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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid went to the engineering academy at Wheaton (waitlisted for magnet) - not bio. We really liked his STEM teachers. One had graduated from MIT (Mr Bates - look up whether he is still there - he was great), another from Naval Academy, both had been practicing engineers, etc. Good math teachers, etc.

We also loved Wheaton's building. It's fairly new - maybe a decade old? And really quite nice.

The humanities curriculum was pretty poor. Very little writing instruction/feedback. It's probably worse now that Honors for All is in effect in ninth and tenth grade. Meaning everyone is in the same honors English classes in ninth and tenth grade - there's no grade level below Honors.

Also, it's nice to go in bounds so I would factor in commute. I don't know enough about Blair to know how good the non-Magnet science offerings are. Try to talk to Blair parents/kids and ask about that.[/quote]

Oh also - he didn't get any special internships. I didn't hear anything about that. Maybe the magnet is different.[/quote]

I heard Mr Bates is leaving next year. He's going to teach abroad somewhere.[/quote]

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