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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted above. I have a senior in Global and by attending Poolesville you can take many classes that are higher level math/science in junior/senior years.

My kid is taking MV and AP Physics C for example, which are options for Global students.  He is also taking the required AP Research class and will likely graduate with the AP Capstone diploma. He is currently applying for summer research program and being able to his primary discuss research experience on his applications is definitely a plus.

The kids at Poolesville are friendly and while it is a competitive school, they are generally competitive with trying to do the best themselves, and don’t try to bring others down. Since the school is at least 50 percent test in magnet (210/current 360 freshman class) there are a lot of new kids that attend each year from different schools and the kids are accepting.

They’ve revamped the Global program in the last 4-8 years and it’s a more rigorous program than it was before with the inclusion of AP Research/AP Seminar.

I personally think it’s the most mentally healthy magnet program out there too. All the field trips provide good bonding experiences for the kids and it’s a great break from the grind.  While your child may be a bit disappointed at getting WL at Blair, Global kids are known as the happiest kids in the school. The teachers at PHS are accepting/understanding of the field trips. The only exception to this is the lower level SMCs teachers who I’ve been told give Global kids a hard time and I think Poolesville even mentions that SMCs math is tough for Global students due to field trips. However that track is only available to kids who were accepted to SMACs/SMCs not who were WL anyway. My son was in the same boat accepted to Global and WL to SMCs.

The only teacher we struggled with in terms of being incredibly harsh with Global students and field trips was an AP Stats teacher who also teaches SMCs lower level math.  She gave my son a couple of zeros on small assignments because she didn’t believe in the Global makeup policy. I’m sure we could have fought it but we moved on and it ultimately didn’t make a difference in my son’s semester grade. We have had no issues with AP Physics/MV or BC teachers for example.

I have no idea what the average SAT score is for students in Global is since it’s not published separately only the whole school numbers are but I’d guess it’s fairly high. My son earned slightly lower than the average Blair SMAC SAT score which is a 1530 at 1520 (780 math).  He’ll graduate with 14 AP classes and a near perfect GPA. He earned one B second semester junior year and will earn 1 B has a first semester senior.  Poolesville kids do very well in general on AP scores.

I have a feeling now that Poolesville has a new school that the incoming Global student class will be even more competitive.

Good luck and congratulations. If you have any other questions, I’ll try to look back and respond.
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Thank you to pp who wrote the long post about the Global Ecology Program.

Right now, my kid is really down—even to the point of tears. I honestly didn’t realize just how much he cared about getting into Blair. Thinking about college admissions in the future, I’m starting to worry about his mental health. If high school admissions are this tough, college is going to be on a whole different level.

I think part of the reason he wants Blair so badly is that he’s scared of new environments. Since he takes the bus with Blair students, he’s gotten to know some of them and probably feels comfortable with that. But honestly, I think if he ended up going to Poolesville, he’d like it there too. He’s switched schools a few times already—three different elementary schools (once because we moved, once for CES) and now a middle school that’s pretty far from home. But through all of that, he’s never once said he hated school.

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