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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD always had MAP-M above 97th percentile, recently 98-99 (260+ score), and her MAP-R was at best 94th percentile (last score was 245). Applied to Blair and to RM and Kennedy IB. Got into both IBs but not into Blair. She is happy, I am utterly confused (not disappointed / complaining, just kind of “this doesn’t make sense” confused). [/quote]
My guess is that more people with high MAP-M applied this year to Blair, than high MAP-R applied to RM. Also it may be (and it looks like) that your DC's scores in both cases are quite close to decision range.[/quote]

You may be right! Another option that came to my mind was that essay matters more than we think.

Makes it even weirder for me that she was not even waitlisted or “wait pooled” for Blair, just straight “not selected”… as I said, she didn’t even want to go all that much, but as someone previously involved in selection / admissions, the logic escapes me. Especially since Blair likely skews boys (so she should have an advantage) and RMIB skews even or girls (so she should be at a disadvantage). [/quote]

280+ for girls, 300+ for boys. 260 is way too low.[/quote]

Wow, this is quite crazy. Do you know how many spots in Blair are [i]not[/i] filled from TPMS?[/quote]

I was told that approx. 50 slots go to TPMS students.[/quote]

That’s not helpful this year. This is the first year that the middle school magnet were selected by lottery. In past years about 40 kids ended up at Blair. The poster above was asking about actual numbers this year. Is it different from in the past?[/quote]

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