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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We ended up going with RMIB, but it was a tough decision. We were impressed by both at the open houses. DH is a professor and felt that developing strong writing skills should be prioritized for college readiness, that high-level STEM work could come later if DC decided they wanted that. But our kid wasn't as into robotics and comp sci as some of their peers, and did very well with languages. Also really liked math, and met a young woman who ended up at Princeton for math who talked up RMIB. For DC RMIB was the right choice. I would say you need to have an excellent work ethic, because all the writing projects are very time-consuming. It is a grind in that sense, if that's what PP was referring to. Blair kids seem to have more time for ECs for that reason, too. Workload is not quite as time-intensive.[/quote]

Even if your child has a natural ability to pick up math and technical concepts quickly the Blair workload is really intense but I would say it is manageable. If your child struggles conceptually they may find Blair crushing. They can spend hours trying to understand the work and then many more hours actually doing it. 
The RMIB workload was different in that you could plow through it and if you put in the effort you can succeed but as PP said even if you work quickly and are really smart it will always take a lot of time. I hope that makes sense. You got out of it what you put into it. For Blair you could put in 100 hours of studying and still not do well or do worse than others if you just did not get something. [/quote]

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