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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blair SMCS is the most competitive program in MCPS, mostly because it has the most applicants of any.  Poolesville's program is similar in content but only half the size and has fewer applicants from less competitive pyramids.[/quote]

How do you know there are fewer applicants in Poolesville SMCS, and less competitive pyramids?  You must be a Blair parent tooting your own horn.[/quote]

Don't worry pp. Just let them keep on assuming that. It's actually better for us, because it keeps our school smaller, people not wanting to move upcounty. These are folks that think every one point difference in MAP-M means their kids are smarter than ours. [/quote]

It's not an assumption. MCPS has released this data in the past. Further, [b]PHS STEM program has 50 slots whereas Blair has 100[/b].[/quote]

That makes sense because Poolesville's catchment area has about 17K HS students and Blair's has 34K.[/quote]

Then this does not make Blaire MORE competitive. [/quote]

Let's be honest the cream of the crop doesn't live way out in the boonies. The areas zoned for Blair's program include the more elite pyramids. [/quote]

What an effed up mindset you have.  So you're assuming that all kids from elite areas have the brains to be in magnet programs, and the kids who live in the boonies are less competitive?  Yet, Poolesville is #1 in MD -- so maybe the kids in the boonies are A LOT SMARTER than your elite kids?[/quote]

Half the kids at Poolesville HS aren't from Poolesville, and calling Germantown or Gaithersburg the boonies is a stretch. But the premise of the PP's post about "the cream of the crop" and "the elite pyramids" is also foolish.[/quote]

They are pretty far out and those are among the lowest achieving high-schools in the county.[/quote]

Yet another idiotic comment.  Grow up!  PHS is still #1 HS in MD (thanks to the kids from the “boonies”) where is Blair?[/quote]

If by #1 you mean minimal SES and racial diversity then sure.[/quote]

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