Who is considering turning down a middle school magnet spot?

[Anonymous]

Who is considering turning down a middle school magnet spot? If you are, what’s your home middle school, your reasons for turning down the spot, and which magnet program or programs? Also, is your child in a CES now?

[Anonymous]

Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

My child is recommended for Eastern and she will not be going. We just wanted her to practice test taking skills and I was curious about her CogAt scores with no test prep. She has no desire to go to a magnet and leave her friends.

I am not a tiger mom and already have one in college and another applying and know that magnets aren't the way for my family. I just really want them enjoying their childhood and having a healthy overall lifestyle.

We also turned down Barnsley. The drive was too long and my daughter didn't really want to go. She has done fine in her home school which is average (not a W school.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care?

Their kid is on the waitlist and they are grasping.

[Anonymous]

Probably Eastern too, from average not W school
Not in CES now
I think it is not a good fit, DC doesn’t even like to read ..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care?

Their kid is on the waitlist and they are grasping.

Actually, my DC got into both Eastern and TPMS, but we’re thinking of turning down the spots and wondering if that’s crazy or unusual.

[Anonymous]

We got accepted to both and will for sure turn down Eastern. DC never liked writing but born to be a STEM child. TPMS is a perfect fit.

[Anonymous]

Geography is a factor. Where are people commuting from or choosing not to commute from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care?

Their kid is on the waitlist and they are grasping.

Actually, my DC got into both Eastern and TPMS, but we’re thinking of turning down the spots and wondering if that’s crazy or unusual.

It’s not crazy or unusual given the new process. When there was a more involved application process, most people who applied were dying to go. Now many people get in who are somewhat indifferent, and also many kids get into both programs. As a result, fewer of the original admitted students have been choosing to attend, and more kids ultimately get in from waitlist and appeals.

If you’re happy with your home school and haven’t been dying for something else, then no it’s not crazy to turn down the spots - particularly if you are far away and DC is happy with neighborhood friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geography is a factor. Where are people commuting from or choosing not to commute from?

If it take an hour each way, and it's likely way more for us if we use the bus system, that's the equivalent of over two months of work weeks sitting on a bus. I realize that many kids around the world (and even in MoCo) may view that as normal, or even desirable, for the right school, but that just seems excessive to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got accepted to both and will for sure turn down Eastern. DC never liked writing but born to be a STEM child. TPMS is a perfect fit.

I am sorry, but this is nauseating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Geography is a factor. Where are people commuting from or choosing not to commute from?

If it take an hour each way, and it's likely way more for us if we use the bus system, that's the equivalent of over two months of work weeks sitting on a bus. I realize that many kids around the world (and even in MoCo) may view that as normal, or even desirable, for the right school, but that just seems excessive to me.

Or...it is additional time your child gets to spend with people who have similar brains?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Geography is a factor. Where are people commuting from or choosing not to commute from?

If it take an hour each way, and it's likely way more for us if we use the bus system, that's the equivalent of over two months of work weeks sitting on a bus. I realize that many kids around the world (and even in MoCo) may view that as normal, or even desirable, for the right school, but that just seems excessive to me.

Or...it is additional time your child gets to spend with people who have similar brains?

Haha. It is not. Please don’t kid yourself they are interacting on the bus. They all have phones out staring straight ahead.
The buses are mixed with middle and high schoolers and many many of the kids carpool. My child does the 1 hour plus each way and it totally sucks. On the way there it mean she catches the bus at 6:35. They get there much earlier than school starts. On the way home she takes a bus from Eastern to Blair and then switches buses and that makes it a little over an hour. She leaves at 6:35 and gets home at 4:10 to commute from Gaithersburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably Eastern too, from average not W school
Not in CES now
I think it is not a good fit, DC doesn’t even like to read ..

Doesn’t like to read would be a disaster at Eastern. Kudos to you for not wasting a spot and driving the Eastern magnet teachers crazy for three years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got accepted to both and will for sure turn down Eastern. DC never liked writing but born to be a STEM child. TPMS is a perfect fit.

Why did you apply to Eastern if you knew this? It’s a writing intensive program.