Everyone admitted off of CAP waitlist?

[Anonymous]

Many (though not all) of the kids in CAP were also in the HGC and middle school magnets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird - CAP is basically the back up magnet program. Its not as highly regarded as others and always draws deeply into the wait list. Usually the only students who get turned down are ones who shouldn't even be in a basic honors class.

Its not a bad thing to open the gates AS LONG as they DO NOT lower the grading standards. CAP has a reputation for actually grading work and is a good eye opener for many kids. Average kids can perform well IF they work hard which is why CAP is good. If the rigorous classes are only available to the smarter kids then the average kids never learn how to really work to succeed to compete with the naturally smart kids.

You see this in private school with legacy admits. The legacy admits are not as smart as the other students but many learn how to work really hard to keep up. This serves them well in college - almost better than the smart kids who haven't had the realization that not everything can come easy to them intellectually.

You are ridiculous. Please go back to your W school.

[Anonymous]

Students zoned for W schools don't go to CAP. Its just eligible for the DCC and up county areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Students zoned for W schools don't go to CAP. Its just eligible for the DCC and up county areas.

Any W kid that attended the MS magnets at TP or Eastern can go to CAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Students zoned for W schools don't go to CAP. Its just eligible for the DCC and up county areas.

Which is why she should get off this thread (though I do actually know a number of kids who went to Eastern and are zoned for a W school but chose CAP).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Students zoned for W schools don't go to CAP. Its just eligible for the DCC and up county areas.

Any W kid that attended the MS magnets at TP or Eastern can go to CAP.

And many do exactly that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was this 10 kids or 50 kids?

No idea, but they are increasing from three classrooms to four, so the guess would be 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird - CAP is basically the back up magnet program. Its not as highly regarded as others and always draws deeply into the wait list. Usually the only students who get turned down are ones who shouldn't even be in a basic honors class.

Its not a bad thing to open the gates AS LONG as they DO NOT lower the grading standards. CAP has a reputation for actually grading work and is a good eye opener for many kids. Average kids can perform well IF they work hard which is why CAP is good. If the rigorous classes are only available to the smarter kids then the average kids never learn how to really work to succeed to compete with the naturally smart kids.

You see this in private school with legacy admits. The legacy admits are not as smart as the other students but many learn how to work really hard to keep up. This serves them well in college - almost better than the smart kids who haven't had the realization that not everything can come easy to them intellectually.

How on earth do you know this? Do you have a child in CAP?

I know it’s hard to compehend, but I assure you there are super smart kids who prefer CAP to other magnet programs because (wait for it) they love to write, or just don’t love math. I know a number of kids who turned down the magnets for CAP. And if, as it appears from the information posted earlier, there was a question about the evaluation and selection process, it’s very likely that some highly qualified (and probably pretty smart) kids were on the wait list for reasons that have nothing to do with ability or intelligence, and have now been admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was this 10 kids or 50 kids?

No idea, but they are increasing from three classrooms to four, so the guess would be 25.

That would be my guess too. Wow. I'm the parent of CAP junior, and if I was the parent of a CAP freshman I think I would be pretty upset. This really threatens to swamp the program. If they don't add teachers, the four who teach the freshman CAP classes are going to be overwhelmed and have a lot less time to do careful grading and editing of papers. Not to mention the interdisciplinary events are going to take forever with 100 kids instead of 75.

You could make the CAP program work with 100 kids, but you have to build up the infrastructure to support it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was this 10 kids or 50 kids?

No idea, but they are increasing from three classrooms to four, so the guess would be 25.

That would be my guess too. Wow. I'm the parent of CAP junior, and if I was the parent of a CAP freshman I think I would be pretty upset. This really threatens to swamp the program. If they don't add teachers, the four who teach the freshman CAP classes are going to be overwhelmed and have a lot less time to do careful grading and editing of papers. Not to mention the interdisciplinary events are going to take forever with 100 kids instead of 75.

You could make the CAP program work with 100 kids, but you have to build up the infrastructure to support it.

I’m the parent of an incoming 9th grader and I am a bit concerned. Hopefully there won’t actually be 100 students though. I imagine if my child had gotten in this late he would not be thrilled about the pressure to complete all of that homework during our vacation. Maybe he would’ve turned down the offer.

[Anonymous]

So what about the kids who were rejected outright? Why was the selection process unfair for waitlist kids and not for all kids who applied? Has anybody called to ask?

[Anonymous]

Can anybody post the language of the letter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird - CAP is basically the back up magnet program. Its not as highly regarded as others and always draws deeply into the wait list. Usually the only students who get turned down are ones who shouldn't even be in a basic honors class.

You don’t know what the heck you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was this 10 kids or 50 kids?

No idea, but they are increasing from three classrooms to four, so the guess would be 25.

That would be my guess too. Wow. I'm the parent of CAP junior, and if I was the parent of a CAP freshman I think I would be pretty upset. This really threatens to swamp the program. If they don't add teachers, the four who teach the freshman CAP classes are going to be overwhelmed and have a lot less time to do careful grading and editing of papers. Not to mention the interdisciplinary events are going to take forever with 100 kids instead of 75.

You could make the CAP program work with 100 kids, but you have to build up the infrastructure to support it.

I’m the parent of an incoming 9th grader and I am a bit concerned. Hopefully there won’t actually be 100 students though. I imagine if my child had gotten in this late he would not be thrilled about the pressure to complete all of that homework during our vacation. Maybe he would’ve turned down the offer.

We are in the same situation (9th grader, accepted). I'm just concerned that the sudden influx will overburden the students.
The homework was not trivial, and it took my kids several weeks of working a little every day to finish it off. Not impossible for a newly accepted kid to get it done, but it would be a ton of work every day during the last couple weeks of summer! Sounds brutal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what about the kids who were rejected outright? Why was the selection process unfair for waitlist kids and not for all kids who applied? Has anybody called to ask?

Huh? Presumably waitlist kids are deemed at least bordlerline qualified for the program. Rejected kids aren't.