HS magnets question: Do you even bother applying if your child has a B?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

There are three STEM magnets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

No I’m asking what the three stem magnets are. I had no idea that being accepted to three stem magnet was a possibility, given that you can’t apply to both Blair and Poolesville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

The person who said that was a magnet parent. Also it’s irrelevant to the above post. What are you even talking about??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

There are three STEM magnets?

Maybe they are in the DCC and including the Wheaton programs (engineering or biomedical).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

No I’m asking what the three stem magnets are. I had no idea that being accepted to three stem magnet was a possibility, given that you can’t apply to both Blair and Poolesville.

Maybe PP is referring to the Biosciences and Engineering academies at Wheaton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

The person who said that was a magnet parent. Also it’s irrelevant to the above post. What are you even talking about??

First, you only need to use one question mark. Really, it suffices.

Second, there’s another lengthy thread on HS magnets already in this forum. In it, a PP was sincerely surprised to hear that kids in middle school magnet programs get Bs. Truly. The whole “Three??” had a very similar tone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

The person who said that was a magnet parent. Also it’s irrelevant to the above post. What are you even talking about??

First, you only need to use one question mark. Really, it suffices.

Second, there’s another lengthy thread on HS magnets already in this forum. In it, a PP was sincerely surprised to hear that kids in middle school magnet programs get Bs. Truly. The whole “Three??” had a very similar tone.

On the one hand this forum insists that everything gets all As and getting all As is no big deal. On the other they say that it’s common for magnet students not to get all As. It’s not. That is perpetuated by one magnet parent here whose kid is struggling in computer science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody knows exactly how the applicants are evaluated, and the application process is not that difficult (a couple of short prompts and a slightly longer essay). If your child is interested, I would still encourage them to apply.

Well except those people who read the criteria off the MCPS website.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A single B in MS? Yes, we did and DD was accepted at 3 STEM magnets.

Three??

Are you the same person in the longer HS magnet thread who is shocked that magnet students get Bs? LOL

The person who said that was a magnet parent. Also it’s irrelevant to the above post. What are you even talking about??

First, you only need to use one question mark. Really, it suffices.

Second, there’s another lengthy thread on HS magnets already in this forum. In it, a PP was sincerely surprised to hear that kids in middle school magnet programs get Bs. Truly. The whole “Three??” had a very similar tone.

I saw a breakdown on magnet HS gpa's somewhere not too long ago. I remember only 19 of 100 kids had an unweighted 4.5 or higher.

On the one hand this forum insists that everything gets all As and getting all As is no big deal. On the other they say that it’s common for magnet students not to get all As. It’s not. That is perpetuated by one magnet parent here whose kid is struggling in computer science.

[Anonymous]

I saw a breakdown on magnet HS gpa's somewhere not too long ago. I remember only 19 of 100 kids had an unweighted 4.5 or higher.

[Anonymous]

If your kid doesn’t take the Map testing in MS ( private) can you still apply?

[Anonymous]

My kid had plenty of Bs and even a couple Cs in the TP magnet. He got rejected from Blair stem magnet, but waitlisted at Wheaton stem magnet.

This is spring 2021.

So I would think a kid with one B has a chance, if my kid could get waitlisted.

And yes we are white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid doesn’t take the Map testing in MS ( private) can you still apply?

You have to really get on it and register for a MCPS account (ParentVue) and take the MAP before 11/4 when applications are due.