MCPS Middle School Magnet decisions are out

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Anonymous wrote:Can I ask you kind folks a really stupid question? The letter we received yesterday says that our son is "Recommended" for both the Humanities program at Eastern and the Math etc. program at Takoma Park. For each, the letter includes the following sentence "Your student is recommended for placement in the program. You may accept or decline your seat by Friday, February 7, 2020 using this link…".

Is "Recommended" basically the same as "Accepted Unless You Decline or Fail to Respond?" If we want to send him to one of the magnets, do we just click on the link, and check the yes box, and he's in? Or is this step 1 of the application process?

Please feel to direct me to a different thread if there is one that covers the very basics. TIA!

Yup!

Unless it is different this year, we had to go to the link and officially accept / decline. It was actually a link to a google form where you entered the kids info and either accepted or declined and it had to be done by the deadline. So invited, but you still need to accept or decline.

And that is it - they are in if you accept the invite! Congrats!

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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?

Glad I asked sitter for the report. Recommended for both. Off DCUM and back to work!

Congratulations!!!

+1...
you might really be off DCUM, but if not, Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I ask you kind folks a really stupid question? The letter we received yesterday says that our son is "Recommended" for both the Humanities program at Eastern and the Math etc. program at Takoma Park. For each, the letter includes the following sentence "Your student is recommended for placement in the program. You may accept or decline your seat by Friday, February 7, 2020 using this link…".

Is "Recommended" basically the same as "Accepted Unless You Decline or Fail to Respond?" If we want to send him to one of the magnets, do we just click on the link, and check the yes box, and he's in? Or is this step 1 of the application process?

Please feel to direct me to a different thread if there is one that covers the very basics. TIA!

Yup!

Unless it is different this year, we had to go to the link and officially accept / decline. It was actually a link to a google form where you entered the kids info and either accepted or declined and it had to be done by the deadline. So invited, but you still need to accept or decline.

And that is it - they are in if you accept the invite! Congrats!

Thank you both! We have a lot to think about now.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know approximately how many kids per ES are accepted to a magnet school? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

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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?

Glad I asked sitter for the report. Recommended for both. Off DCUM and back to work!

Congratulations!!!

+1...
you might really be off DCUM, but if not, Congratulations!

Thanks! I was super focused on work, but now I'm back (and trying to rearrange my work schedule to accommodate two more open houses.)