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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone give me straight numbers (MAPs, grades, MCAPs?) on what the cutoffs are for entry into the lottery for the middle school magnet programs?  Naturally the MCPS website for these programs are not the easiest to navigate to a clear answer.  Thanks.  [/quote]

The information is all public if you know where to look. Basically, you need to be in the top 15% at your school. The cutoffs are based on school SES, so it may be 95%+ for a low-farm school to 60% at a high-farm school. It's still a lottery so getting into the pool is just part of the equation and the other part is random.[/quote]

It's top 15% in your school's SES band, but otherwise yes. One additional note is that the "bands" are not equally sized. The highest FARMS category (with the 70% national cut-off) is only a few schools, not even all of the Title I schools in MCPS. Given the profiles at those schools, the lower cut-off feels pretty defensible. These are schools with FARMS rates of over 80 percent and where another 10 percent or so are probably FARMS-eligible but too afraid to apply. If a kid can come out of that situation at above a 70 percent nationally normed score, I think it's very likely that they have a ton of untapped potential that won't be met at their home MS. [/quote]

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