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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both the Poolesville and Blair SMACs are HS choice Magnet programs.  Both offer classes that are not offered in other HS curriculum (especially advanced math).  Both are non-lottery applications.  However, both no longer use a Nationally-recognized test to qualify applicants, since MAP is only an indicator of "grade-level" progress and the course offerings are somewhat static, so it's not really a G-T program per-se, although most G-T kids are "grade-level" advanced, so there is significant overlap.

A factor that some college admissions boards may take note of are the national school rankings.  College admissions boards don't normally take the time to examine each HS individually, so will rely upon past performance of students they received as well as well-known national rankings as indicators of success.  For the latter, US News is probably the most widely-known national school ranking system, however, GreatSchools, Niche, Patch, etc. all are roughly comparable.

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Someone's got a bad case of Blair envy. [/quote]

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