When do they notify about HS magnet school acceptances?

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What were median accepted scores for CAP and Blair math magnet?

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Anonymous wrote:What were median accepted scores for CAP and Blair math magnet?

For Blair it was 44 math and 92 verbal, 5 on the written.

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Anonymous wrote:What were median accepted scores for CAP and Blair math magnet?

For Blair it was 44 math and 92 verbal, 5 on the written.

Woops meant to write 52 verbal not 92

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Anonymous wrote:There was some mention of the size of envelope being different in rejection versus acceptance. Is there a difference. My DD wants to open herself but is super super nervous about it, and I was just wondering if I could get a heads up of what to expect by envelope size.

Hoping they come in mail this afternoon. The waiting is driving DD crazy!

Me again! DD got envelopes from CAP and RM yesterday (and based on the info I got here from you all, I was pretty sure they would good nes since both large manila envelopes) Accepted to both, and she is thrilled.

She didn't get anything from Blair Science yet.

DD starting to make the decision now I saw in a previous post the high number of kids who applied to RM IB. DD had heard about this too at the info night they held. Anyone know why it gets so many more applicants than the Science and CAP programs? Is it just because there are a couple of Science Magnets in the county and a Humanities program in poolsville that draws the kids from that side of the county from CAP?

I've been telling her how popular the program is doesn't necessarily mean that it is a better program FOR HER.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD waitlisted for Poolesville SMCS and Global, any suggestions to help increase the chances of acceptance???

I can't be sure that the application process works the same for HS as it did for MS, but we did send in a supllement (addition) to DD's application to Eastern Munanities when she was initially waitlisted. Anything new and relevant that might give a better picture of child was okay to send in (she had neglected to put in enough detail on clubs and activities). She was accepted from the waitlist soon thereafter, so might have helped. If there is anything that you left out or that has changed, you might send something in.

Otherwise, have some faith in seats opening up from kids who have to choose one from several acceptances, or get scared off by transportation needs.

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Anonymous wrote:There was some mention of the size of envelope being different in rejection versus acceptance. Is there a difference. My DD wants to open herself but is super super nervous about it, and I was just wondering if I could get a heads up of what to expect by envelope size.

Hoping they come in mail this afternoon. The waiting is driving DD crazy!

Me again! DD got envelopes from CAP and RM yesterday (and based on the info I got here from you all, I was pretty sure they would good nes since both large manila envelopes) Accepted to both, and she is thrilled.

She didn't get anything from Blair Science yet.

DD starting to make the decision now I saw in a previous post the high number of kids who applied to RM IB. DD had heard about this too at the info night they held. Anyone know why it gets so many more applicants than the Science and CAP programs? Is it just because there are a couple of Science Magnets in the county and a Humanities program in poolsville that draws the kids from that side of the county from CAP?

RMIB takes applicants from whole county so naturally, more students can apply. In addiiton, RMIB students attent all classes, except PE and music, with their peers, which means you get the best teachers and peers for your English and Social studies, as well as your science and math classes. In Blair SMAC, the students take English, Social studies, and foreign language classes with the local students. The student body in any given class is heterogeneous, and some of the teachers hardly teach anything in class.

I've been telling her how popular the program is doesn't necessarily mean that it is a better program FOR HER.

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Anonymous wrote:There was some mention of the size of envelope being different in rejection versus acceptance. Is there a difference. My DD wants to open herself but is super super nervous about it, and I was just wondering if I could get a heads up of what to expect by envelope size.

Hoping they come in mail this afternoon. The waiting is driving DD crazy!

Me again! DD got envelopes from CAP and RM yesterday (and based on the info I got here from you all, I was pretty sure they would good nes since both large manila envelopes) Accepted to both, and she is thrilled.

She didn't get anything from Blair Science yet.

DD starting to make the decision now I saw in a previous post the high number of kids who applied to RM IB. DD had heard about this too at the info night they held. Anyone know why it gets so many more applicants than the Science and CAP programs? Is it just because there are a couple of Science Magnets in the county and a Humanities program in poolsville that draws the kids from that side of the county from CAP?

I've been telling her how popular the program is doesn't necessarily mean that it is a better program FOR HER.

Well, the IB program is about all subjects, really - rigor in the humanities plus rigor in the sciences. So that is appealing to kids who excel in and are interested in both. I would guess there are some families in the western half of the county that don't want to send their kids off to Blair.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD waitlisted for Poolesville SMCS and Global, any suggestions to help increase the chances of acceptance???

I can't be sure that the application process works the same for HS as it did for MS, but we did send in a supllement (addition) to DD's application to Eastern Munanities when she was initially waitlisted. Anything new and relevant that might give a better picture of child was okay to send in (she had neglected to put in enough detail on clubs and activities). She was accepted from the waitlist soon thereafter, so might have helped. If there is anything that you left out or that has changed, you might send something in.

Otherwise, have some faith in seats opening up from kids who have to choose one from several acceptances, or get scared off by transportation needs.

+ 1. I think most kids at least applied to two programs if not all. These seats will open up pretty soon.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was some mention of the size of envelope being different in rejection versus acceptance. Is there a difference. My DD wants to open herself but is super super nervous about it, and I was just wondering if I could get a heads up of what to expect by envelope size.

Hoping they come in mail this afternoon. The waiting is driving DD crazy!

Me again! DD got envelopes from CAP and RM yesterday (and based on the info I got here from you all, I was pretty sure they would good nes since both large manila envelopes) Accepted to both, and she is thrilled.

She didn't get anything from Blair Science yet.

DD starting to make the decision now I saw in a previous post the high number of kids who applied to RM IB. DD had heard about this too at the info night they held. Anyone know why it gets so many more applicants than the Science and CAP programs? Is it just because there are a couple of Science Magnets in the county and a Humanities program in poolsville that draws the kids from that side of the county from CAP?

RMIB takes applicants from whole county so naturally, more students can apply. In addiiton, RMIB students attent all classes, except PE and music, with their peers, which means you get the best teachers and peers for your English and Social studies, as well as your science and math classes. In Blair SMAC, the students take English, Social studies, and foreign language classes with the local students. The student body in any given class is heterogeneous, and some of the teachers hardly teach anything in class.

I've been telling her how popular the program is doesn't necessarily mean that it is a better program FOR HER.

RMIB is the only magnet that is accessible to the whole county. SMAC is divided between Poolesville (9 clusters) and Blair (16 clusters). CAP is only the DCC.

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RMIB takes applicants from whole county so naturally, more students can apply. In addiiton, RMIB students attent all classes, except PE and music, with their peers, which means you get the best teachers and peers for your English and Social studies, as well as your science and math classes. In Blair SMAC, the students take English, Social studies, and foreign language classes with the local students. The student body in any given class is heterogeneous, and some of the teachers hardly teach anything in class.

This is only accurate insofar as it says that for humanities, magnet kids take classes with non-magnet kids. As a practical matter, the core humanities classes (English, history) tend to be all or almost all magnet kids, because that is how things shake out with the magnet schedule. Other, non-core humanities classes (philosophy) are truly mixed, which I am told is a positive thing because having other people in your classes is a breath of fresh air.

My magnet junior DC says that one of the best teachers he has had is his English teacher. The only teacher he complains about vis-a-vis "hardly teaching anything in class" is a magnet teacher.

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RMIB takes applicants from whole county so naturally, more students can apply. In addiiton, RMIB students attent all classes, except PE and music, with their peers, which means you get the best teachers and peers for your English and Social studies, as well as your science and math classes. In Blair SMAC, the students take English, Social studies, and foreign language classes with the local students. The student body in any given class is heterogeneous, and some of the teachers hardly teach anything in class.

This is only accurate re: magnet kids taking humanities classes with non-magnet kids. (Those kids may or may not be "local" depending on whether they are CAP students.)

As a practical matter, the core humanities classes (English, history) tend to be all or almost all magnet kids, because that is how things shake out with the magnet schedule. Other, non-core humanities classes (philosophy) are truly mixed, which I am told is a positive thing because having other people in your classes is a breath of fresh air.

My magnet junior DC says that one of the best teachers he has had is his English teacher. The only teacher he complains about vis-a-vis "hardly teaching anything in class" is a magnet teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was some mention of the size of envelope being different in rejection versus acceptance. Is there a difference. My DD wants to open herself but is super super nervous about it, and I was just wondering if I could get a heads up of what to expect by envelope size.

Hoping they come in mail this afternoon. The waiting is driving DD crazy!

Me again! DD got envelopes from CAP and RM yesterday (and based on the info I got here from you all, I was pretty sure they would good nes since both large manila envelopes) Accepted to both, and she is thrilled.

She didn't get anything from Blair Science yet.

DD starting to make the decision now I saw in a previous post the high number of kids who applied to RM IB. DD had heard about this too at the info night they held. Anyone know why it gets so many more applicants than the Science and CAP programs? Is it just because there are a couple of Science Magnets in the county and a Humanities program in poolsville that draws the kids from that side of the county from CAP?

RMIB takes applicants from whole county so naturally, more students can apply. In addiiton, RMIB students attent all classes, except PE and music, with their peers, which means you get the best teachers and peers for your English and Social studies, as well as your science and math classes. In Blair SMAC, the students take English, Social studies, and foreign language classes with the local students. The student body in any given class is heterogeneous, and some of the teachers hardly teach anything in class.

I've been telling her how popular the program is doesn't necessarily mean that it is a better program FOR HER.

RMIB is the only magnet that is accessible to the whole county. SMAC is divided between Poolesville (9 clusters) and Blair (16 clusters). CAP is only the DCC.

Thanks, that seems to explain a lot! And fits with my guesses

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Son got letters yesterday. As previously posted, large manila envelope from RM and small white envelope from PHS. Accepted to RMIB and all 3 programs (Global, Humanities and SMACS) at Poolesville. He is thinking between Global and SMACS, so safe to say another opening at RM for an IB wait pool candidate will be available.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What were median accepted scores for CAP and Blair math magnet?

For Blair it was 44 math and 92 verbal, 5 on the written.

Woops meant to write 52 verbal not 92

Looks like Bliar calculate Math differently.Probably # of correct answers vs. percentile of kids who solved that many problems. Any idea 52 out of how many questions? Should it be 60?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was some mention of the size of envelope being different in rejection versus acceptance. Is there a difference. My DD wants to open herself but is super super nervous about it, and I was just wondering if I could get a heads up of what to expect by envelope size.

Hoping they come in mail this afternoon. The waiting is driving DD crazy!

Me again! DD got envelopes from CAP and RM yesterday (and based on the info I got here from you all, I was pretty sure they would good nes since both large manila envelopes) Accepted to both, and she is thrilled.

She didn't get anything from Blair Science yet.

DD starting to make the decision now I saw in a previous post the high number of kids who applied to RM IB. DD had heard about this too at the info night they held. Anyone know why it gets so many more applicants than the Science and CAP programs? Is it just because there are a couple of Science Magnets in the county and a Humanities program in poolsville that draws the kids from that side of the county from CAP?

RMIB takes applicants from whole county so naturally, more students can apply. In addiiton, RMIB students attent all classes, except PE and music, with their peers, which means you get the best teachers and peers for your English and Social studies, as well as your science and math classes. In Blair SMAC, the students take English, Social studies, and foreign language classes with the local students. The student body in any given class is heterogeneous, and some of the teachers hardly teach anything in class.

I've been telling her how popular the program is doesn't necessarily mean that it is a better program FOR HER.

RMIB is the only magnet that is accessible to the whole county. SMAC is divided between Poolesville (9 clusters) and Blair (16 clusters). CAP is only the DCC.

Global Ecology at PHS is accessible to the whole county as well. It has to take 20-30 from Poole MS out of 70 something spots. So, the 1st round is very competitive.