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Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

TJ does not think about Blair nor is Blair concerned about TJ. Both are in different states and both are great schools.

Based on reading this forum, I get the impression Blair has a rivalry with TJ, but TJ doesn't care about Blair.


Blair is a lot harder to get in to. Doesn’t really compare but I’m not sure that kids at either school really care.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

TJ does not think about Blair nor is Blair concerned about TJ. Both are in different states and both are great schools.

Based on reading this forum, I get the impression Blair has a rivalry with TJ, but TJ doesn't care about Blair.


Blair is a lot harder to get in to. Doesn’t really compare but I’m not sure that kids at either school really care.

I have no idea, but based on the facts, Blair is much harder to get in to. There are only 100 spots per grade.

Not necessarily true without knowing the total number of applicants, and in this case we're specifically talking about the Blair SMCS ("SMAC") program.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

TJ does not think about Blair nor is Blair concerned about TJ. Both are in different states and both are great schools.

Based on reading this forum, I get the impression Blair has a rivalry with TJ, but TJ doesn't care about Blair.


Blair is a lot harder to get in to. Doesn’t really compare but I’m not sure that kids at either school really care.

I have no idea, but based on the facts, Blair is much harder to get in to. There are only 100 spots per grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

TJ does not think about Blair nor is Blair concerned about TJ. Both are in different states and both are great schools.

Based on reading this forum, I get the impression Blair has a rivalry with TJ, but TJ doesn't care about Blair.


Blair is a lot harder to get in to. Doesn’t really compare but I’m not sure that kids at either school really care.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

TJ does not think about Blair nor is Blair concerned about TJ. Both are in different states and both are great schools.

Based on reading this forum, I get the impression Blair has a rivalry with TJ, but TJ doesn't care about Blair.


Blair is a lot harder to get in to. Doesn’t really compare but I’m not sure that kids at either school really care.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

TJ does not think about Blair nor is Blair concerned about TJ. Both are in different states and both are great schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer is no, you cannot enter from ninth.

Except the people I know who got in later.

Didn’t happen.

That's what they told my neighbor's friend too, but eventually, they wore them down and were admitted.

How? There are hundreds of kids that don’t get admitted for ninth grade. Are you just suggesting that by calling and pestering you can get admitted for 10th? I suggest you post this on the MCPS board and see his they laugh you out of the place. It’s not even practical as there is no way to just pick up the rest of the cohort in 10th and catch up with where they are.

My neighbor who is a college professor had a colleague move to the area the summer before 11th grade. They were told it wasn't possible but he said they were able to make it happen with persistence. Their home school may also have been Blair.

Yes, this is possible. But it is not really with persistence or convincing the school. If you take Calc BC freshman or sophomore year, the world opens and you may take any magnet math class. If you take enough and do well, you may participate in the research project and I believe be considered to be "in the magnet".


This was also over a decade ago so things may be different today.

What likely happened is the home school was Blair and they joined Blair in 11th and were able to take magnet electives as are any Blair students in 11th grade that meet the prerequisites and get accepted to that class. That’s not the same as being in the magnet.

Well, that's what I thought but my neighbor claimed it was full access to the program including the 12th grade research classes.

Was your neighbor named Hans, by any chance?

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Anonymous wrote:The answer is no, you cannot enter from ninth.

Except the people I know who got in later.

Didn’t happen.

That's what they told my neighbor's friend too, but eventually, they wore them down and were admitted.

How? There are hundreds of kids that don’t get admitted for ninth grade. Are you just suggesting that by calling and pestering you can get admitted for 10th? I suggest you post this on the MCPS board and see his they laugh you out of the place. It’s not even practical as there is no way to just pick up the rest of the cohort in 10th and catch up with where they are.

My neighbor who is a college professor had a colleague move to the area the summer before 11th grade. They were told it wasn't possible but he said they were able to make it happen with persistence. Their home school may also have been Blair.

Yes, this is possible. But it is not really with persistence or convincing the school. If you take Calc BC freshman or sophomore year, the world opens and you may take any magnet math class. If you take enough and do well, you may participate in the research project and I believe be considered to be "in the magnet".


This was also over a decade ago so things may be different today.

What likely happened is the home school was Blair and they joined Blair in 11th and were able to take magnet electives as are any Blair students in 11th grade that meet the prerequisites and get accepted to that class. That’s not the same as being in the magnet.

Well, that's what I thought but my neighbor claimed it was full access to the program including the 12th grade research classes.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer is no, you cannot enter from ninth.

Except the people I know who got in later.

Didn’t happen.

That's what they told my neighbor's friend too, but eventually, they wore them down and were admitted.

How? There are hundreds of kids that don’t get admitted for ninth grade. Are you just suggesting that by calling and pestering you can get admitted for 10th? I suggest you post this on the MCPS board and see his they laugh you out of the place. It’s not even practical as there is no way to just pick up the rest of the cohort in 10th and catch up with where they are.

My neighbor who is a college professor had a colleague move to the area the summer before 11th grade. They were told it wasn't possible but he said they were able to make it happen with persistence. Their home school may also have been Blair.

Was your neighbor named Hans, by any chance?

Yes, this is possible. But it is not really with persistence or convincing the school. If you take Calc BC freshman or sophomore year, the world opens and you may take any magnet math class. If you take enough and do well, you may participate in the research project and I believe be considered to be "in the magnet".


This was also over a decade ago so things may be different today.

What likely happened is the home school was Blair and they joined Blair in 11th and were able to take magnet electives as are any Blair students in 11th grade that meet the prerequisites and get accepted to that class. That’s not the same as being in the magnet.

Well, that's what I thought but my neighbor claimed it was full access to the program including the 12th grade research classes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

TJ is always playing catch-up with Blair.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer is no, you cannot enter from ninth.

Except the people I know who got in later.

Didn’t happen.

That's what they told my neighbor's friend too, but eventually, they wore them down and were admitted.

Highly unlikely. MCPS admins can’t be ‘worn down’. Different now.

I disagree with this and also know a family that moved in during HS and was able to get their student a spot in Blair magnet starting as a sophomore. This was pre-covid. This kid was coming from out of state and was coming from a magnet program and was identified in that state as "gifted". They were moving in-bounds for Blair, so, Blair was their homeschool. There are always exceptions to rules. Principals have a lot of discretion about what goes on at their schools (even though they don't necessarily like to tell you this).

OP despite these unicorns that a few of us have heard of, I do agree that most likely the answer will be no.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair has a semirivalry with TJ, and they are hosting a math tournament next month for middle school students run by their math club, same as TJ.

The Blair one has been around for ever. Did TJ just copy them?

The Blair tournament page archive goes back to 2015. It's not clear which one was first, as TJ's tournament has been around since at least 2015.
The Blair tournament is free and has more tests, and no limit on students.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is no, you cannot enter from ninth.

Except the people I know who got in later.

Didn’t happen.

That's what they told my neighbor's friend too, but eventually, they wore them down and were admitted.

Highly unlikely. MCPS admins can’t be ‘worn down’. Different now.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer is no, you cannot enter from ninth.

Except the people I know who got in later.

Didn’t happen.

That's what they told my neighbor's friend too, but eventually, they wore them down and were admitted.

How? There are hundreds of kids that don’t get admitted for ninth grade. Are you just suggesting that by calling and pestering you can get admitted for 10th? I suggest you post this on the MCPS board and see his they laugh you out of the place. It’s not even practical as there is no way to just pick up the rest of the cohort in 10th and catch up with where they are.

My neighbor who is a college professor had a colleague move to the area the summer before 11th grade. They were told it wasn't possible but he said they were able to make it happen with persistence. Their home school may also have been Blair.

Yes, this is possible. But it is not really with persistence or convincing the school. If you take Calc BC freshman or sophomore year, the world opens and you may take any magnet math class. If you take enough and do well, you may participate in the research project and I believe be considered to be "in the magnet".


This was also over a decade ago so things may be different today.

What likely happened is the home school was Blair and they joined Blair in 11th and were able to take magnet electives as are any Blair students in 11th grade that meet the prerequisites and get accepted to that class. That’s not the same as being in the magnet.

Well, that's what I thought but my neighbor claimed it was full access to the program including the 12th grade research classes.