Blair Math/Science Magnet - Application
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Anonymous
| wow middle school magnet is a lot hard to get in ! 3-4% |
Anonymous
There are the fewest seats in middle school magnets, but also the tradeoffs are different. All high schools have AP classes and other challenges. |
Anonymous
+1 We're applying but I'm much less exercised about getting into a HS magnet. MS was different, but I'll say the home school was not as bad as I expected, at least in a few subjects. |
Anonymous
if you look at the table carefully, you will see the difference between MS/HS magnets applications/acceptance For middle school (also elementary school as well) It is the number of students considered For high school It is the number of students applied That could explain partially the low admission rate for middle school magnet program and (even elementary school CES). Even with high admission rate for high school magnets, the selection is from those who believed to have a reasonable change to get into the program. |
Anonymous
| Does anyone know if a decision has been made yet on whether testing will be required for the Magnet? |
Anonymous
In an online info session posted last week they said the county hasn’t made a decision yet. I can’t see them having in-person testing. Online would be unfair since so many will cheat with the stakes so high. |
Anonymous
Totally agree. I'm surprised! I have a now 6th grader and a now 8th grader. The data shows that when the younger one was applying to a CES (2018), those took about 12% of the considered students. But the older one applied that same year to the MS magnets, which in our area are TPMS and Eastern--each with <4% admitted. (It seems that the acceptance rate is considerably higher for the other magnets in different parts of MoCo (15%, 24%), but that doesn't help us). I guess my younger one (accepted to a CES) isn't more intellectually gifted than my older one (rejected from both MS magnets), even though their acceptance to/rejections from their respective programs may suggest different abilities on the surface. Thanks so much to the PP who posted this link--I'd never known this info. It's interesting that after a very selective MS magnet phase (for TPMS and Eastern), the HS application programs then have a much higher acceptance rate, like 20%, as a PP noted. (and some even higher, like the Springbok and Kennedy IB programs (70% and 60%, respectively). Clearly if one is in a MS magnet it appears highly likely that he/she would be admitted to a HS magnet, unlike the winnowing down from CES to Magnet MS. However, it's unclear to me how many middle schoolers are taking the enriched Math & Global Humanities at the various MCPS middle schools and what % of the applicant pool they represent. The question on my mind is how much of a chance my 8th grader, who is in these classes in the home MS, has for the HS.
But the CES was also "considered" and was 11%, so that somewhat undermines your argument. |
Anonymous
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PP,
not at all, CES has a lot more seats than MS magnets. We all know that. High school magnet programs that outside DCC students can apply for (with full service such as bus) are not many. In the area we live, we can only apply for Blair SMAC/RMIB and the seats are same as our middle school options (TPMS and Eastern) |
Anonymous
| Our MS just sent out fall MAP scores, and DC's math score dropped by 20 points from last fall. I'm hoping they'll take 2020 fall MAPs with a grain of salt. |
Anonymous
My dc’s math RIT score dropped by 8 points and my 6th grader’s scores stagnated. And your Dc’s may be higher overall than mine still- -so you are not alone! |
Anonymous
I'm imagining lots of kids are in this boat. It's still pretty unclear how they're going to make decisions this year. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
My kid's scores went up 10ish points in each. My guess is the results will be all over the place. We did not supplement over the summer but plenty of parents did. |