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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is parents who were able to game the system in the past are pretty angry now that the admission criteria is competitive.[/quote]

You suck for saying this.  Don't clump everyone together to make a general statement just to push through your ignorant opinions.

I know a few parents whose kid got into the MS magnet program but turned them down to stay at our local school.  This decision was made prior to the county declaring they would do a magnet-lite class at the local MS.  And oh, all of them were southeast Asian families with kids at the HGC.  It's not as if they didn't know the system or didn't put their kids' education as a priority.

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A lot of parents whose kids would make the cut when only 400 others applied don't make the cut with 4K applicants and that is a real pain point for many tiger moms.[/quote]

3.5k mediocre robo-applicants are nothing but a diversity play by the school district. they even said so three years ago.

have you ever met a gifted student or gifted athlete? it's glaringly obvious they have skills beyond others who simply work harder and longer than others.

meanwhile, yes, kids around the globe prepare and study for tests of all kinds. their history test, their midterms, their standardized tests, their SATs/ACTs/LSATS/MCATS/GMATS/GREs.  Part of proving you have intellectual HP is the ability to understand material as it is presented and then show up on game day (the test), and show off what you know.

why does PP hate people who study for tests so much?  If the county wanted to test IQ they'd mandate the SSAT like the private schools do. Instead they test material that was taught in their school system. Lots of people in the DMV scored 97%tile and up on their tests their whole lives - many of them not doing anything beyond studying at home with a workbook.

So the MoCo County has decided they prefer to "take a flyer" on some  kid who "might have promise" for diversity purposes. Oh well, that's the political environment of MoCo today.  But come-on PP, call it what it is: Diversity picks. Not top picks, otherwise they'd choose by scores. Not best teacher recommendation picks, otherwise they would have listened to the teachers' views.  Not tenacity picks, otherwise they'd let the kids choose to apply after sending notices and voicemails home weekly before the due date.  But diversity picks.

And i'd second what a PPP said: The MCPS CES and magnet programs is too small of size for this area with its large number of very talented and intelligent students. An average school district's G&T program can handle 5% of its student body. MCPS is coming in below 1.5% of it's 160k students. And in an area as highly educated as the DMV 5% would be some pretty impressive kids, that need the intellectual challenge, meaningful class discussions, and though-provoking homework projects. Not rote teach-to-the test Common Core crap. That's for the average student to reach proficiency. Many schools in MCPS are many levels about Common Core proficiency, and the county does very little for them. And teachers a similarly hamstrung to move them forward. [/quote]

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