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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does MCPS have a school similar to TJ in Virginia?  What school would that be?[/quote]
No. They have magnet programs embedded in different schools. The top three in demand are Blair, Richard Montgomery, and Poolesville. But there are many more. 
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/ [/quote]

Are they any good?  Is it a difficult process to get in?  I had a foster child this year who went to an engineering magnet  middle school and I was shocked at how easy her classes were and how bad her teachers were.  [/quote]
[b]Blair magnet is a rough equivalent of TJ. Probably, slightly less rigorous but equally difficult to get in. RM magnet is humanities so can't be compared to TJ. [/b]
Don't know much about Poolesville.[/quote]

I don't think this is correct. Blair STEM program is as good as TJ but does not get the same attention as TJ because the structure MCPS runs magnets is so different than TJ (i.e., school within a school model vs whole school model of TJ). Also, RM/IB is not humanities program (I know many people do think that). IB is more about "balanced" education than "focused" education like Blair STEM or TJ.

PHS is only "whole" school magnet in MCPS but that's just name sake. Inclusion of ISP kids (local home school kids), makes it less than "whole" school magnet. [/quote]
yea my RMIB kid's EE is STEM related.  DC was kind of shocked at how much writing STEM researchers do.[/quote]

What is EE?  Extended essay?[/quote]

Yes, PP is reinforcing the point that RMIB is not a humanities magnet per se. Kids can elect to focus on STEM, but there is more analytical writing and fewer advanced electives than at Blair. I think the analytical writing focus is incredibly useful for college preparation.[/quote]
yep, exactly.

RMIB doesn't have as many selection of STEM classes like Blair magnet does, but it's not accurate to say that it's purely a humanities program.  They can choose to HL physics and CS, for example, which is what DC is doing.

And ITA, all that analytical essay writing has been really helpful for my STEM focused DC.[/quote]

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