been very late into the year without a summer research assignment. So for parents of younger kids, I'd strongly advise you to make sure your student is reaching out to multiple people and apply to multiple programs. (To be fair, I'm sure they were told this in class, but my kid did not follow through. And they're usually pretty self-sufficient, so by the time we realized they hadn't applied anywhere else, it was so close to the notification date for the summer program that they just waited it out.)

How is a residential summer program that you pay for an internship? Did this meet the criteria for the Blair magnet? I thought most of those programs were cash cows only and usually unaffiliated with the prestigious institution where they are located.

????
Who said they pay for it? You actually have no idea of what you're talking about.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a junior at PHS SMCS and she found an internship very early on at SSTI. She is over the moon happy!

I have a current sophmore in PHS SMCS. Any advice you can give on the process/steps you and your child did to secure the internship. Any tips?

NP, I am also interested in this post ⬆️.

[Anonymous]

Not the PP. But this article and others like this may be the driver for the question by the PP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/28/americas-elite-universities-are-making-millions-off-summer-programs-teens-do-they-really-help-kids-get-into-college/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP. But this article and others like this may be the driver for the question by the PP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/28/americas-elite-universities-are-making-millions-off-summer-programs-teens-do-they-really-help-kids-get-into-college/

Perhaps.

Even in that (2019!) article, it says that there are "legit" summer programs at universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid put all their eggs into one basket, which was a residential summer program at a university. If they had not been accepted, they would have been very late into the year without a summer research assignment. So for parents of younger kids, I'd strongly advise you to make sure your student is reaching out to multiple people and apply to multiple programs. (To be fair, I'm sure they were told this in class, but my kid did not follow through. And they're usually pretty self-sufficient, so by the time we realized they hadn't applied anywhere else, it was so close to the notification date for the summer program that they just waited it out.)

How is a residential summer program that you pay for an internship? Did this meet the criteria for the Blair magnet? I thought most of those programs were cash cows only and usually unaffiliated with the prestigious institution where they are located.

????
Who said they pay for it? You actually have no idea of what you're talking about.
DP

It was a question. That’s all. Don’t get your knickers in a twist.