Blair STEM magnet experience - deep math and/or real world problem solving?

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Anonymous wrote:[list]Recently someone said the STEM magnet at Blair is focused on equations and individual work, while the Engineering program at Wheaton is more hands on, group work, and using math in action. My kids loves math and engineering, and is most interested in hands on projects and problem solving. Any insight from someone in the Magnet at Blair? Is it really just nose to the board equation solving? We are planning to go to the open house, but was hoping to hear feedback here as well. Thank you!

Those two programs are like apples and oranges. Blair magnet is many levels higher

Not necessarily. They have different focus.

-Blair alum

Exactly, and they both send plenty of students to the top universities in the country. Although also being a math magnet, Blair does have higher level math than Wheaton. But it's not a contest. Wheaton students would at least have multivariable calculus which may be right for engineering. Like you say, different focus.

So Wheaton offers something like magnet functions or complex analysis?

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Anonymous wrote:[list]Recently someone said the STEM magnet at Blair is focused on equations and individual work, while the Engineering program at Wheaton is more hands on, group work, and using math in action. My kids loves math and engineering, and is most interested in hands on projects and problem solving. Any insight from someone in the Magnet at Blair? Is it really just nose to the board equation solving? We are planning to go to the open house, but was hoping to hear feedback here as well. Thank you!

Those two programs are like apples and oranges. Blair magnet is many levels higher

Not necessarily. They have different focus.

-Blair alum

Exactly, and they both send plenty of students to the top universities in the country. Although also being a math magnet, Blair does have higher level math than Wheaton. But it's not a contest. Wheaton students would at least have multivariable calculus which may be right for engineering. Like you say, different focus.

So Wheaton offers something like magnet functions or complex analysis?

It doesn't look like it. Here is the Wheaton math classes: https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/SchoolCourseCatalogs/School/04782/MA

At the Wheaton magnet open house they said they start with magnet pre calc, which is two years and includes algebra II, then AP calc BC in grade 11, then multivariable calculus.

And they accept people who have not had geometry. They just have to do it over the summer before 9th grade.