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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get disproportionate number of interns from these programs where I work (STEM related). They are extremely talented.[/quote]

I only hire my HS interns (more than 20) from Blair and TJ. They are all extremely talented and strong self-driven. I’ll not hire any more in the future from Blair once the regional model starts. [/quote]

Well that's pretty obnoxious. You won't even consider a student who might be a good fit? What about now -- you won't consider a student who goes to their home school and takes a heavy load of AP STEM courses? That says a lot about you.[/quote]

If you have ever supervised a HS intern, you’ll know it’s a service rather than a normal working relationship. You pay them but they don’t know a tiny bit about your research, but your time is also very limited. You won’t have time to teach them from scratch or meet them on a daily basis. What you can do is handing them a bunch of references, sample codes, lab materials, and expert them to start training themselves like a graduate student. That’s way way beyond a straight-A transcript with a bunch of AP courses. The reason I trust Blair and TJ is I know kids can survive there with a good resume can learn whatever they are requested to learn with minimal instruction. [/quote]

That's pretty terrible when not all smart kids have the same opportunities at their schools.[/quote]

Well, think about this scenario. You have a supplier who had supplied you the best quality parts for the past two decades. Now they tell you they had replicated their production line 6X with barely any cost increment, you will think twice if you still want to buy their products, or even if you want, you don't know which production line to use, right? It's the same situation here. MIT accepted so many Blair SMCS students every year not simply because they all have stellar resume (of course they do). For a district that GPA is so diluted, how do MIT decide to accept this student with 4.0 UWGPA and not that student with 4.0 UWGPA? Then think about college internship. For facebook for example, their internship application has a pull-down menu to indicate which college you are from. The options only have 4 or so colleges that are famous with their CS programs, and the 5th option is "others". You see the difference? That's the so-called feeder school. Now MCPS is tearing down the feeder programs, and it's the smart and hard-working students who are biting the consequences. [/quote]

Some of these kids aren't the best and brighest as they are playing catch up in math and other areas.  [/quote]

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