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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][list]Recently someone said the STEM magnet at Blair is focused on equations and individual work, while the Engineering program at Wheaton is more hands on, group work, and using math in action. My kids loves math and engineering, and is most interested in hands on projects and problem solving. Any insight from someone in the Magnet at Blair? Is it really just nose to the board equation solving? We are planning to go to the open house, but was hoping to hear feedback here as well. Thank you![/quote]

Those two programs are like apples and oranges. Blair magnet is many levels higher[/quote]
Not necessarily.  They have different focus.

-Blair alum[/quote]

Exactly, and they both send plenty of students to the top universities in the country. Although also being a math magnet, Blair does have higher level math than Wheaton. But it's not a contest. Wheaton students would at least have multivariable calculus which may be right for engineering. Like you say, different focus.[/quote]

So Wheaton offers something like magnet functions or complex analysis?[/quote]

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