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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not PP, but I think the 25% from the CES number may be *after* appeals. I know a lot of CES kids got in from the waitlist last year.

There have been a lot of changes in recent years and it can be hard to know which ones are most impactful. Universal screening, being evaluated against cohorts, moving the test to in-school rather than on a Saturday, removing teacher recommendations and at-home essays, and removing the separate tests for the different magnets.

There is SO MUCH that has changed.

For what it is worth, one of the impacts of that change appears to be a bunch of kids getting admitted to both even though they would have expressed a clear preference for one or the other. I suspect that is making the wait list far more fluid than in years past. [/quote]

This is true for my kid. Indicated strong preference to one over the other (selected 9 vs. 1 on the survey), but still got accepted to both. The only conclusion I can get is that survey is indeed not factored in at least for MS magnet selection (I heard there's essay for HS magnet selection, so different story I guess). It might just for data collection.[/quote]

I don't recall the letter saying your kid was gong to take the CoGAT indicating that they needed to express a preference between the two programs.  Maybe I didn't read it carefully.  I'm all for empowering kids, but on a question like that, if it was truly going to make a difference, I would hope parents themselves would have some input for a kid (only age 10 or 11) who qualified for both.  I personally believe (but can point to nothing concrete) that it's informational for the county only.[/quote]

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