new thread-- actual hs magnet results

[Anonymous]

Blair-No
RMIB-waitlist

[Anonymous]

OP, here.

DD accepted to RM and CAP, waitlisted for STEM. Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck for people still waiting!!

[Anonymous]

Did anyone get a CAP rejection today? We heard from other programs but not CAP.

[Anonymous]

Blair WL
RM yes

[Anonymous]

RMIB yes

Didn't bother applying elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Look like a big waitlist pool

[Anonymous]

Dc got accepted to RM, Blair, PHS Ecology. Good luck to everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like letters will arrive Monday. Ugh.

Parents - pleeease refrain from calling or texting results to your child during the day. Several years ago one of my kids in 8th grade magnet experienced a horrible school day as kids got results texted during classes. Some kids got bad news and were in tears and sent to counselors, some got good news and were horribly rude to peers, and pretty much the rest were in a high state of anxiety all day. Please give your children the news when they get home.

Good luck to all!

It's good to advocate wisdom, but some people will want to let their kids know if it's good news. It's not fair to tell them that they shouldn't let kids know. It is fair to ask people to use discretion and empathy.

How many eighth graders do you know who are consistently capable of discretion and empathy in the moment they receive exciting news? PP is not saying don’t tell them at all, just that when you tell them, do it at home ffs.

A lot. You don't think these kids are capable of discretion and empathy? My kid is currently at Blair (& accepted all other programs) and was at TPMS, so a lot of acceptances going on. Kids were respectful and sensitive (for the most part). I wouldn't open her mail, but I may have texted that she got a large envelope. You can't tell other parents what to do. Sorry.

From your many posts, it seems that you are not that sensitive. Your girls might be perfectly nice though.

Sure I am. That's why I raised them to be thoughtful and kind. I only posted a few times and wouldn't have followed up if you weren't so vociferous about telling others what to do. Nothing I've said is insensitive. What is insensitive is to tell other parents what they can or can't tell their own kids. FWIW, I only posted to say let people make their own choices and to say I hope they will choose wisely. You seem to have a bee in your bonnet! Yikes!

[Anonymous]

WP for Humanities is Poollesville.

[Anonymous]

RMIB yes. Only application.

[Anonymous]

It helps If you post your own scores too ...

CogAT Global
V 51/64 (98%)
Q 50/52 (99%)
NV 53/60 (99%)
We got a CogAT flag for the relatively weak verbal score ...

Accepted to all three at PVHS:
Median raw (percentile)

Global Ecology
V 47 (73%)
Q 51 (89%)
NV 55 (98%)

Humanities
V 46 (74%)
Q 52 (91%)
NV 44.5 (98%)

SMCS
V 49 (76%)
Q 50 (90%)
NV 48 (98%)

(Note - Verbal median is higher for SMCS than Humanities, and Quantitative median is higher for Humanities than SMCS. Go figure ...)

RMIB - Waitpool
V 53 (70%)
Q 47 (88%)
NV 45 (97%)

Clearly, the relatively weak verbal score made the difference here between admit and wait pool for RMIB.

[Anonymous]

I think the test scores are part of the whole picture, together with recommendations, essays, standardized test scores like MAP-M and MAP-R, grades, and whatever else, not the be-all and end-all.

DC was accepted to RMIB with:
V 54 (87%)
Q 40 (42%)
NV 42 (62%)
Essay 4/6 (median was 4)

CoGAT global was:

V 54/64 (99% for both age and grade)
Q 40/52 (89% age and 90% grade)
NV 42/60 (97% both age and grade)
Composite age: 97%
Composite grade: 98%

But that's the data we have and can compare. We can't compare the rest of the information the committee looked at. And honestly at some point it's just like college or university these days -- it's just a crapshoot. They could probably swap out this kid who got in for that kid who didn't multiple times and make up an equally smart and successful class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It helps If you post your own scores too ...

CogAT Global
V 51/64 (98%)
Q 50/52 (99%)
NV 53/60 (99%)
We got a CogAT flag for the relatively weak verbal score ...

Accepted to all three at PVHS:
Median raw (percentile)

Global Ecology
V 47 (73%)
Q 51 (89%)
NV 55 (98%)

Humanities
V 46 (74%)
Q 52 (91%)
NV 44.5 (98%)

SMCS
V 49 (76%)
Q 50 (90%)
NV 48 (98%)

(Note - Verbal median is higher for SMCS than Humanities, and Quantitative median is higher for Humanities than SMCS. Go figure ...)

RMIB - Waitpool
V 53 (70%)
Q 47 (88%)
NV 45 (97%)

Clearly, the relatively weak verbal score made the difference here between admit and wait pool for RMIB.

Is the %ile score you posted your DC's "%ile Relative to Applilcant Group" score?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I think the test scores are part of the whole picture, together with recommendations, essays, standardized test scores like MAP-M and MAP-R, grades, and whatever else, not the be-all and end-all.

DC was accepted to RMIB with:
V 54 (87%)
Q 40 (42%)
NV 42 (62%)
Essay 4/6 (median was 4)

CoGAT global was:

V 54/64 (99% for both age and grade)
Q 40/52 (89% age and 90% grade)
NV 42/60 (97% both age and grade)
Composite age: 97%
Composite grade: 98%

But that's the data we have and can compare. We can't compare the rest of the information the committee looked at. And honestly at some point it's just like college or university these days -- it's just a crapshoot. They could probably swap out this kid who got in for that kid who didn't multiple times and make up an equally smart and successful class.

That's relatively weak
Is RM your home school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I think the test scores are part of the whole picture, together with recommendations, essays, standardized test scores like MAP-M and MAP-R, grades, and whatever else, not the be-all and end-all.

DC was accepted to RMIB with:
V 54 (87%)
Q 40 (42%)
NV 42 (62%)
Essay 4/6 (median was 4)

CoGAT global was:

V 54/64 (99% for both age and grade)
Q 40/52 (89% age and 90% grade)
NV 42/60 (97% both age and grade)
Composite age: 97%
Composite grade: 98%

But that's the data we have and can compare. We can't compare the rest of the information the committee looked at. And honestly at some point it's just like college or university these days -- it's just a crapshoot. They could probably swap out this kid who got in for that kid who didn't multiple times and make up an equally smart and successful class.

Agreed. It's not just the cogat scores, but I don't know what the weight of each factor is.