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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think admission is largely based on test scores or else all those kids at Hoover and Cabin John would be getting in but they are not. Based on DC's knowledge - but it's not like kids have surveyed every other kid - it does seem like the minimum of 99th percentile is mostly accurate. But there are many more 99th percentile kids not getting in including half of TPMS magnet.[/quote]

The test score level varies by school/cluster.  Many kids at TPMS magnet presumably score higher than some of the kids who got in from other schools, but MCPS realizes that magnet seats are a scarce resource which many kids can benefit from and so [b]they are distributed approximately by highest test scores per school/cluster. [/b]

Other factors come into play like - if a kid is not accepted to a magnet HS, will they have a peer group and access to accelerated instruction at their home school[/quote]This was done for racial equity.  MCPS didn't like the fact that the HT/Magnet programs were populated mostly by Asians with a handful of white kids.  So they decided a scheme that would discriminate against Asian kids but maxing out the number of them that could get into these programs.  It was a genius move.  It is racist and terrible because tmit doesn't help the best and brightest.  But progressives don't care about that.   They care about equity which requires discrimination.[/quote]
Your tinfoil hat is too tight; loosening it up a little bit.[/quote]The numbers don't lie.  There was a 20% drop in Asian acceptance rates the first year and another 20% the next year.   But leftists don't like facts.  You prefer lived experience which can be made up to suit your needs.[/quote]

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