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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This and the fact they took most of the application away.[/quote]

Yes, I think this and centralized review were issues. There wasn't as much of a chance to see the full candidate with this app w/ the sparse awards/activities section. Also, students couldn't tailor the essay to the various programs.  I also think the people running the programs should be selecting the students (blindly of course). I do believe Blair magnet was able to retain control here but not sure about other programs.  In the end, it worked out for my kid.

I think the universal app is great but would like to have seen more options to add info and tailor to various programs.

Old version was definitely not more complicated than a college app.[/quote]

The new process is trying to be as fair as it can be.  For example, the recommendations were only solicited from teachers of classes that are common to all middle schools.   TPMS/RCMS magnets have learned three years of computer sciences already --but no recommendation from 8th grade computer science teachers.   MCPS can only compare students on the data that are[b] equally available [/b] from all applicants such as CogAT, MAP and grades and recommendations from the same courses  [/quote]

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