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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there three separate groups for Blair: SMCs, CAP, and general?[/quote]

I don't have a kid in CAP, so I'm not sure. However, SMCS is separate from the general population. SMCS seniors and their families have access to both high school profiles.

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CAP and regular Blair kids also get into top colleges. It's not that separate.  Classes are together.  Non magnet kids can take mag electives. Magnet just adds a letter/mag profile in addition to school profile. [/quote]

Yes, I know. I have a kid at Blair. My point was that the magnet kids are evaluated separately using the magnet profile, at least at UMD. One of the AO’s confirmed when asked how UMD uses school profiles and evaluates transcripts. UMD also recalculates GPA because of differences across MD school systems and private schools.

And that’s why regular and CAP students also get into UMD and top schools. AO’s know that the magnets are separate programs that students had to apply countywide. 
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This is speculation with regard to top colleges.  They may take magnet status into account but unlikely that they'd evaluate magnet students "separately. "  [/quote]

Why unlikely? Different classes, schedule, and different teachers. It's a different school in almost everything except the physical building. [/quote]

That’s blatantly untrue. Only half the classes are magnet classes and in upper grades you don’t have to be a magnet student to take magnet electives .[/quote]

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