Are MC magnet programs worthwhile

[Anonymous]

There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kid is in the math/sci program and went through zero wringers. If you put your kids through a wringer, that's on you.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

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My kid is one of those. Perfect SAT scores, 10 scores of five on APs, straight As in an MCPS magnet.

No wringer, no prepping, and I take zero credit. This is how this kid came into the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

Two kids went or is in HS magnet. Going to the Magnet was never a goal for the the parents and kids. Child one was bored to death in home MS but started to enjoy school after got into HS magnet Child two was slow in speech but came hone one day in 3rd grade announced that he was scheduled to take the CES test. He is in HS magnet now. Not every parent plans every step for their child.

There are so many supper smart kids in the Magnet. Some of them are genius.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our kid is in the math/sci program and went through zero wringers. If you put your kids through a wringer, that's on you.

I am surprised by your confidence. "Zero wringers?" I wonder what your child would say, if you asked them how they felt during the process, or if they would actually tell you. Did your child somehow not have to participate, didn't have to test, didn't have to write an essay, didn't have to ask teachers for recommendations, didn't care how things turned out? The stress is there without the parent placing it there. I hope your parenting prowess is as great as you believe it to be, but I doubt it. Congrats that things worked out so well for your child, but if they hadn't worked out, would she we be all goo with it? "Zero wringers"....Really???

+many. Yeah that response made me roll my eyes. Somehow reminds me of parents posting “my kid got a 26 on ACT!! NO PREP!”

Yeah, so my kid enjoyed CES, did no external prep... nailed the cogat and was accepted to both programs. I do talk to my child and there were no expectations set... in fact, we talked about how there were only few seats available and that no matter what, middle school was going to be awesome, regardless. The only prep we did was to make sure kid had a good night sleep and a big breakfast. Is that putting a kid through a wringer? I don't think so. Keep rolling your eyes though. It will be your kid in therapy, not mine.

What a f'king idiot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

Two kids went or is in HS magnet. Going to the Magnet was never a goal for the the parents and kids. Child one was bored to death in home MS but started to enjoy school after got into HS magnet Child two was slow in speech but came hone one day in 3rd grade announced that he was scheduled to take the CES test. He is in HS magnet now. Not every parent plans every step for their child.

There are so many supper smart kids in the Magnet. Some of them are genius.

There are lots of those kids in the magnet. They balance the academic demands and still play varsity sport or devote themselves to clubs like ROBO. They have near perfect GPAs and SATs. I think the magnet staff who does the selections are really good at finding the right kids for the program. My child loves the magnet, never had any prep and would never describe it as going through the wringer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our kid is in the math/sci program and went through zero wringers. If you put your kids through a wringer, that's on you.

I am surprised by your confidence. "Zero wringers?" I wonder what your child would say, if you asked them how they felt during the process, or if they would actually tell you. Did your child somehow not have to participate, didn't have to test, didn't have to write an essay, didn't have to ask teachers for recommendations, didn't care how things turned out? The stress is there without the parent placing it there. I hope your parenting prowess is as great as you believe it to be, but I doubt it. Congrats that things worked out so well for your child, but if they hadn't worked out, would she we be all goo with it? "Zero wringers"....Really???

+many. Yeah that response made me roll my eyes. Somehow reminds me of parents posting “my kid got a 26 on ACT!! NO PREP!”

Yeah, so my kid enjoyed CES, did no external prep... nailed the cogat and was accepted to both programs. I do talk to my child and there were no expectations set... in fact, we talked about how there were only few seats available and that no matter what, middle school was going to be awesome, regardless. The only prep we did was to make sure kid had a good night sleep and a big breakfast. Is that putting a kid through a wringer? I don't think so. Keep rolling your eyes though. It will be your kid in therapy, not mine.

What a f'king idiot.

2nd marriage?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our kid is in the math/sci program and went through zero wringers. If you put your kids through a wringer, that's on you.

I am surprised by your confidence. "Zero wringers?" I wonder what your child would say, if you asked them how they felt during the process, or if they would actually tell you. Did your child somehow not have to participate, didn't have to test, didn't have to write an essay, didn't have to ask teachers for recommendations, didn't care how things turned out? The stress is there without the parent placing it there. I hope your parenting prowess is as great as you believe it to be, but I doubt it. Congrats that things worked out so well for your child, but if they hadn't worked out, would she we be all goo with it? "Zero wringers"....Really???

+many. Yeah that response made me roll my eyes. Somehow reminds me of parents posting “my kid got a 26 on ACT!! NO PREP!”

Yeah, so my kid enjoyed CES, did no external prep... nailed the cogat and was accepted to both programs. I do talk to my child and there were no expectations set... in fact, we talked about how there were only few seats available and that no matter what, middle school was going to be awesome, regardless. The only prep we did was to make sure kid had a good night sleep and a big breakfast. Is that putting a kid through a wringer? I don't think so. Keep rolling your eyes though. It will be your kid in therapy, not mine.

What a f'king idiot.

2nd marriage?

No dumba$$. Trying to be clever? Don’t try too hard.

[Anonymous]

I have seen only one genius level kid in MCPS. Only 1. In my many, many, many years of MCPS magnet world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS middle schools are the weakest link in their educational system. MCPS magnets in up-county are terrible now because we do not have Bethesda lawyer parents advocating for us. Toxic administrators and low morale amounts staff in schools.

A very incompetent magnet coordinator is responsible for both programs in both schools but is completely clueless.

if you can afford it, opt out of MCPS in the middle school and go private, while following the MCPS curriculum from their website. Come back again in MCPS at the HS level and take AP courses or go to magnet programs.

Of course, this is assuming that your child has the brains to be above MCPS average, and you yourself are educated.

No, they're not. Good grief.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

+1

My kid is one of those. Perfect SAT scores, 10 scores of five on APs, straight As in an MCPS magnet.

No wringer, no prepping, and I take zero credit. This is how this kid came into the world.

Well, unless you adopted, you deserve some credit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

+1

My kid is one of those. Perfect SAT scores, 10 scores of five on APs, straight As in an MCPS magnet.

No wringer, no prepping, and I take zero credit. This is how this kid came into the world.

Well, unless you adopted, you deserve some credit.

Or baby was dropped

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen only one genius level kid in MCPS. Only 1. In my many, many, many years of MCPS magnet world.

Only one? Is the kid still in school or saving the world now?

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen only one genius level kid in MCPS. Only 1. In my many, many, many years of MCPS magnet world.

Only one? Is the kid still in school or saving the world now?

No. Went to Harvard and is the CEO of a company. Crazy smart. I have not seen someone who excelled like he did in so many things and at the same time was very socially adept and a wonderful communicator. He is around 23-24 years old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There will always be kids like PP's and those who get near-perfect SAT scores without prep and stress. I have an older sibling like that with a brain for taking tests. IQ, achievement, you name it. If it's an intelligence or achievement test it comes back 99th percentile. My sibling did not prep for the SAT yet scores were high enough for HPY. Sibling was also very relaxed about school. Things were very easy.

Such kids exist so stop jumping on PP.

+1

My kid is one of those. Perfect SAT scores, 10 scores of five on APs, straight As in an MCPS magnet.

No wringer, no prepping, and I take zero credit. This is how this kid came into the world.

Please, would you share your kid's MAP-M score(s) in MS?