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Anonymous wrote:My DD attended and found it wonderful. She took Geo in 8th so not really so ahead in Math. Work load was not easy but she is a kid who was focused on school...though she also did track and xc for 4 years.

Geometry in 8th is in fact 2 years ahead of "the standard" and 1 year ahead of "the norm."

The standard is Math 8 in 8th grade, Algebra in 9th, and Geometry in 10th. This gets one to pre-calc as a senior.

The norm that is pushed (and typical for many students) is Algebra in 8th, Geometry in 9th, Algebra 2 in 10th. This gets one to calculus as a senior.

Looking at the Blair Magnet listing, appears one can start with Magnet Geometry. Notice that, compared to "regular", where the norm is 1 year of Algebra 2 followed by 1 year of Pre-Calculus, magnet is accelerated as a 1 1/2 year Pre-Calc A/B/C course that replaces the standard two years of Algebra 2 and Pre-Calc.

To the OP, the Blair Magnet math requirement is rigorous. If your DC is fine with the math, then no problem. But if mathematics is not their strongest subject, the program could be a challenge.

Link to the listings, if that helps. But you probably already know this.
https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m a magnet student currently and I would highly recommend. I was one year ahead in math when I came but that became somewhat irrelevant after a year or two. It’s also definitely not “cutthroat,” there is nothing to compete for. As for the number of credits, it doesn’t really matter since in the end you have all you need to graduate, the rest is just whatever you want to take for fun.

Magnet catches you up to kids who started Algebra in 6th. You aren't ahead but a normal MCPS track. Glad you are enjoying it. It's pretty easy to have the bulk of your credits done by the start of junior year if you start in MS and plan it well. The problem with magnet is there is no flexibility in classes so you have to like what they offer. We turned it down for that reason.

You can keep telling yourself that but there is plenty of flexibility so you apparently turned it down for a reason that doesn’t make any sense.

There is an extra class and few electives. Look at it.

Here is the magnet class options. Decide for yourself

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses_sci.php

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Magnet catches you up to kids who started Algebra in 6th. You aren't ahead but a normal MCPS track. Glad you are enjoying it. It's pretty easy to have the bulk of your credits done by the start of junior year if you start in MS and plan it well. The problem with magnet is there is no flexibility in classes so you have to like what they offer. We turned it down for that reason.

Hi, the poster here again. As people have been saying, the lack of flexibility is simply not true. It might be true your first couple years but it isn't when you are an upperclassman. I had taken several math credit (I started algebra in 5th) and some language in MS but I had no excess of credits that made my schedules less busy than anyone else.

No school allows algebra in 5th so you are making it up and all kids can take language starting in 6th but you still need a minimum of two years in hs.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m a magnet student currently and I would highly recommend. I was one year ahead in math when I came but that became somewhat irrelevant after a year or two. It’s also definitely not “cutthroat,” there is nothing to compete for. As for the number of credits, it doesn’t really matter since in the end you have all you need to graduate, the rest is just whatever you want to take for fun.

Magnet catches you up to kids who started Algebra in 6th. You aren't ahead but a normal MCPS track. Glad you are enjoying it. It's pretty easy to have the bulk of your credits done by the start of junior year if you start in MS and plan it well. The problem with magnet is there is no flexibility in classes so you have to like what they offer. We turned it down for that reason.

You can keep telling yourself that but there is plenty of flexibility so you apparently turned it down for a reason that doesn’t make any sense.

There is an extra class and few electives. Look at it.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says there isn’t much home work is lying. My kid does three hours or more most nights. It’s not possible to scrimp on the homework, the volume is too high to do it quicker.

I’m not lying. My just graduated kid absolutely did NOT do three hours of homework a night!

Mine either...I mean not that it never happened but it was not a regular thing. Different kids work at different rates and of course class selection matters. Mine did not take functions.

Your kids were working the system and doing the bare minimum. It’s simply not possible to get the work done quicker if you do it all.

Mine is a new Cornell graduate working as a software developer for Microsoft out earning me!. She got 1 B her freshman year at Blair with all As otherwise. I did not monitor her work but I have no concerns.

You do realize graduating 5 years ago with a different curriculum is very different from today.

What curriculum changes were implemented?

There is really no curriculum in hs. It’s honors for everyone and no textbooks, not much if anything b

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says there isn’t much home work is lying. My kid does three hours or more most nights. It’s not possible to scrimp on the homework, the volume is too high to do it quicker.

I’m not lying. My just graduated kid absolutely did NOT do three hours of homework a night!

Mine either...I mean not that it never happened but it was not a regular thing. Different kids work at different rates and of course class selection matters. Mine did not take functions.

Your kids were working the system and doing the bare minimum. It’s simply not possible to get the work done quicker if you do it all.

Mine is a new Cornell graduate working as a software developer for Microsoft out earning me!. She got 1 B her freshman year at Blair with all As otherwise. I did not monitor her work but I have no concerns.

Sounds like she worked the system then. That B was probably 79 and 71 percent.

And every a was a 89.6. Or maybe she paid someone to do her hw. Maybe she bribed her teachers. So many possibilities because it could not possibly be that some kids just work faster than others (which does not mean they are smarter).

I have a kid in magnet and this is absolutely what all the kids are doing, def gaming the system.

Also rampant cheating by one certain group of kids.

Do you mean by a certain ethnic group?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says there isn’t much home work is lying. My kid does three hours or more most nights. It’s not possible to scrimp on the homework, the volume is too high to do it quicker.

I’m not lying. My just graduated kid absolutely did NOT do three hours of homework a night!

Mine either...I mean not that it never happened but it was not a regular thing. Different kids work at different rates and of course class selection matters. Mine did not take functions.

Your kids were working the system and doing the bare minimum. It’s simply not possible to get the work done quicker if you do it all.

Mine is a new Cornell graduate working as a software developer for Microsoft out earning me!. She got 1 B her freshman year at Blair with all As otherwise. I did not monitor her work but I have no concerns.

Sounds like she worked the system then. That B was probably 79 and 71 percent.

And every a was a 89.6. Or maybe she paid someone to do her hw. Maybe she bribed her teachers. So many possibilities because it could not possibly be that some kids just work faster than others (which does not mean they are smarter).

I have a kid in magnet and this is absolutely what all the kids are doing, def gaming the system.

Which ? Bribing teachers or paying others to do their hw? Both? Let's go to other way and say your kid needs to put their phone down and focus if they want to get it done efficiently.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says there isn’t much home work is lying. My kid does three hours or more most nights. It’s not possible to scrimp on the homework, the volume is too high to do it quicker.

I’m not lying. My just graduated kid absolutely did NOT do three hours of homework a night!

Mine either...I mean not that it never happened but it was not a regular thing. Different kids work at different rates and of course class selection matters. Mine did not take functions.

Your kids were working the system and doing the bare minimum. It’s simply not possible to get the work done quicker if you do it all.

Mine is a new Cornell graduate working as a software developer for Microsoft out earning me!. She got 1 B her freshman year at Blair with all As otherwise. I did not monitor her work but I have no concerns.

Sounds like she worked the system then. That B was probably 79 and 71 percent.

And every a was a 89.6. Or maybe she paid someone to do her hw. Maybe she bribed her teachers. So many possibilities because it could not possibly be that some kids just work faster than others (which does not mean they are smarter).

I have a kid in magnet and this is absolutely what all the kids are doing, def gaming the system.

Also rampant cheating by one certain group of kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says there isn’t much home work is lying. My kid does three hours or more most nights. It’s not possible to scrimp on the homework, the volume is too high to do it quicker.

I’m not lying. My just graduated kid absolutely did NOT do three hours of homework a night!

Mine either...I mean not that it never happened but it was not a regular thing. Different kids work at different rates and of course class selection matters. Mine did not take functions.

Your kids were working the system and doing the bare minimum. It’s simply not possible to get the work done quicker if you do it all.

Mine is a new Cornell graduate working as a software developer for Microsoft out earning me!. She got 1 B her freshman year at Blair with all As otherwise. I did not monitor her work but I have no concerns.

Sounds like she worked the system then. That B was probably 79 and 71 percent.

And every a was a 89.6. Or maybe she paid someone to do her hw. Maybe she bribed her teachers. So many possibilities because it could not possibly be that some kids just work faster than others (which does not mean they are smarter).

I have a kid in magnet and this is absolutely what all the kids are doing, def gaming the system.