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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]7th grade Spring Map-M score of 279. Is this just just good enough or is it high? Kid did Algebra this year. In the Algebraic score portion it was 294 but complex problems was in the 260s.

I understand Spring Map-M in 7th grade and Fall Map-M in 8th grade matter for magnet placement.

Those whose kids have gotten into a magnet program for high school, what was your kids scores in Spring and Fall and which high school did your kid go to?

For context, my kid has done no other supplemental Math besides Khan which is free and that is sporadic. Kid has aptitude but  takes it very easy.

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Between the SMCS, IB, and humanities magnets, there will be enough spots for about the top 10% of kids in each grade in their region.  If those programs are equally desirable in your region there should be no problem (and it will be even easier if kids pass them up because they are unproven, at "undesirable" schools, and/or because the transportation is bad.)  Even if all the top kids want SMCS and are able to swing it transportation-wise (which seems unlikely), you'd just need to be roughly in the top 3%.

[b](This is assuming they don't switch to lottery for these programs next year, which I don't think they will but also don't 100% put it past them to.  We'll find out in a few months, I guess!)[/b] [/quote]

This. MCPS Regional Program considering implementing a partial lottery to criteria-based programs like SMCS. Akin to the new TJ model, which got lawsuit, advanced in courts, but then ultimately U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear the case.

Don't be fooled by the "other factors deemed by the superintendent," which are factors listed under "Interest-based"

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What is the point of a criteria magnet if it is going to be lottery based? They had the eligibility as 85 percent before for the middle school lottery magnets.[/quote]

If they switch to a lottery, there would be minimum criteria to qualify so it would still be only for strong students.  But it would not necessarily be the very top students who applied. [/quote]

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