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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The National Merit Semi Finalists from Blair are overwhelmingly magnet students.  They are also overwhelmingly from Asian immigrant families.  Their success has little to do with Blair.[/quote]

The academic successes posted by Blair do seem to be associated with the magnet.  The magnet is a program that is insulated from the rest of Blair and magnet students keep to themselves even when taking nonmagnet classes with the general population.

My DC found the magnet useful as a window into Asian cram schools.  There was little challenging material taught in the program that is now open to anyone from Blair who wants to take advanced magnet classes.  It is a magnet in that it may be challenging compared to normal classes offered at Blair.  But it is not challenging compared to what is offered at 'W' schools.[/quote]

We live in the western part of the county and my child has found the magnet VERY challenging.  They take 8 classes instead of 7 with a longer school day.  They complete a whole year of physics in a semester and a whole year of chem in a semester.    He took pre-calc at the same time as his sister at a non-magnet school and it was a whole different class.   He would really have found more challenge at Whitman?[/quote]

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