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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s shocking that your kid didn’t get in with 290. I can’t imagine why not.[/quote]

She said it was over 290. How many kids at TPMS have that score?![/quote]

There are multiple we know over that score especially those who were travelling to HS for their Maths. 
For good or bad, kids now a days are highly competitive. 
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I’ve seen cases where students with MAP scores in the 290s didn’t get into Blair SMACS, and considering that the median MAP Math score for admitted students is 273, it seems like MAP scores alone aren’t the deciding factor. My kid told me that most of the students around him have scores in the 270s, which makes me think his peer group might not be the very top tier. I also heard that some 8th graders are taking Algebra 2.

My kid got into TPMS through the lottery (but got into CES based on their scores—99th percentile on the CogAT and MAP- m). I’ve also heard that one of the middle schools in the W cluster offers Algebra 2. Either way, there are just so many strong students in MCPS. My guess is that a 99th percentile MAP score elsewhere might be more like the 90th percentile in MCPS.

Like I mentioned before, my kid is great at writing essays. He loves insects and animals and has been raising and observing all kinds of bugs, spiders, and arthropods at home. He’s gone to nature center camps every year and spend weekends at nature centers, parks, and the natural history museum. He  wrote all of that honestly in his essay, and it really fit the Global Ecology program perfectly. But in the end, he didn’t get invited to Blair.  He did make the waitpool, maybe that’s because of his high MAP Math score?

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It sounds like PHS ecology program is a better fit for your kid and he picked the better choice. SMACS curriculum at Blair does have labs and field trips, but really not impressive to me. It's not even comparable to my HS experience when I did it at a developing country 20+ years ago. But the math, cs and physics curriculum and choices are super, and teachers of these classes are absolutely the real treasure for maintaining the excellency of this program. So for kids that are really in love with math, coding, universe or engineering, SMACS is a better choice. For kids who want to become a doctor or a biologist, he/she should have a second thought. [/quote]

Is your child 9th or 10th? The bio electives at Blair are super and there are a ton of them.[/quote]

PP here. I have a lot of friends working at NIH, JHU, and other top labs in this area, and the majority of us agree the biology curriculum is less impressive. I myself had phd in math + phys in college, and working in CS domain now. Although the AI-related courses are very outdated, other courses I mentioned above are quite impressive. Those teachers are knowledgable, passionate, hands-on, and humble.  [/quote]

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