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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the test scores as important as teacher recommendations?  [b]My experience with an application to TPES is that they were pretty much irrelevant in the end, as what the teacher had to say about reading and math level was weighted much more heavily.[/b]  I understand also that AEI is allowed to include factors such as whether the student is likely to get what they need out of the home school and if they decide you'll be fine at the home school, it doesn't matter how high your scores are.  The process is not transparent by design.[/quote]

TPES is not an HGC and the kids are younger.  So, that experience is not relevant.[/quote]

Our experience at TPES was quite the opposite.  Our son was waitlisted, which as MCPS described it meant that he was qualified for the program and would get a seat if one opened up (unlikely).  When I asked why our son ended up on the waitlist, the central MCPS administering the application process told me it was because, although his test scores were higher than the minimum test score of the "accepted and waitlisted" group, they were not high enough to be accepted in the first pool.  Thus, test scores seemed to play a BIG role in admission to TPES.

Agree that the process is not transparent by design.  [/quote]

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