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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Non-quirky kids sometimes have a harder time with friendships because so many kids are quirky. Many kids bond through drama productions, D&D, and if your child is not in to that it will be more difficult socially. DC continued to mostly socialize with friends from their old school.[/quote]

This description of kids was not at all our experience.  My DC did not do any theater at Eastern nor did DC every play or know anyone who played D & D.

DC reads a lot, watches a ton of movies, likes history, played soccer and was welcoming of diverse races, incomes and gender/sexuality preferences.  This described DC’s peers as well - male and female.  Not a “quirky” kid in DC’s peer group, unless you count reading at an adult level “quirky”. [/quote]

You are kidding yourself if you think your child's friend group is not quirky. [/quote]

PP, TBH, you seem a little insecure. I’m not sure why you insist on calling smart kids “quirky”.  Were you one of those bullies in ES who believed smart kids couldn’t be cool?

I absolutely love my kid’s friends at Eastern.  They were kind, smart and supportive of each other and 10 years later they are all still BFFs even though they are scattered around the world.

But, OK, they’re “quirky”.  Hope. that makes you feel better about yourself. [/quote]
I wouldn’t consider this a “recent experience” at Eastern. So much changed in MCPS since COVID and particularly magnet selections. [/quote]
+1. Basically OP needs advice of people who have kids in the school right now. Any pre-Covid experience may not be that relevant. Definitely not 10 years ago.[/quote]

I’m confused - what exactly has changed so much about the kinds of kids who are selected for the magnet?  As I understand it, the process is now more open to all students because all are tested and submit to the candidate pool instead of having to opt in.  But selection to the candidate pool still depends on having very high test scores, as it did before.  What specific elements of the admission process have created what kind of specific changes in the candidate pool?

How on earth could the change in the selection process result in more “quirky” kids now than before?  How could the selection process change created a pool of students that are less able to make friends than the pre-pandemic pool?

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