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

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A teacher, in the heat of the moment, told the kids, who thought no one got in, that two got in but she didn't know who. Presumably those two hadn't gotten their letters yet. If you are one of those two, PP, congrats! I reinforced to my kid that everyone should be happy for those two and congratulate them.

By the way, the Cold Spring principal came in to talk to the CES cohort today. She told them the fact that virtually none of them got in had nothing to do with their academic abilities, but was due to the new admissions policy. She then had each middle MS group--Cabin John, Hoover, and Robert Frost--raise their hands to show them their "peer cohort." I'm sorry, but this is not right. It was too drastic, and at least could have been done more gradually so the kids could adjust to the apparent new normal.

How dramatic.

I know, right?

Man, the adults in this situation are behaving REALLY REALLY poorly. Guess what? The kids don't need to "get used to the new normal" because this IS their new normal. If any of them thought they would be handed a magnet MS spot just because kids from their school had been accepted in the past, that's on the adults in their lives for building up inappropriate expectations.

That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

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Is anyone else kind of shocked by the CS teacher who keeps emoting at her students about this?

Comfort in, vent out. Comfort in, vent out.

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

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Okay, it's not 0, it's 2. 3% of the kids who got into the most competitive magnet ES in the county versus up to 50% in previous years. Cold Spring is known for its very high-achieving program. Only 2 of those kids deserved MS magnet admission, really?

According to anonymous posts on DCUM.

I am the parent of a CS kid. So far, we are only aware of two.

We just got our acceptance last night. Haven't told anyone. Are these two from Cold Spring confirmed? As in the rest have received rejections? Given we just found out last night and my child just arrived home from school where she could talk to friends about it, it seems early to know this.

A teacher, in the heat of the moment, told the kids, who thought no one got in, that two got in but she didn't know who. Presumably those two hadn't gotten their letters yet. If you are one of those two, PP, congrats! I reinforced to my kid that everyone should be happy for those two and congratulate them.

By the way, the Cold Spring principal came in to talk to the CES cohort today. She told them the fact that virtually none of them got in had nothing to do with their academic abilities, but was due to the new admissions policy. She then had each middle MS group--Cabin John, Hoover, and Robert Frost--raise their hands to show them their "peer cohort." I'm sorry, but this is not right. It was too drastic, and at least could have been done more gradually so the kids could adjust to the apparent new normal.

Did she tell them about the field trip to Montgomery College scheduled for April?

No, but a teacher told them how one of her cohorts had 8 children go on to Harvard.

Whatever this Cold Spring is it gives me the creeps. I think this PP is spinning yarns.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else kind of shocked by the CS teacher who keeps emoting at her students about this?

Comfort in, vent out. Comfort in, vent out.

It's difficult for me to believe that it's true, although I guess nobody has yet posted to say that their kid goes to Cold Spring and it didn't happen...

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

No, since it wasn't 97% of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else kind of shocked by the CS teacher who keeps emoting at her students about this?

Comfort in, vent out. Comfort in, vent out.

It's difficult for me to believe that it's true, although I guess nobody has yet posted to say that their kid goes to Cold Spring and it didn't happen...

I don't know, but the person who keeps reporting on it appears to be DEFENDING the CS teacher, so it's not really troll-like behavior. It's one of those cases where the person saying it thinks they are being totally rational but sane folks around them give the side-eye.

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

That seems a wee bit overdramatic IMO.

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

No, since it wasn't 97% of them.

It was only 50% of them, right? (If ~25 kid got in, ~25 kids didn't.) The principal doesn't address disappointment until it's over 75%? Or something?

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

No, since it wasn't 97% of them.

It was only 50% of them, right? (If ~25 kid got in, ~25 kids didn't.) The principal doesn't address disappointment until it's over 75%? Or something?

RIGHT? Each of them likely knew they had a chance of not being accepted. So each of them COULD have been disappointed no matter what. Does it make it worse that most of them are disappointed? I don't know. I think it probably makes it better.

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No, but a teacher told them how one of her cohorts had 8 children go on to Harvard.

The easiest group of people to social engineer are those who are hyperfocused on quantitative comparisons.

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

That seems a wee bit overdramatic IMO.

Highest performing cohort on a test that could be prepped.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else kind of shocked by the CS teacher who keeps emoting at her students about this?

Comfort in, vent out. Comfort in, vent out.

It's difficult for me to believe that it's true, although I guess nobody has yet posted to say that their kid goes to Cold Spring and it didn't happen...

I don't know, but the person who keeps reporting on it appears to be DEFENDING the CS teacher, so it's not really troll-like behavior. It's one of those cases where the person saying it thinks they are being totally rational but sane folks around them give the side-eye.

Yes, but that just means the poster thinks these are plausible stories. PP has some fixation on CS, but I think it's an attempt to project some general anger at the selection processes into sympathy with stories of these poor mistreated children. I just don't buy it but regardless I'm concerned about the adults in their lives. Just not sure if that's one whacked out parent or their teacher/principal.

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No, but a teacher told them how one of her cohorts had 8 children go on to Harvard.

The easiest group of people to social engineer are those who are hyper focused on quantitative comparisons.

Bingo!

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That's a little different than knowing they now have virtually no chance at admission despite being the highest-performing cohort in the county. You don't think that might take a little adjusting?

It's not like they're going to apply to the MS magnet program again next year. They knew, as did everybody, that you can apply, but you might not get in. And that's what happened. And now they're disappointed, just like every other kid who hasn't gotten in. Plenty of kids from Cold Spring apparently didn't get in last year. Did the principal give a speech to them?

That seems a wee bit overdramatic IMO.

Highest performing cohort on a test that could be prepped.

And, any chance this poster is in the prep business?