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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Process -

1) Begining of 3rd grade - applications are invite for parents for next academic year (4th grade)

2) Applications are made available  on http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/admissions/applications.aspx  around September.

Schools may or may not advertise the program too heavily.

3) Parents fill the application and mail it in to the admissions office by early November. (Due date was November 8th last year)

4) Admissions office conducts the HGC admissions test in your child's school for those students whose application forms they received. (Early January). It is a 3 hour exam. 3 parts - English, Math, IQ

5) If your child has scored above the cut off in all 3 sections of the  admissions test, their application is further evaluated based on -
1) Grades in 2 grade
2) 3 grade teacher recommendation
3) What the parents wrote in the application form.

6) You are informed of the decision in Feb or March.

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Has MCPS ever stated that there is a minimum score to be evaluated further?  [/quote]

No.  My guess is that they fill the seats with those kids who are top scorers in all three sections. And that is the reason that some schools (like Coldspring ES) where competition is higher  and kids are more prepared...the cut-off is higher than other HGCs.

In my DC's home school - the principal, asst. principal, counselors, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers sat together and discussed the files of each child.  My DC's home room teacher had told me to make DC apply for HGC because she said she will advocate for DC, as she thought DC would be a perfect fit.   I did rely on her input because we all think that our kids are special, but the teachers who are seeing hundreds of children in their classrooms have a better idea of who would be a good fit.

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