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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About 1/2 the students at our center applied (according to the school).  Everyone I know was accepted but that news likely travels faster.  We are in the western part of the county so I imagine the application rate is lower then from closer schools.[/quote]
I've heard from admin. that anywhere between half - 2/3 of the students who apply from HGCs get into the middle school magnets.  Our child applied last year from a HGC and got into both Eastern and Takoma - very few of the kids who applied to both got into both but most of them got into one or the other.  Not all the children who applied to one or the other got in - my impression is that around 2/3 were accepted but not all of them ended up attending.  My general impression last year was that the children who took the trouble to fill out the application and take the long test early on a Saturday morning were motivated and serious students and so it makes sense that they would be good candidates.  I've never heard that HGC students have an edge but I'm sure there is a self-selection thing going on.[/quote]

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