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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way I see it is that 100 out-of-boundary kids get accepted and the majority of the 25 TPMS in-boundary slots are actually kids who would have otherwise been "wait-listed." Does that mean they are less qualified? Yes and no. They probably wouldn't have been first choice form an anonymous pool of applicants, but all the wait-listed students are supposedly potentially qualified. Therefore, that LOOOONG wait-list just goes to the 25 in-boundary TP students. They are qualified but most are not the top of the top in term of ability.

I am a parent of a TPMS magnet out-of-boundary kid and this is my theory. The TPMS in-boundary kids seem qualified but some are not the top of their peer group (for example may not make the varsity Mathcounts Team, etc.). I know a bunch of the out-of-boundary TPMS parents (of the old system - 7th and 8th graders) and our kids are the "creepy smart" kids who learned to read when they were two and have crazy high IQs--some of them came from private schools or homeschooling because what MCPS could offer was just not sufficient. I don't think the majority of the in-boundary kids are THAT smart (nor do I think many of the Asians who study at those prep schools are THAT smart either, just high achievers). So who is this program for anyway? I think it should be for the true outliers who NEED academic peers; the kids who are bullied at their home schools because they are seen as "weird" and not fitting in because their interests are just so different and their asynchronous development is so profound. 
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Your theory might make you feel more important, but it is way off base. The idea that the majority of TP students would be waitlisted is unfounded and just reflects your bias.

The kids on Mathcounts prep for Mathcounts.  Since more out of boundary kids invest in immense amounts of enrichment and prep, that explains the large amount of out of boundary in Mathcounts. I think you are the same person who thinks Mathcounts is an indication of who are top performers in the magnet. So how about this, a kid who did not make the cut for in-bound TPMS magnet decided to do AOPS (I think worked through books or online) on their own and got into Mathcounts beating out a lot of magnet (both in and out of boundary). It's about prep. That kid didn't make the waitlist in-boundary for TPMS. They are now at Blair magnet and doing well.

Please stop the judgments.[/quote]

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