Yet another magnet thread. What are the personalities of the students at various magnets?

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Anonymous wrote:Not exactly “personalities” but there are some very obvious demographic differences between CAP (largely upper middle class, white students) and magnet (many from Indian, Chinese, Korean and other Asian backgrounds often children of immigrants including the few who are white) at Blair. Nice kids either way.

Why is this? Why are there so few wealthy white families in SMCS relative to CAP, and why so many in CAP? Are the upper middle class white kids not as good in STEM or are their families less interested?

Reality is they apply and don't get in.

The statistics beg to differ. There were something like 250 white applicants and roughly 35 got in the other year. This was not much different than the average which was roughly 100 got in out of 800 applicants.

How could you know how many white applicants there were?

The data has been shared publicly. I think it was obtained through a FOIRA request by MCCPTA a year or so back.

Link please. Also which year?

Go to the MCCPTA group on Facebook and look through their posts last year.

Ok did that age can’t find anything at all. Which group? (There are several). What date?

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Anonymous wrote:In the Choice report they refer to Blair science math as a "magnet" but they say CAP is an "application" program. What is the difference?

Magnet is better and more selective, harder to get in to.

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I don’t think these high achieving kids should be separated a from the slower students.

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Anonymous wrote:In the Choice report they refer to Blair science math as a "magnet" but they say CAP is an "application" program. What is the difference?

Magnet is better and more selective, harder to get in to.

The choice report is several iterations of the magnet programs ago, so I'm not sure we ought to tie ourselves to the nomenclature.

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Anonymous wrote:In the Choice report they refer to Blair science math as a "magnet" but they say CAP is an "application" program. What is the difference?

Magnet is better and more selective, harder to get in to.

The choice report is several iterations of the magnet programs ago, so I'm not sure we ought to tie ourselves to the nomenclature.

The high school programs haven't changed at all so they can change the names all they want but it doesn't change the fact that the Kennedy application IB program is the same as RMIB or both Blair programs. FWIW have heard good things about Kennedy IB so I'm this is not a knock on that program but just that it's really different than the more selective ones.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC said to me that Blair STEM magnet kids are really smart but socially awkward.

DC said RMIB kids tend to be more well rounded -- smart in STEM as well as great writers, and they are all involved in various different types of outside activities, not just STEM related.

That's funny. The RMIB kids are really socially awkward but in an arrogant in-your-face way and they are so socially awkward they don't realize how they come off to others. The Blair kids we know tend to be more humble.

That does seem to be the stereotype. I guess it’s a program for nerds.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC said to me that Blair STEM magnet kids are really smart but socially awkward.

DC said RMIB kids tend to be more well rounded -- smart in STEM as well as great writers, and they are all involved in various different types of outside activities, not just STEM related.

That's funny. The RMIB kids are really socially awkward but in an arrogant in-your-face way and they are so socially awkward they don't realize how they come off to others. The Blair kids we know tend to be more humble.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC said to me that Blair STEM magnet kids are really smart but socially awkward.

DC said RMIB kids tend to be more well rounded -- smart in STEM as well as great writers, and they are all involved in various different types of outside activities, not just STEM related.

That's funny. The RMIB kids are really socially awkward but in an arrogant in-your-face way and they are so socially awkward they don't realize how they come off to others. The Blair kids we know tend to be more humble.

I have a child who goes to RMIB. The kids she hangs out with are funny, fun, and have very mainstream interests (football games, homecoming, birthday parties, etc). They are not at all arrogant, and while they are mostly in RMIB, not all of them are. My child works hard at school and is into sports but doesn't have any other ECs at school. It really depends upon the friends the kids make.

I bet there are arrogant kids, socially awkward kids, etc in the general RM population too.

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Poolesville SMCS was the coolest experience. Really nice teachers, students and chilled parents. Very cooperative and welcoming group of students. Parents are not hyper-competitive like Blair and RMIB, so it is not a pressure cooker environment. Kids and parents are not super networked or legacy, and parents do not manipulate participation in ECs, scholastic, or other opportunities. That does reflect on admissions to Ivies but somehow that kind of college craze is also not there.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC said to me that Blair STEM magnet kids are really smart but socially awkward.

DC said RMIB kids tend to be more well rounded -- smart in STEM as well as great writers, and they are all involved in various different types of outside activities, not just STEM related.

That's funny. The RMIB kids are really socially awkward but in an arrogant in-your-face way and they are so socially awkward they don't realize how they come off to others. The Blair kids we know tend to be more humble.

I have a child who goes to RMIB. The kids she hangs out with are funny, fun, and have very mainstream interests (football games, homecoming, birthday parties, etc). They are not at all arrogant, and while they are mostly in RMIB, not all of them are. My child works hard at school and is into sports but doesn't have any other ECs at school. It really depends upon the friends the kids make.

I bet there are arrogant kids, socially awkward kids, etc in the general RM population too.

Agreed. And there certainly are at Blair as well, because I know some of them!

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Blair SMCS parent here. I was surprised by how many kids come from just a couple of schools versus a more broad smattering across the county. I expected a lot of Tacoma middle school magnet kids, but there are a large group of Frost kids this year too yet very few that would have been zoned for the W schools or BCC. I assume they preferred their home schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair SMCS parent here. I was surprised by how many kids come from just a couple of schools versus a more broad smattering across the county. I expected a lot of Tacoma middle school magnet kids, but there are a large group of Frost kids this year too yet very few that would have been zoned for the W schools or BCC. I assume they preferred their home schools.

Wait. There are a lot of Frost kids, but not kids zoned for a W school? Frost feeds to Wootton, which is by definition a W school.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair SMCS parent here. I was surprised by how many kids come from just a couple of schools versus a more broad smattering across the county. I expected a lot of Tacoma middle school magnet kids, but there are a large group of Frost kids this year too yet very few that would have been zoned for the W schools or BCC. I assume they preferred their home schools.

How can you possibly claim to know everyone who is in the program at this point?

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Anonymous wrote:Poolesville SMCS was the coolest experience. Really nice teachers, students and chilled parents. Very cooperative and welcoming group of students. Parents are not hyper-competitive like Blair and RMIB, so it is not a pressure cooker environment. Kids and parents are not super networked or legacy, and parents do not manipulate participation in ECs, scholastic, or other opportunities. That does reflect on admissions to Ivies but somehow that kind of college craze is also not there.

+1000 Excellent school

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Anonymous wrote:My DC said to me that Blair STEM magnet kids are really smart but socially awkward.

DC said RMIB kids tend to be more well rounded -- smart in STEM as well as great writers, and they are all involved in various different types of outside activities, not just STEM related.

That's funny. The RMIB kids are really socially awkward but in an arrogant in-your-face way and they are so socially awkward they don't realize how they come off to others. The Blair kids we know tend to be more humble.

I have a child who goes to RMIB. The kids she hangs out with are funny, fun, and have very mainstream interests (football games, homecoming, birthday parties, etc). They are not at all arrogant, and while they are mostly in RMIB, not all of them are. My child works hard at school and is into sports but doesn't have any other ECs at school. It really depends upon the friends the kids make.

I bet there are arrogant kids, socially awkward kids, etc in the general RM population too.

There's always a small subset of kids like yours PP but it's not the norm