Applying to the Magnet
Four W's and How
Selection Criteria
Application Forms
About Testing
What are you applying to?
The Blair Magnet Program is funded to accept 100 Montgomery County students for its incoming 9th Grade class. Because the Magnet Program's curriculum is interrelated between grades and sequentially different from other high schools, only students entering 9th Grade are accepted. No mid-high school transfer of students is permitted. However, juniors and seniors enrolled in other Montgomery County high schools who meet the prerequisites and can provide their own transportation are eligible for magnet electives that are not offered at their home school.
Who should apply?
Students in Grade 8 with a strong interest in science, mathematics, and computer science who are enrolled in at least Algebra I may apply to the Blair Magnet Program for entrance the following school year. Applicants must reside in one of the following MCPS high school clusters at the time of testing (for more information on testing, see below): Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Winston Churchill, the Downcounty Consortium (Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Northwood, Wheaton), the Northeast Consortium (Blake, Paint Branch, Springbrook), Walter Johnson, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Sherwood, Walt Whitman, or Thomas S. Wootton. Students in other high school clusters can apply to the Poolesville Magnet Program.
Where and when can you get additional information?
Each fall there are informational meetings about the Magnet for interested students and their parents/guardians. For prospective students entering high school in 2025-26, a meeting will be held for interested students and their parents on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 7pm in the Blair Auditorium.
How do you apply?
MCPS families should visit the county web site for application information (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/). We are expecting application information to be available by October 4. Applications will be available through Synergy ParentVUE. Applications for the 2025-26 school year are due on November 1, 2024.
Further questions? Call the Magnet Program at (240) 740-7218.
