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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have no idea what you're talking about. I know of no one who prepped and got in. There were a number of wealthy, well educated families at our school who did buy the books and familiarize their kids with the test but none of those kids got in.[/quote]

08:45 here again. I've been around the block. 
I bought those books, and one of my children went to CES. 
I know of others.

Again, if you can do something inexpensive and low-key to help your child, please do so. It's also important to remember that skills take years to develop, and that reading comprehension and math understanding is key for academic success, whether it's magnets or advanced classes (compacted math in elementary, then advanced math track and language electives in middle school, then all the AP classes in high school). So you should be encouraging reading at a high level and exposure to all kinds of math throughout elementary, and that doesn't have to cost anything, you can use the library and play math in the house. In late elementary and middle school, you need to switch gears and pay attention to their writing skills and organizational skills, as the school focus changes to more writing, and more independence for managing daily homework and long-term projects. Writing is the hardest of all the skills a student needs to master, because it requires so much multitasking, although we adults don't even realize it, and many students cannot just get by with the MCPS way of teaching writing, so if you want to spend money somewhere, you might want to save it for a writing workshop, or a writing tutor in middle school. And then there'll be SAT prep. If you do that, they'll be on the right path for college, magnet or not.

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