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All that said, many many qualified applicants are turned down every year.  To some degree it is the luck of the draw, because one "off" day that happens to fall on testing day will sink a highly-qualified candidate.[/quote]

Thank you.  I really appreciate that humble acknowledgment.  My child was wait listed for Humanities at Clemente, didn't get in for math.  She's in an HGC, had all A's in 4th grade, writes exceptionally well, and is driven to write on her own for pleasure.  She loves history and science and math - very well rounded.

But not an expedient tester.  She takes things very literally and needs to thoroughly read a question and process it before answering.  She would benefit from the magnet program immensely, needs the peer group, etc.  But she didn't finish two of the sections (and still got wait listed - yay!).  I'm am beyond thrilled she finished the essay portion, never mind what she got on it - that was my biggest anxiety.

As far as the "why couldn't this just be a congratulations" - I posted that.  I thought a congratulations and the follow up question would be better served as two separate posts.  I worried a congratulations would devolve into snakiness and argument, and I am pleasantly surprised that the thread that followed did not.[/quote]

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