Magnet MS results - Takoma Park & Eastern - anyone heard today?

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Anonymous wrote:My son came home from his HGC today and said that five kids haven't heard, and the entire rest of class got rejected. All excellent scores, grades, etc.

My guess is, those five who haven't heard will end up getting in!

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My DD did not get accepted into either program. TPMS is our home school. She was waitlisted for CES. Her scores are 95/99/99/99 with all As. Just FYI. I'm sure she'll start talking about who got in in the next few days.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD did not get accepted into either program. TPMS is our home school. She was waitlisted for CES. Her scores are 95/99/99/99 with all As. Just FYI. I'm sure she'll start talking about who got in in the next few days.

Thanks for the update! Did you get your letter today?

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Anonymous wrote:My son came home from his HGC today and said that five kids haven't heard, and the entire rest of class got rejected. All excellent scores, grades, etc.

Which HGC?

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what is ces?

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Anonymous wrote:My DD did not get accepted into either program. TPMS is our home school. She was waitlisted for CES. Her scores are 95/99/99/99 with all As. Just FYI. I'm sure she'll start talking about who got in in the next few days.

Thanks for the update! Did you get your letter today?

Yesterday

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Anonymous wrote:My son came home from his HGC today and said that five kids haven't heard, and the entire rest of class got rejected. All excellent scores, grades, etc.

Which HGC?

Oakview

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Anonymous wrote:Cold Spring High Gifted Center (HGC), the best HGC center in the county, the kids with highest scores of verbal, non-verbal reasoning and quantitative sections for the admission test 2 year ago, has 0 kid get accepted this year. These kids with MAP-M over 260, 270 in forth grade, 290 in fifth grade, MAP-R over 240 in forth grade, 250 in fifth grade, Lexile reading score almost college-level, principle or assistant principle player in MCYO orchestras (pre or chamber), national athletic awards winner (swimming, badminton, figure skating, chess), math Kangaroo state and national winners, AoPs top points winners in Algebra I. I have no any comments. But, please don't use the so-called "getting TPMS or EMS tends to be more competitive than getting into HGC program" to make your point. Getting into Cold Spring HGC is much more competitive than any other HGC program.

Although it is very disappointing, I think it is good to go away from such disaster selection process.

Serious question: how do you know no-one was admitted? Are you an administrator or teacher?

Typically the HGC teacher can give a quick answer. Information from the DD is reliable as the HGC teacher will announce it to the class. This group of kids who have been screened into the HGC program will need to be adequately addressed as the system just failed them.

No teacher is ever going to make such an announcement. Ever.

~HGC teacher

Don't be so sure. DS said a couple years ago in his compacted math class (that was held at a Middle School) the teacher announced that no one in their class got into the RCMS math program but that 4 kids got into the humanities program. DS could be wrong but why would he even say that. BTW, he did not apply to either but he said at least half the class applied so it was not that he was making it up to have himself feel better.

Is it HGC or CES teacher?

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Anonymous wrote:what is ces?

Sorry! It's the new name for HGC.

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Anonymous wrote:Right, for us it was less an interest in a cohort and more the unique curriculum opportunities. Telling me there's a cohort for my child at her home school isn't what we were after.

I agree. I mean it's nice that my DC would have a 'cohort' but the enrichment (specialized/in-depth classes) was the main draw.

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Anonymous wrote:Whoever asked about the mail today, yes we got our letter today. It's a big 8.5x11 envelope.

Seriously. You wrote this and didn't provide more details? Acceptance ot not? From what elementary school? Eastern or Takoma?

Acceptance to TPMS.

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DC just came home from Cold Spring CES, and said only 2 kids out of 55 were accepted to one of the programs. The rest got rejection letters yesterday. I really am shocked. Since they recently studied the Constitution, the kids decided under the first amendment it was constitutional to protest via petition, which they have now done

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So if a kid is in a CES/HGC now does this mean they are no longer eligible? 99% on all tests and rejected from both, currently ar CCES’ “center”

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Anonymous wrote:DC just came home from Cold Spring CES, and said only 2 kids out of 55 were accepted to one of the programs. The rest got rejection letters yesterday. I really am shocked. Since they recently studied the Constitution, the kids decided under the first amendment it was constitutional to protest via petition, which they have now done

Well, at least it's not '0 kid' like someone claimed up thread.

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Anonymous wrote:DC just came home from Cold Spring CES, and said only 2 kids out of 55 were accepted to one of the programs. The rest got rejection letters yesterday. I really am shocked. Since they recently studied the Constitution, the kids decided under the first amendment it was constitutional to protest via petition, which they have now done

I love this.
2/55 is such a low rate.
I have to say, probably a lot of parents whose children made it into the HGC/CES in elementary were probably feeling secure that their children's giftedness was recognized as such. It's a shock being told that you are now 'not gifted enough'. If the funnel from HGC/CES to Magnet MS is so narrow (e.g. huge # of HGC to very few going to Magnets), that doesn't seem right. Way off balance. My child is not at a HGC as we've moved from out of town, but I feel for the parents whose children are in HGC and now are told, 'this is the end of the road for the nurturing of your kid's giftedness'.