Anonymous wrote:29 NMSF from RM and 41 from Blair. I'm not sure it tells you much other than both programs are really strong.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do your kids who applied to a magnet or multiple magnets not care much about potentially leaving their friends and home school? I think my kid would be perfect for one of the magnets, but I’m having trouble convincing him it’s even worth it to apply because he doesn’t want to leave his friends and home school. The idea that some of his friends might be applying for magnets doesn’t seem to be a motivator either. He’s otherwise smart and driven. I guess I’m curious if the motivation to apply to the magnets is driven by the kids or parents more.
For my kids and his friends very driven by them, not parents. But his friends were at TPMS so already had experience of leaving their home school, plus our home school is Blair. It would have been a tough decision to go else where, but all the TPMS magnet kids wanted to get in to Blair.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not exactly “personalities” but there are some very obvious demographic differences between CAP (largely upper middle class, white students) and magnet (many from Indian, Chinese, Korean and other Asian backgrounds often children of immigrants including the few who are white) at Blair. Nice kids either way.
Why is this? Why are there so few wealthy white families in SMCS relative to CAP, and why so many in CAP? Are the upper middle class white kids not as good in STEM or are their families less interested?
Both Blair magnet and CAP are predominantly UMC. This is not NYC, where the test-in magnets are dominated by working class first-generation kids whose parents work in restaurants and dry cleaners. The parents of both sets of kids tend to be feds, or journalists, or attorneys, or scientists, or college professors.
I have an upperclassman in CAP who attended the TPMS STEM magnet, so some visibility on both groups and while Blair magnet does have more first and second generation immigrant kids, they are just as wealthy or wealthier than the CAP kids.
Agree only the wealthiest families can afford to prep their kids sufficiently to get into these programs. I'm told it takes years of AoPS or RM to get to where one might have a shot at SMCS.
You were told wrong. Stop trying to create a myth.
Parent of a kid in SMCS who doesn’t even know what AOPS or RM are.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My DD received offers from Blair, RMIB, and Poolesville this year. She ultimately chose RMIB. Interestingly, most of her classmates who had multiple offers made the same choice, with only a few opting for Blair. It's important to note that each year, students may make different decisions. Perhaps in previous years, the majority of students chose Blair. Additionally, my daughter mentioned that the math program at RMIB may not be as competitive as she expected. So, while it's not accurate to say that Blair is definitively better than RMIB, individual preferences and program strengths certainly play a role in these choices
Furthermore, it's worth noting that Blair has a larger Asian student population, and this may contribute to their strong performance in competitions like the NMSF. Asian students often have a strong focus on academics, a value instilled by their parents, and this dedication to hard work deserves recognition
Anonymous wrote:Almost every kid at the Blair magnet we know also got in to RMIB and chose Blair. Many didn't even bother going to the RMIB shadow day because why bother.
The yield at Blair is almost 100%. They accept about 110-115 kids and about 105-110 of those kids go to Blair.
RMIB's yield is much lower, according to their own magnet director. DD does know multiple kids who claimed to have gotten into Blair but actually did not.
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Blair waitlist ever moves? Never heard of anyone getting off of it but several of DD's friends got waitlist offers for RMIB in the summer.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Blair waitlist ever moves? Never heard of anyone getting off of it but several of DD's friends got waitlist offers for RMIB in the summer.
At least one person got in right before the start of the year.
How odd. When we called we were told they not made any wait list offers and were not expecting to go to the waitlist.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Blair waitlist ever moves? Never heard of anyone getting off of it but several of DD's friends got waitlist offers for RMIB in the summer.
At least one person got in right before the start of the year.
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Blair waitlist ever moves? Never heard of anyone getting off of it but several of DD's friends got waitlist offers for RMIB in the summer.
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Blair waitlist ever moves? Never heard of anyone getting off of it but several of DD's friends got waitlist offers for RMIB in the summer.
Anonymous wrote:Which manget is the most uptight and competitive?
Anonymous wrote:Do your kids who applied to a magnet or multiple magnets not care much about potentially leaving their friends and home school? I think my kid would be perfect for one of the magnets, but I’m having trouble convincing him it’s even worth it to apply because he doesn’t want to leave his friends and home school. The idea that some of his friends might be applying for magnets doesn’t seem to be a motivator either. He’s otherwise smart and driven. I guess I’m curious if the motivation to apply to the magnets is driven by the kids or parents more.