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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does CAP have the same volume, intensity of advanced classes as the Blair magnet? How much easier is it to get in to?  Which has the most prestige?[/quote]
CAP is Communications and Arts Program. It can't never be as intense, rigorous or offers as much intensity of advanced classes as the SMCS (Sciences, Math & Computer Science) magnet.
Two different programs.[/quote]

Yes I understand that. What I don’t understand is CAP parents who strongly believe that CAP is just as challenging and just as competitive to get offered a place and just as rigorous with advanced classes as the stem magnet. I’ve met enough parents under this impression that I wondered if I was missing something. [/quote]

I'm a CAP parent, and friends with parents whose kids had a lot of great HS choices (Blair Magnet, RMIB, CAP), and none of the them have ever suggested CAP is harder to get into than the others. Rather, folks have said they are very happy that their child made the choice that was right for them, rather than getting swept up in which program is more "prestigious" at 14. [/quote]

This makes so much sense!  As a humanities grad myself I’m sort of confused by the comparison.  Math/science isn’t for everyone (even if they’re good at it).[/quote]

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