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If your child is accepted, prepare for some serious weirdness from some other families. Most people could care less, but it isn’t good to discuss it too much. [/quote]

+1 about the weirdness. Best not to bring it up. Most parents didn't say anything directly to us but their kids were sure saying strange things to DD which I'm sure they heard from their parents. It was stuff about affirmative action, favoritism by teachers, speculation about why certain kids got in and other did not that has nothing to do with the real selection criteria. DD ended up staying at the home school and it still comes up every now and then because one of the kids who is at a CES is still friends with her friends.[/quote]

I think that some parents have the completely understandable instinct to shield their child from the sting of rejection and in the tumult of the moment blurt out something like this in an effort to be kind to their own child. I wish none of the kids knew why they were tested or were ever told if they were turned down for the program. Or at least that parents would know to tell their child that the program just doesn’t have enough space for all the kids who could benefit and that’s just the way it goes sometimes. Most kids (including those accepted) are not at all excited about going to a new school. If you get accepted, remember that some people are really disappointed and try to keep your mouth shut.[/quote]

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