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[quote=Anonymous]PP with kid accepted to Global/WL at Blair. Make sure you attend the accepted Open House at Poolesville. While the disappointment is understandable with such a high MAP score, hopefully your child comes around and realizes that GE is really the best program :).

When we went to accepted student night, they definitely tried to “sell” GE as an alternative to SMCs on accepted student night.  It’s not just spin either. One thing, I just remembered is the first week of school kids in Honors Algebra 2 could take a test to see if they qualify for SMCs math. They took a few Global/Humanities kids. I think your child would be in a good place to have a great shot at taking one of those spots given their high MAP score and coming from Takoma Park.   I would call Allison Wilder and ask what their current policy is and likelihood of SMCs math. Maybe ask how many students they took last year etc. We found her to be honest and direct.

My senior is fairly quiet and doesn’t even know which house many of the other kids are in. It’s not like Hogwarts where they wear different color robes.  I only know that MV and AP Physics have many SMCs kids in them because of things mentioned by the teachers at Back to School Night.

One of the things that might help is to lay the PHS SMCs program requirements against the GE ones to see how what electives to take, if he really wants to mirror the SMCs program as much as possible. I would compare PHS SMCs against GE since Blair’s program is probably a bit different.  You may find that the programs aren’t as different as you might think. I had a friend last year whose kid wanted GE and ended up in Humanities. Mom was concerned and I lined the classes up with her and showed her that it’s really only a few required classes that are different, which eased her anxiety.  I’m sure one of the counselors can also help with suggestions to make his schedule more SMCs like if that’s his preference.

If your child takes CS A as an elective freshman year, they’ll definitely be in SMCS CS as a sophomore- I know because my son was in it for a couple of weeks before switching to STAT. If they take SMCs math, they’ll have at least 2 SMCs level classes as a sophomore.

Perhaps his disappointment is somewhat based on friends who are going to Blair than anything else, which is understandable. Good Luck.

The field trips are really awesome though and give a lot of material to help with college essay writing.

Writing on this forum is a good distraction for us as we are waiting for important college decisions. UMD is Friday.

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