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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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?[/quote]

Their families are less interested in committing to years of pricey STEM tutoring for their kids. [/quote]

Huh? Blair magnet parent here - never considered a tutor nor do I plan to. I figured that was the norm?[/quote]
I don't know anyone who had a tutor. I think that's just a story families tell themselves if their child was rejected. Many of the kids do have a strong STEM interest that they developed outside of school like being part of an extracurricular science or coding activity which probably helps them do better academically. It's no different from the kid who writes plays in his spare time and reads a lot or the kid who makes the varsity football team because he played peewee football for many years.[/quote]

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