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PP with the math whiz here. Literally just here for information that I have so far been unable to get anywhere else, so it's both helpful to know it's in theory possible and also to know not to get our hopes up. It's less helpful to be sniped at about "parents like me", I could have gone into a lot more braggy detail about the whole situation but I restrained myself  :) [/quote]

Do you mind sharing the MAP-M score? I can give you more suggestions based on the score.[/quote]

It's 240...something. I think.[/quote]

That is a good score but just for reference only, my child had a 254 in 3rd grade and did not take Algebra until 7th grade.  There were other kids at the Magnet scoring even higher.  It will be fine.  Plenty of challenge awaits in High school.   Trust me.   [/quote]

Another thought - I went to the magnet in the 90s and while we didn't use MAPs back then to get in, we did still use a battery of tests to assess aptitude (cogat, sats, etc.). There's just a wide variety of outcomes based on these tests and they are inherently imperfect. I don't actually believe that someone with a 250 map score is inherently better at math (or bound for a stem field) than someone who got a 240. It just represents your ability on a certain type of test, at a certain point in time. It's not like anyone has done a longitudinal study to assess the difference in outcomes between a 240-M scorer and a 250-M scorer. I'd hazard a guess that there's no statistical difference. Maps and standardized tests are given far, far too much credence (and I say this as someone both in a math field, and as a parent now with kids with 'crazy high' MAP-M). Anyway, some of the really high scorers in our magnet class ended up as Phds at Caltech/MIT; some also dropped out of college for drug use (yes, it happens!) and working clerical jobs. And others who scored *low* comparatively (and were on the "slower" track) were crazy-good at programming and are working in NASA and running start-ups that are worth huge amounts of money.

I guess my point is if your kid is motivated to work hard (far more important than ability), he will be fine either in AIM or in Algebra I, magnet or non-magnet. [/quote]

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