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[quote=Anonymous]My DC chose the VAC at Einstein over Blair SMCS, CAP, Biomed at Wheaton, and probably some other things I’m forgetting.

The VAC is amazing for art. Einstein is smaller and less competitive for both athletics and academics than Blair. (I’m not as familiar with Wheaton.) DC has found Einstein to be a very supportive environment overall, with a solid academic peer group.

Some downsides:
- If you don’t live in the DCC, transportation is not provided. With the upcoming dissloution of the DCC, I wouldn’t plan on transportation being provided period. 
- Course selection at Einstein is extremely limited for an academically-oriented student, especially in STEM. Math tops out at BC Calc / AP Stats, and there is no AP science. This could potentially change if they drop local IB in the regional model, but the peer cohort could also change with the redistricting and dissolution of the DCC. 
- The VAC is 2 periods a day for all 8 semesters, so there is no room for any other courses beyond the five core academic subjects - math, English, science, history, world language. Senior year, your child will have to drop at least one of history, science & world language to fit in PE. They’ll have to drop more than one of those if they haven’t already taken Heath and Tech. Both of those can be taken in summer school. Some kids will have completed the Tech requirement in middle school. [/quote]

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