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For MCPS magnet HS applications, the teachers have to fill a [b]form [/b]recommendation in which they have to rate the student.  It is not a free form recommendation.  They cannot give their own personal opinions about the student.  They have to give the recommendation that is reflective of their performance at school and standardized tests like PARCC and MAP.   In other words, if your student is getting good grades and doing well in standardized tests and have not been disciplined/suspended at school for doing something really terrible, then you will be fine.

You also have access to what recommendation was given by the teacher after the admission process is over and if your child did not get through.  Teachers are not supposed to write anything that is not supported by academic data on file.  In other words, if a student is getting D's in their class, the teacher can say that the student is not performing above grade levels and have difficulties in higher level thinking required for magnet classes.  Nothing more than that.  But they cannot write that if the student is getting an A or B, because the data is not supporting what they are writing.

The admissions committee also knows to discard a bad recommendation from 1 teacher, if the rest of the teachers are giving good recommendations.  Infact, the committee know who the vindictive teachers are and if they see a pattern these teachers are reported.

For MCPS, my own observation has been that the most important thing after home school cohort (also race and gender)  is  1) the admissions test. 2) academic record  3)  Essays and 4)Teacher recommendations.

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