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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost all the kids DC knows in CAP applied to STEM but did not get in. DC also did not get in to STEM.

I don't know what all the CAP parents do but I can think of a bunch already who are in STEM related jobs like working in ed tech or network security.

Your stereotyping is kind of gross.[/quote]

Not the PP, but I think we're all kind of limited by who our kids hang out with, and I also think this is somewhat gendered. My CAP kid did not apply to STEM, not have been accepted if she had, and would have been 100% miserable if she'd applied and by some miracle been admitted.

Yes, CAP (and other non-Blair magnet programs) are treated as a fall-back option by some kids, mostly boys. But for some kids it is exactly where they want to be. It's also the closest thing to an arts magnet for kids interested in theater, documentary film making, and cinematography in the county. FWIW, my junior says that the kids struggling in the program are the ones who didn't want to be there to begin with. That makes sense. A program heavy on the arts is not going to be a perfect fit for every single kid, and I kind of feel badly for the kids who picked it (or whose parents picked it for them) because they didn't get into STEM. For those kids, I think they might have been happier in the regular program and doubling up on math and science with AP classes.

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