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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter came from private to an HGC.  The application process is a bit more difficult; I had to take time off of work o pull her out of school to go to the test.  You also need to ride herd on the teachers providing feedback to make sure that they get everything filled out in time.  Just a lot more work overall.  I have no idea if it's harder/easier to come in from private.  I had someone tell me that they were biased against private school transfers but I have absolutely no idea is this is true.  I've read that ~50% of the kids in the centers who apply to the middle school magnets get in.  I'd imagine that the teaching and the workload in the HGC would prepare a student well for the MS magnet.  It also makes the student a "known quantity".  Also realize that even with a very smart kid there's no guarantee that they will get in.  Since the entrance exams are heavily weighted (from all that I can see) one bad testing day could tank an application even for a really smart kid.  I'd apply for the HGC to try to get into the system now.  [/quote]

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