Takoma Magnet

[Anonymous]

I am a parent of a child in 5th grade. Takoma Park’s magnet changed to a lottery during the pandemic, drawing from the top 15 percent. Is the Takoma Park cohort still good, now drawing from such a large pool? I also heard that Takoma Park used to be where all those kids with the really high Map-M scores went, making up a good chunk of the Blair magnet. Is that still true? Finally, if my child was applying before it was a lottery, what percentile of MAP-M scores generally were accepted (99, high 99, 97-99?)?

[Anonymous]

This year will be the first year that lottery middle school kids apply for high schools so it’s yet to be seen if a large proportion of the lottery selected TPMS magnet kids get in to the Blair magnet. Last year about 40 kids got in, but they weren’t selected through a lottery. When my kid was accepted before the pandemic he had 99 percentile MAP and 99 percentile COGAT. My younger child also had 99 percentile MAP-M (higher than sibling) and got in through the lottery.

[Anonymous]

It's still a G&T cohort, but fewer high-fliers than before. Nevertheless, some very bright and talented kids in this program who are able to do the work without having dumbed anything down.

[Anonymous]

Where does 270 fall on map m for 5th grade? 99 or high 99?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where does 270 fall on map m for 5th grade? 99 or high 99?

It doesn't matter. 270 gets you in pool no matter what ES you are coming from.