MCPS Middle School Magnet decisions are out

[Anonymous]

You can also appeal to the school.

[Anonymous]

Reject today. 99% for both national and mcps for verbal but no admit for Eastern. Im pretty sure his map verbal was also 99%.
Interestingly, theres a 16 point spread between national and mcps for the quantitative, and a 22% spread between national and mcps for the nonverbal.
If posters on this board have correctly explained what the “mcps percentile” means, then this letter is misleading in the extreme. The only reasonable reading of the letter is that the mcps percentile compares your child’s score to all other students in mcps—but the info this board linked to stated that in fact it is a comparison only to students in schools of similar wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reject today. 99% for both national and mcps for verbal but no admit for Eastern. Im pretty sure his map verbal was also 99%.
Interestingly, theres a 16 point spread between national and mcps for the quantitative, and a 22% spread between national and mcps for the nonverbal.
If posters on this board have correctly explained what the “mcps percentile” means, then this letter is misleading in the extreme. The only reasonable reading of the letter is that the mcps percentile compares your child’s score to all other students in mcps—but the info this board linked to stated that in fact it is a comparison only to students in schools of similar wealth.

You'd almost think they were trying to.mislead you into submission!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, we got a rejection today. I’m ok with it because my now-7th grader was rejected and has fared well with the enriched studies at our home MS, and I know the magnets are very tough to get into (we are at a high ses home Ms). Furthermore, my 5th grader was not wanting to go to the magnet since he was leery of anything too different that what he knows.

But gosh, he “slipped”! His scores [MCPS%] were
66%V, 96%Q, 96% NV. This is after getting in the 99s for the CES-eligibility CoGat (maybe a little lower for the V but not this much lower) and getting into the CES and getting As there. We didn’t do any prep this time. (We did a couple of mini-practice tests last time.) The low V score is something I’ll show him to explain why reading 20 minutes a day is so important (he’s a reluctant reader). I’m concerned as to whether he’ll even be eligible for the Global Humanities....

I don’t think they ever gave us MCPS percentages for the 3rd grade Cogat. I don’t think he “slipped.” I think that is the difference between the national percentages and the MCPS local banded percentages.

[Anonymous]

I am a little curious as to the difference between the various MCPS percentiles across different schools. My kid had a 97% quantitative national, but 81% percentile coming from what I think is a relatively low FARMS rate elementary school. Is there anyone at a high FARMS rate elementary school that also had a 97% quantitative on the national scale that would be willing to share their MCPS percentile?

[Anonymous]

So glad DC’s letter didn’t come today so I can needlessly obsess about this again tomorrow. DC’s scores seem to be in line with kids who have reported getting in, which makes the guessing game even more fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a little curious as to the difference between the various MCPS percentiles across different schools. My kid had a 97% quantitative national, but 81% percentile coming from what I think is a relatively low FARMS rate elementary school. Is there anyone at a high FARMS rate elementary school that also had a 97% quantitative on the national scale that would be willing to share their MCPS percentile?

I think e have a 30 percent farms rate (moderate, perhaps?). My kid got 98Q which was 93 in MCPS. Not quite what you’re looking for I know but in case it helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad DC’s letter didn’t come today so I can needlessly obsess about this again tomorrow. DC’s scores seem to be in line with kids who have reported getting in, which makes the guessing game even more fun.

Right there with you, sister!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad DC’s letter didn’t come today so I can needlessly obsess about this again tomorrow. DC’s scores seem to be in line with kids who have reported getting in, which makes the guessing game even more fun.

Right there with you, sister!

Have I completely entered Crazy Town territory if I ask the sitter to open it and send me a picture so I can see the results? I would just wait til
I get home, but the home MS orientation meeting is tonight, and I have to go there straight from work. I might have different questions about the home MS, depending on whether a magnet is an option. Crazy, or Not Crazy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a little curious as to the difference between the various MCPS percentiles across different schools. My kid had a 97% quantitative national, but 81% percentile coming from what I think is a relatively low FARMS rate elementary school. Is there anyone at a high FARMS rate elementary school that also had a 97% quantitative on the national scale that would be willing to share their MCPS percentile?

My child had a 98% on the quantitative national, and 98% on MCPS percentile. However, whether their "cohort" is high FARMS or moderate FARMS is going to depend on whether they are using our home school or the CES.

However, someone in another thread pointed out that "number attempted" does matter, and that the bands are really large. I'm just not sure how much we can glean from these anecdotes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad DC’s letter didn’t come today so I can needlessly obsess about this again tomorrow. DC’s scores seem to be in line with kids who have reported getting in, which makes the guessing game even more fun.

Right there with you, sister!

Have I completely entered Crazy Town territory if I ask the sitter to open it and send me a picture so I can see the results? I would just wait til
I get home, but the home MS orientation meeting is tonight, and I have to go there straight from work. I might have different questions about the home MS, depending on whether a magnet is an option. Crazy, or Not Crazy?

Of course ask her to open it and send you a pic. Not crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a little curious as to the difference between the various MCPS percentiles across different schools. My kid had a 97% quantitative national, but 81% percentile coming from what I think is a relatively low FARMS rate elementary school. Is there anyone at a high FARMS rate elementary school that also had a 97% quantitative on the national scale that would be willing to share their MCPS percentile?

My child had a 98% on the quantitative national, and 98% on MCPS percentile. However, whether their "cohort" is high FARMS or moderate FARMS is going to depend on whether they are using our home school or the CES.

However, someone in another thread pointed out that "number attempted" does matter, and that the bands are really large. I'm just not sure how much we can glean from these anecdotes.

These scores are also age normed, correct? Seems pretty hard to unwind, given the full year in age span, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad DC’s letter didn’t come today so I can needlessly obsess about this again tomorrow. DC’s scores seem to be in line with kids who have reported getting in, which makes the guessing game even more fun.

Right there with you, sister!

Have I completely entered Crazy Town territory if I ask the sitter to open it and send me a picture so I can see the results? I would just wait til
I get home, but the home MS orientation meeting is tonight, and I have to go there straight from work. I might have different questions about the home MS, depending on whether a magnet is an option. Crazy, or Not Crazy?

Not crazy. It's not like you're wanting to know sooner just for the sake of knowing sooner. You plan to do something with the information that you couldn't do if you didn't have it sooner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a little curious as to the difference between the various MCPS percentiles across different schools. My kid had a 97% quantitative national, but 81% percentile coming from what I think is a relatively low FARMS rate elementary school. Is there anyone at a high FARMS rate elementary school that also had a 97% quantitative on the national scale that would be willing to share their MCPS percentile?

I think e have a 30 percent farms rate (moderate, perhaps?). My kid got 98Q which was 93 in MCPS. Not quite what you’re looking for I know but in case it helps.

My kid's quantitative national 98,came down to 89 MCPS. Non verbal national 93 came down to 79 mcps.Verbal national 91 came down to 56 mcps. Can not believe so many high achiving students in our area.

[Anonymous]

You already proved yourself crazy by being on this board. Case closed.