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[quote=Anonymous]My kid was choosing between these two a few years ago. She did come out of TPMS,  but she has interests across the board in math, literature, arts, music and film .

I would not worry about coding experience.  That is not a prerequisite.  Also,  don't worry about robotics.  Most TPMS kids aren't into that anyway!

I would consider how willing your kid is to have half of the schedule be stem classes. You keep describing them as non-stem. Is that really true if they like physics and are interested in engineering? How interested are they? Blair has great physics courses -- fantastic teacher for physics 1 and quantum. There's mathematical physics, thermodynamics,  robotics, which would be in line with engineering.  There is also the required R&E class which is like applied physics in a shop setting. But, other than that, there is not much specifically geared to engineering. But you, kid could certainly come out of Blair with a great foundation for engineering. Is your kid ok with taking 2 years of cs and a few extra science classes?

My kid was a little burnt out by stem by sr year, but she is grateful for the program and experience. Also, the AP classes in humanities at Blair were good. Magnet and APs served her well to prepare for college. She is thriving,  having a big chunk of a math major done, thanks to Blair,  and taking math, film, politics,  music and theatre classes.

RM was her first choice, but, it was much farther away and had a reputation for having more work (which is probably not really more considering Blair's extea period). She decided it wasn't worth the commute. Also,  it was less flexible than Blair in terms of balancing a variety of interests.  Harder to dabble with the IB requirements.

Both are fantastic programs. Go to the admit days, ask lots of questions,  shadow a student (even if they don't advertise this,  it should be an option), ask for a current student to contact.  Mine was really torn and did all of this. It really helped, and she made the right choice for her. Good luck![/quote]

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