Anonymous
05/14/2022 21:58
Subject: Poolesville versus Blair?
My daughter is a Freshman at PHS SMCS and absolutely loves it!! We already live in Hyattstown so we like small, rural, and safe schools and community for our child. She is in the top 1 and 2% score-wise across the board, has all 4.0's and 1 AP since it is her FY. We are 100% happy and look forward to our youngest going there as well but for Ecology or Humanities and to join the Riding Club. What other HS has a Riding Club?
Anonymous
05/12/2022 07:54
Subject: Poolesville versus Blair?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Practically it's a bit easier to get into Poolesville SMAC than Blair SMAC. For Poolesville, you'll also have global ecology to choose if you don't get in SMAC. It's also a magnet program.
From anecdotal point of view, I've interviewed and then mentored a dozen of SMAC students and TJ students for competitive research internship positions. Honestly I feel TJ kids show more integrity. Smart yet not bold. The majority of Blair kids I supervised are ambitious and self-driven, not a good team player. Poolsville kids are relatively more humble, with less skill and less personality. I personally prefer TJ kids the most.
Interesting. Know a prof with a lab who year over year gets requests from magnet students for an internship. Prefers the PHS kids over Blair - thinks they know their stuff better. Go figure.
I agree.
Hello PHS parents