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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]#1 downside is going to a super large school with a large low achieving cohort.  Sure the kids who get selected are high achieving but many of them are in shock to some of the types of kids and their attitudes that they have never had to deal with before. Even TP middle was better compared to the sheer quaintly of kids my daughter encountered who had noooo interest in academics and simply attend to socialize. Many of them resent better off magnet kids too. We sent our less focused, younger son to private as we heard BCC and (to a lesser degree) Westland aren't much better.     [/quote]

This is a weird comment in that, by high school, the classes are going to be pretty compartmentalized. So, for next year's SMCS class, they would take the 4 core magnet classes, AP US History, Language 3 or 4 depending on when they started, Honors English, and an elective.

Honors English will not be cohorted next year, but every other class would be. It might not include only magnet kids, but it would include a pretty high-achieving group of kids that are zoned to Blair.

I'm not doubting that Blair is a more heteorgenous school than whatever you are zoned to, but the actual experience of a SMCS kid can be pretty rarified if they want it to be. [/quote]
Most magnet kid won’t be taking AP US history. [b]They are strongly advised against it[b].[/quote]

Getting used to the rigor of the magnet is challenge. APUSH is a reading intense class that has its own challenges. Hon US History worked well with the difficult history classes. If your child loves history I’d save it for a later year.

Why are they advising this?  DC loves history and is a strong writer.  What specifically will be so hard that a magnet 9th grader is advised against taking it?  Is it their schedule, workload, etc.??[/quote][/quote]

It’s the workload.[/quote]

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