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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS chose Wheaton Biomed over Blair SMCS and it was the best choice he could have made. Amazing experience. He started a bio project at Wheaton and carried it through to his lab in college. Wheaton also introduced him  to bio-informatics which he has incorporated into his work. DS is on his way to med school next year.  My other child did Blair SMCS and it is a very different experience.  If your kid is at all interested in bio, consider Wheaton.  It’s also a great school (and a beautiful building).  [/quote]

Can you tell me a little more about the differences between Blair and Wheaton? It’s looking like we’ll end up with one kid in SMCS and one in Wheaton PLTW.[/quote]

In our experience, Wheaton biomed was much more of a program with a defined cohort who shared common interests and got to know each other really well. It was a tight group. The projects helped this. DS also got to know his teachers well and they are interested and encouraging. DS still keeps in touch with a couple of them. Wheaton is smaller generally and something about the school is just friendlier. Blair SMCS in our experience was more just taking classes, it was much less defined and more individual. Friendships were from sports or clubs, or from kids’ home middle schools, not so much from the program.  If you are unsure about specializing in bio, that may be a consideration, Blair is broader.[/quote]

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