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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to my child's third grade teacher, the school doesn't have much say in who gets in.  She said that there was a child that the school strongly advocated for and he was not accepted.  She also mentioned that students who had identical teacher checklists, one got in and one didn't and she didn't think the scores were that different (though I wonder about that- it seems that what seems like a small difference could make a difference in admissions).  [/quote]

The selection committee must look at other things than just pure test scores.  School grades, parental/staff input?

My DC got in.  We have absolutely zero political clout, not rich by DCUM standards, and did not prep.  We were somewhat new to MCPS.  That other PP really does have sour grapes.

Sometimes, what the parent thinks of a child's academic capability does not always mirror the teacher's, and that can go both ways.  I was kind of surprised when my DC got into compacted math because DC's HGC quantitative test scores were below the median.  DC's MAP scores were always high, but I figured to get into compacted math, the kid would have to score really high on all the math-y type tests.  But, DC is getting ESs in compacted math and finds it kind of easy.  DC also got a perfect 50 in the UCARE assessment.  So, what I thought DC was capable of didn't mirror reality, I guess.  [/quote]

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