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[quote=Anonymous][quote] 01/14/2011 09:32     Subject: Getting into Takoma Park Middle School's magnet as a boy

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Depending on where she lives in Silver Spring, she may not get the in-boundary preference.

BUT, her kid definitely got a gender preference.

Not PP, but as 10:05 explained, MCPS cannot balance for gender in the competitive-admission programs. [/quote]

Sometimes it's difficult to get the 1:1 gender balance.  Not enough girls apply hence in effect all get in.  The ratio of male to female at our HGC is 1:1.  The ratio of male to female that got in to HGC from home school is 1:1.  This is not a coincidence.  If the ratio of male to female at TPMS magnet is not close to 1:1 it's not for a lack of trying.  Not enough qualified girls applied.  And since there are more girls than boys in general, in colleges, in medical school for example, the ratio of male to female does not favor girls since science, math and computer science may not be the preferred concentration for many girls in our society (Montgomery County).

An in-boundary girl from Silver Spring has the highest statistical odds of getting into to TPMS magnet program.  The poster's daughter took a "preferentially reserved slot" to use her language.
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