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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]99%, V53, Q43, N49. In boundary for TPMS, currently in a CES and not accepted at either TPMS or Eastern. At least the kid learned how to write in the CES.

If MCPS did a better job for all kids, people might not be losing their minds over envelopes. The County goes through the process of identifying kids as gifted at multiple points (and I think they're a little too generous with that label), but then has limited ability to actually provide enrichment.  100 spots for STEM enrichment is a joke. All kids could benefit from enriched science classes, not just the 99.9% who won this bizarre mcps lottery.  
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Those scores are high!  It's hard to believe they aren't high enough to get a spot, or at least waitlisted![/quote]

If those scores are accurate[b] something else is going on[/b]. My kid got spots at both magnets with lower scores, also in bound for TPMS. MCPS says it’s not any one factor so I’d guess there are differences in:

- MAP scores
- grades
- age (PP’s kid is likely red shirted or one of the older kids)[/quote]
You think? :lol: 
My child got a spot in one of the magnets and is rejected by another (we're not in-bound for anything and not in a CES), and DC's scores are higher than PP's child's in V and Q and 1 point lower in NV. 
They definitely compare children with other kids in their 'designated' cohort, not just with the rest of MCPS 5th graders. But I do agree, it's a completely bizarre system that doesn't make any sense. I was positive that my 99%-scoring child would get into a CES, and she didn't. Then I thought there's no way she'd get into a MS magnet if she was rejected for a CES, but then she got accepted. Go figure. But it truly is a shame that academically advanced children are not offered proper enrichment in their home school.[/quote]

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