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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  Sounds like admissions to the magnets has a lot in common with applying to selective colleges!  What are the magnet interviews like?
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There is no magnet interview, thank goodness, for either kids or parents. The kids do a short essay as part of the application form, explaining why they think the magnet is right for them. It's been a few years and I can't remember if there was also a parent essay. They don't care whether you will fit in with the school community or make large donations....[/quote]
Is the essay only for Eastern humanities or is it also for Takoma Park science & math?
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The application process involves an essay for both, but for testing, I think the kids only write an essay for Eastern.[/quote]

Students applying to either Eastern or Takoma Park complete three of four parts of the admissions test; all applicants complete the  logic/Raven and reading comprehension parts; those applying to Eastern complete the writing part and those applying to Takoma Park complete the math part; students applying to both Eastern and Takoma Park complete all four parts of the test -- i.e., logic/Raven, reading comprehension, writing, and math.  The admissions test is administered the first Saturday in December; the application will be due the first Monday in November.  Similar to the testing, all applicants complete the same general essay(s) (e.g., describe/introduce yourself) regardless of whether they apply to Eastern or Takoma Park, but there's a separate essay unique to each school.  The parent essay is optional but I personally don't know any parent who has not completed this part of the application.  [/quote]

Thanks for clarifying; you are right.

I guess my memory on this is fuzzy, maybe even blocked, after the trauma of having three kids applying to, respectively, college, high schools, and middle schools, all the same fall.  By January I wanted to slit my wrists.[/quote]

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