HS Magnet Applications Open and....

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Anonymous wrote:Do they need Teachers recommendations this year?

No. No Teacher Recommendations, no Map-R (for SMCSM). Just 7th grades and Q1 8th grades + Map-M + essays/statements. That's it.

What I didn't understand from last night's meeting is whether or not they know if kids went to the TPMS magnet. Transcripts clearly list that the 7th grade math class was "Mag Algebra I" which is only available at TPMS. It also indicates the math class was different (2x speed + more content). Is that scrubbed to eliminate the "Mag" - I think that would be disingenuous and unfair, only because the class is materially different. The answers were unclear.

just checked 2018/2019 of TPMS math on DC's transcript. Algebra 1A and Algebra 1B

Oh I see that too. Weird though because this year is Mag Geometry.

Last year was magnet algebra too, but it isn’t listed that way once completed, it seems.

It's odd that they redact Math but not Sci or CompSci then: those show up as Mag on the report cards. Anyway assuming they see the whole report card, it will be obvious purely because Mag kids have 8 classes and all other kids have 7.

They don’t see the whole report card. For Blair SMAC they only see math and science. Not sure about computer science as it only applies for TPMS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they need Teachers recommendations this year?

No. No Teacher Recommendations, no Map-R (for SMCSM). Just 7th grades and Q1 8th grades + Map-M + essays/statements. That's it.

What I didn't understand from last night's meeting is whether or not they know if kids went to the TPMS magnet. Transcripts clearly list that the 7th grade math class was "Mag Algebra I" which is only available at TPMS. It also indicates the math class was different (2x speed + more content). Is that scrubbed to eliminate the "Mag" - I think that would be disingenuous and unfair, only because the class is materially different. The answers were unclear.

I think they will know. It makes sense because a B in that class is very different than a B in regular Algebra.

Magnet kids aren’t getting Bs! Are they?!!!

Spanish at TPMS is not easy for some. Not sure what impact that might have on magnet selection though. My Magnet kids lowest grade is an A- in PE.

What do you mean by A-? The report cards only say A. (Also how do you not get 100 percent in PE?!)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they need Teachers recommendations this year?

No. No Teacher Recommendations, no Map-R (for SMCSM). Just 7th grades and Q1 8th grades + Map-M + essays/statements. That's it.

What I didn't understand from last night's meeting is whether or not they know if kids went to the TPMS magnet. Transcripts clearly list that the 7th grade math class was "Mag Algebra I" which is only available at TPMS. It also indicates the math class was different (2x speed + more content). Is that scrubbed to eliminate the "Mag" - I think that would be disingenuous and unfair, only because the class is materially different. The answers were unclear.

just checked 2018/2019 of TPMS math on DC's transcript. Algebra 1A and Algebra 1B

Oh I see that too. Weird though because this year is Mag Geometry.

Last year was magnet algebra too, but it isn’t listed that way once completed, it seems.

It's odd that they redact Math but not Sci or CompSci then: those show up as Mag on the report cards. Anyway assuming they see the whole report card, it will be obvious purely because Mag kids have 8 classes and all other kids have 7.

Do we know that they see the entire report card, though? Based what they said at the Blair magnet open house last night, I got the impression that they only see the math and science grades.

It was clear from the presentation last night that they do NOT see the whole report card.

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The real question is how they got 30 middle schools represented if the application blinds out the middle school.

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It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

He specifically said that, plus gender, is all the info they get. Are you saying he was lying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real question is how they got 30 middle schools represented if the application blinds out the middle school.

He didn’t say 30 middle schools represented each year. Maybe that’s what he meant but he might have also meant that it’s 30 throughout all for high school grade levels of the magnet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

He specifically said that, plus gender, is all the info they get. Are you saying he was lying?

I didn’t hear him say gender and I was listening out for it.

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Anonymous wrote:The real question is how they got 30 middle schools represented if the application blinds out the middle school.

He didn’t say 30 middle schools represented each year. Maybe that’s what he meant but he might have also meant that it’s 30 throughout all for high school grade levels of the magnet.

Four not for, typo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

He specifically said that, plus gender, is all the info they get. Are you saying he was lying?

I didn’t hear him say gender and I was listening out for it.

NP. I was there and heard him say they know gender.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

He specifically said that, plus gender, is all the info they get. Are you saying he was lying?

Not at all. He was amazing! I suppose I am reading into it because I am in a similar position at my job where I have to be transparent but also guard information and there were a lot of "well, really"s and pregnant pauses and a clear effort to keep the emphasis on the right stuff. I would venture to guess - just my guess - that if Blair gets any input at all it's to form a pool and central office decides. Didn't he say that Blair used to decide their own admissions and no longer does? I might have misheard but I thought he said they were pretty much not the deciders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

He specifically said that, plus gender, is all the info they get. Are you saying he was lying?

Not at all. He was amazing! I suppose I am reading into it because I am in a similar position at my job where I have to be transparent but also guard information and there were a lot of "well, really"s and pregnant pauses and a clear effort to keep the emphasis on the right stuff. I would venture to guess - just my guess - that if Blair gets any input at all it's to form a pool and central office decides. Didn't he say that Blair used to decide their own admissions and no longer does? I might have misheard but I thought he said they were pretty much not the deciders.

He dad say that they dont decide but then he said a committee sits around a table reviewing everyone and made it sound like he was outside the door!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely seemed like there is more to it than Math/Sci grades, Map-M, essay, but they just don't or can't say what.

He specifically said that, plus gender, is all the info they get. Are you saying he was lying?

Not at all. He was amazing! I suppose I am reading into it because I am in a similar position at my job where I have to be transparent but also guard information and there were a lot of "well, really"s and pregnant pauses and a clear effort to keep the emphasis on the right stuff. I would venture to guess - just my guess - that if Blair gets any input at all it's to form a pool and central office decides. Didn't he say that Blair used to decide their own admissions and no longer does? I might have misheard but I thought he said they were pretty much not the deciders.

He said they used to control the process, which is now centralized. They still make the decisions (albeit from a very limited amount of data.)

[Anonymous]

My kid has one B in 3rd period in 7th grade, will this the grade make him less competitive? Or the HS only look the overall grade? Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has one B in 3rd period in 7th grade, will this the grade make him less competitive? Or the HS only look the overall grade? Thanks

What subject is it in? For Blair SMAC they don’t even see non STEM subjects. If it’s in math, for example, yes, uncompetitive.