blair magnet quesiton

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

They should just move the program out of Blair.

Crown is opening and it's in the middle of the County and closer to the two schools currently contributing over half of the magnet cohort.

That would give Blair 100 slots back so they don't need portable classrooms as much.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

They should just move the program out of Blair.

Crown is opening and it's in the middle of the County and closer to the two schools currently contributing over half of the magnet cohort.

That would give Blair 100 slots back so they don't need portable classrooms as much.

The distance would be unreasonable and it’s there to boost test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

They should just move the program out of Blair.

Crown is opening and it's in the middle of the County and closer to the two schools currently contributing over half of the magnet cohort.

That would give Blair 100 slots back so they don't need portable classrooms as much.

Idiot, the schools contributing most of the magnet cohort are in the DCC.

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You're making up the idea that 2 schools contribute over half the magnet cohort. The majority are from the Silver Spring and Wheaton area.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

Yeah, let's take highly rated programs out of east county and put them in west county, near you, for your convenience. Because that is all that matters, right?
That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

They should just move the program out of Blair.

Crown is opening and it's in the middle of the County and closer to the two schools currently contributing over half of the magnet cohort.

That would give Blair 100 slots back so they don't need portable classrooms as much.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

They should just move the program out of Blair.

Crown is opening and it's in the middle of the County and closer to the two schools currently contributing over half of the magnet cohort.

That would give Blair 100 slots back so they don't need portable classrooms as much.

Let's take highly rated programs out of east county and put them in west county, near you, for your convenience. Because that is all that matters, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Can Blair magnet courses be used for college credit?

No but students take AP exams for the related subject areas to get credit (even though they are not offical AP classes)

Wrong, many of those courses can get you out of college classes; for example, if you take linear algebra at Blair, you can test out of it at UMD.

That's nitpicking, basically the same as AP. The students can take a rear and get credit, same as AP, but worse because it only applies at UMD after enroll. And anyone at UMD can take those exams with or without a class at SMCS or any other.high school / EC program.

Note however that the UMD exam and credit is for non-honors MV Calculus / Differential Equations / Linear Algebra, so if an honors-level college student uses that credit they may have gaps in their college math education.

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Anonymous wrote:Can Blair magnet courses be used for college credit?

No but students take AP exams for the related subject areas to get credit (even though they are not offical AP classes)

Wrong, many of those courses can get you out of college classes; for example, if you take linear algebra at Blair, you can test out of it at UMD.

That's nitpicking, basically the same as AP. The students can take a rear and get credit, same as AP, but worse because it only applies at UMD after enroll. And anyone at UMD can take those exams with or without a class at SMCS or any other.high school / EC program.

Note however that the UMD exam and credit is for non-honors MV Calculus / Differential Equations / Linear Algebra, so if an honors-level college student uses that credit they may have gaps in their college math education.

You are not familiar with the program are you.

1) no, not just UMD - many schools recognize Blair and award credit for their courses
2) AP classes are not as specialized as many Blair magnet classes. There are no AP options for those classes but students can still get college credit for them at many universities as they are familiar with the program. If they are not, the school works with them to submit the syllabus to earn credit

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can Blair magnet courses be used for college credit?

No but students take AP exams for the related subject areas to get credit (even though they are not offical AP classes)

Wrong, many of those courses can get you out of college classes; for example, if you take linear algebra at Blair, you can test out of it at UMD.

That's nitpicking, basically the same as AP. The students can take a rear and get credit, same as AP, but worse because it only applies at UMD after enroll. And anyone at UMD can take those exams with or without a class at SMCS or any other.high school / EC program.

Note however that the UMD exam and credit is for non-honors MV Calculus / Differential Equations / Linear Algebra, so if an honors-level college student uses that credit they may have gaps in their college math education.

You are not familiar with the program are you.

1) no, not just UMD - many schools recognize Blair and award credit for their courses
2) AP classes are not as specialized as many Blair magnet classes. There are no AP options for those classes but students can still get college credit for them at many universities as they are familiar with the program. If they are not, the school works with them to submit the syllabus to earn credit

Interesting! What are some examples of college credits awarded for these custom credits? At the info session the presenter made a point of emphasizing that SMCS is not intended as a route to extra college credits.

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Anonymous wrote:There are no “average” kids in the program, but I’d consider my kid to be average among those in the program. He thinks he falls somewhere close to the mid point in relation to classmates (toward the top of the lower half). Didn’t take functions.

He’s introverted and there isn’t a lot of time or energy for socializing or hobbies outside of class with a long day and then homework. Homework and classes are very challenging but time consuming. Other kids manage sports or are very involved in several clubs (my kid stays after school for a club once or twice a week and doesn’t do a sport and gave up his instrument).

He has all As so far (sophomore year). Some of his friends have definitely had Bs (mostly in non magnet classes) but it seems all As is very common. The superstar kids are winning national and international competitions so all As isn’t a huge achievement.

Overall it’s a great place to be if your kid can cope with the work. Success requires a lot of motivation and organization as much as or more than academic brilliance.

That’s the issue concerning me. I know my kids will probably be getting mostly As, but I don’t think they will win any national and international competitions. Will they still be good fit for this school without feeling inferior to others? They won’t be superstars but rather average magnet students.

On another scale of comparison, just getting into the program has superstar quality. Congratulations to your student. I encourage them to try it. The staff work very hard to support students who turn out to struggle. And nobody says students have to stay in it, if it turns out that leaving the program is in the best interests of the student.

Earlier someone posted that Wootton sent 40 kids to Blair, Whitman sent 8, "very few" TKPK, but 25 seats were CAP local slots. Aren't there only 100 Magnet slots?

So about half the magnet came from only two W schools, and a quarter were local gimme's?

Wow! That's eye-opening! Seems the "Blair envy" is the only myth here?

There are no local gimmes. Stop with your snotty, lunatic westside arrogance.

If half the kids are from two only schools, how is that "arrogance"? I didn't pick them. MCPS picked them.

You also seem to be very angry about that statistic? Why?

I'm just saying that it's very strange that MCPS placed a magnet in a corner of the County where the majority of communities would have trouble accessing it? Why is that? Is there some special reason?

Please explain why my tax dollars fund a Magnet program in an area where half the kids have to be bussed across the county to reach it?

How is this not corruption?

There should be more magnet programs and parents should have to drive them given its a choice. However, they generally put them at lower preforming schools to boost up test scores. Its strategic.

They should double the size of the Blair SMCS cohort. That would put it closer to TJ in terms of selectivity, and TJ is still a very selective school.

They should just move the program out of Blair.

Crown is opening and it's in the middle of the County and closer to the two schools currently contributing over half of the magnet cohort.

That would give Blair 100 slots back so they don't need portable classrooms as much.

Too close to Poolesville.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can Blair magnet courses be used for college credit?

No but students take AP exams for the related subject areas to get credit (even though they are not offical AP classes)

Wrong, many of those courses can get you out of college classes; for example, if you take linear algebra at Blair, you can test out of it at UMD.

That's nitpicking, basically the same as AP. The students can take a rear and get credit, same as AP, but worse because it only applies at UMD after enroll. And anyone at UMD can take those exams with or without a class at SMCS or any other.high school / EC program.

Note however that the UMD exam and credit is for non-honors MV Calculus / Differential Equations / Linear Algebra, so if an honors-level college student uses that credit they may have gaps in their college math education.

You are not familiar with the program are you.

1) no, not just UMD - many schools recognize Blair and award credit for their courses
2) AP classes are not as specialized as many Blair magnet classes. There are no AP options for those classes but students can still get college credit for them at many universities as they are familiar with the program. If they are not, the school works with them to submit the syllabus to earn credit

Interesting! What are some examples of college credits awarded for these custom credits? At the info session the presenter made a point of emphasizing that SMCS is not intended as a route to extra college credits.

Most magnet kids take the related AP exams and do very well on them even though they have taken a different version of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can Blair magnet courses be used for college credit?

No but students take AP exams for the related subject areas to get credit (even though they are not offical AP classes)

Wrong, many of those courses can get you out of college classes; for example, if you take linear algebra at Blair, you can test out of it at UMD.

That's nitpicking, basically the same as AP. The students can take a rear and get credit, same as AP, but worse because it only applies at UMD after enroll. And anyone at UMD can take those exams with or without a class at SMCS or any other.high school / EC program.

Note however that the UMD exam and credit is for non-honors MV Calculus / Differential Equations / Linear Algebra, so if an honors-level college student uses that credit they may have gaps in their college math education.

You are not familiar with the program are you.

1) no, not just UMD - many schools recognize Blair and award credit for their courses
2) AP classes are not as specialized as many Blair magnet classes. There are no AP options for those classes but students can still get college credit for them at many universities as they are familiar with the program. If they are not, the school works with them to submit the syllabus to earn credit

Interesting! What are some examples of college credits awarded for these custom credits? At the info session the presenter made a point of emphasizing that SMCS is not intended as a route to extra college credits.

That’s true, they very much emphasize that it’s not an AP program, but the individual teachers of the advanced courses confirm that they can and do get credit at many colleges for classes that go beyond AP and for which no AP exam is available. Many also take AP exams when taking related magnet classes that do not follow the AP curriculum.