High School magnet results are out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Invited at RMIB here. I think it is funny that there are 20-25 total kids invited (we were told) and four of them already posted in this thread!

I'm actually confused by the letter though. The text below says that people will be "invited" to "lottery" programs and "selected" for "criteria-based" programs. Was RMIB a lottery?

Are you in-bounds for RMIB? Just guessing, but maybe the 20-25 number is for in-bounds acceptances. It would make no sense for the whole program to have one classroom of kids per year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invited at RMIB here. I think it is funny that there are 20-25 total kids invited (we were told) and four of them already posted in this thread!

I'm actually confused by the letter though. The text below says that people will be "invited" to "lottery" programs and "selected" for "criteria-based" programs. Was RMIB a lottery?

Are you in-bounds for RMIB? Just guessing, but maybe the 20-25 number is for in-bounds acceptances. It would make no sense for the whole program to have one classroom of kids per year.

PP here, right, sorry. I meant inbounds.

But b/c we are inbounds, I want to make sure I am not confusing acceptance into the magnet with generally "invited" to the IB that is available to all RM students... The criteria/lottery/invite/accept language is confusing...

[Anonymous]

DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

I’m really sorry. We had that experience after an excellent performance at a CES. I know it’s disappointing and very frustrating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invited at RMIB here. I think it is funny that there are 20-25 total kids invited (we were told) and four of them already posted in this thread!

I'm actually confused by the letter though. The text below says that people will be "invited" to "lottery" programs and "selected" for "criteria-based" programs. Was RMIB a lottery?

Are you in-bounds for RMIB? Just guessing, but maybe the 20-25 number is for in-bounds acceptances. It would make no sense for the whole program to have one classroom of kids per year.

PP here, right, sorry. I meant inbounds.

But b/c we are inbounds, I want to make sure I am not confusing acceptance into the magnet with generally "invited" to the IB that is available to all RM students... The criteria/lottery/invite/accept language is confusing...

My out of bounds student was “Invited” to RMIB and SMCS. I think that means “Selected,” despite the language used in the letter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invited at RMIB here. I think it is funny that there are 20-25 total kids invited (we were told) and four of them already posted in this thread!

I'm actually confused by the letter though. The text below says that people will be "invited" to "lottery" programs and "selected" for "criteria-based" programs. Was RMIB a lottery?

Are you in-bounds for RMIB? Just guessing, but maybe the 20-25 number is for in-bounds acceptances. It would make no sense for the whole program to have one classroom of kids per year.

+1 a PP whose kid was invited from OOB.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the clarification that "invited" was the term used for OOB RMIB! I didn't want to get excited and then find out it wasn't the magnet.

So do we think they just got it wrong in the letter language that lottery = invite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

I’m really sorry. We had that experience after an excellent performance at a CES. I know it’s disappointing and very frustrating.

PP here. The whole thing is pretty much random. It really sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

I’m really sorry. We had that experience after an excellent performance at a CES. I know it’s disappointing and very frustrating.

PP here. The whole thing is pretty much random. It really sucks.

Different PP. This is always true to some extent, but this year especially. I told DD when she applied that there’s a lot of randomness and being accepted (or not) is not a reflection on her. They’re going to go through this again in 4 years with college, so I think it’s good to learn how to handle the unfairness / randomness of the process.

[Anonymous]

Our child was “Invited” to CAP and the Leadership Training Institute at Kennedy and “Not Selected” to IB at RM. I agree the language is confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

I’m really sorry. We had that experience after an excellent performance at a CES. I know it’s disappointing and very frustrating.

PP here. The whole thing is pretty much random. It really sucks.

Different PP. This is always true to some extent, but this year especially. I told DD when she applied that there’s a lot of randomness and being accepted (or not) is not a reflection on her. They’re going to go through this again in 4 years with college, so I think it’s good to learn how to handle the unfairness / randomness of the process.

Good point. Also good to get away from the "everyone gets a gold star for turning up" culture that has risen in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

Ditto.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

US too and DD is heartbroken. Never seen her so crushed before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

US too and DD is heartbroken. Never seen her so crushed before.

Think of it as college (application) prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is rejected by all programs he has applied for. He is in a middle school magnet and doing really well. WTH.

I think it is harder to get in from the middle school magnets, just like it’s harder to get into the middle school magnets after CES.