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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Perhaps this is not the real reason? The magnet high schools are incredibly selective, and your daughter might not want to apply if she's afraid of rejection. What MAP scores does she have?
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The math person at her MS told me highest in the school. Math was 279 I think? [/quote]

TPMS has plenty of MAP-M over 300 -:) . [/quote]
Troll. OP Don't believe this post.[/quote]

Oh no, this is absolutely true.

-- parent of two kids who went to Takoma[/quote]

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 - Another TPMS parent [/quote]
Give me a break. A couple does not mean plenty. 
Parent of [b]a top nationally awarded math student[/b].[/quote]

That does not give you any insight of TPMS students performance on map-m test.    Also MAP-M has nothing to do with math competition (if this nationally award was from math competition).   A kid who is not good at math competition can still score map-m extremely high if he/she is learning well above his/her grade level.    TPMS magnet math is above grade level, and some of magnets can skip Algebra II at 9th grade.  [/quote]

DP (also a parent of a TPMS magnet alum):

Following all these posts, I am not sure - if I were the OP - whose opinion I would give more weight to: parents (whose kids have gone to TPMS magnet, done well in math, may have gone onto Blair magnet, etc.) who say 279 MAP-M is pretty good (it is 99% after all) and encourage the kid to apply to Blair magnet OR parents who say there are plenty (what is plenty? 20%?, 32.6%?, 95%?) of kids in TPMS magnet who score 300+, 279 is not a competitive score, etc.

Oh, never mind - I actually am sure :)

OP: FYI: While TPMS sends a lot of students to Blair magnet, there are MANY non-TPMS kids in Blair magnet, some even with IEPs, and MAP scores similar to your DC. And there are kids who are not that much into math, but more into Biology, etc. Admission is not based on one single factor. Ignore all this focus on TPMS kids and their MAP scores. Good luck![/quote]

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