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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please don't flame me for expressing an honest opinion.  RM IB is hard and the competition is high.  You must work hard and you do benefit from the experience---especially at a good university.

CAP was good but no longer has the excellence experienced a few years ago.  Assimilating with the regular school may be the cause but I don't know.  Sadly, it is not a rigorous program anymore.

If you look at the Blair magnet Intel prize winners you will notice that they are from outside the Blair catchment area.  They would do well anywhere and their projects seem to have little to do with Blair.  [/quote]

I'm not flaming you but I wish you would back up your claims with some data or even anecdotes beyond one quote in Silver Chips and Dan Reed.

DC has gone from Eastern to CAP (after being admitted to both).  After Eastern, CAP doesn't seem super difficult to her, but it certainly is interesting/challenging.  She loves the interdisciplinary aspect, the opportunity to work on media projects, the integrated way the teachers teach, etc.  Her non-CAP classes include lots of AP and a very challenging math class where she works two years ahead.

I'm sure CAP isn't as much work or as "hard" as RM is, and that's one of the reasons we chose CAP.  Some kids will not want to be doing that much work, and may want to concentrate on extracurriculars too, in order to develop a certain kind of college application profile and just to become a well-rounded person.

I don't know if you are the same "Blair basher" that posted about the Magnet being not as good, Intel participants coming from outside the catchment area for Blair, etc. etc.  but I don't really get why you have such a chip on your shoulder.

Sure, RM is a good school and it does have a higher SES profile than the Blair population.  But for those of us that know and are positive about the many good things about our school, why can't you just accept that?  The two programs are different -- one is certainly "harder" but that doesn't necessarily make it better -- and everyone needs to make their own choice.

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