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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was waitlisted at Barnsley with a score of 144.[/quote]

Is he Asian? [/quote]

No, he is not Asian ([b]uncertain why that would even be relevant?[/b]). We are fine with the outcome,  but would have liked to have some context as to why he was wait listed. Helpful to know so we can offer enrichment in lieu of this.  Hopefully,  Farmland ES is diligent in offering enrichment programming in 4th and 5th grade,  and that they don't just go through the motions. Does anybody have insight regarding this?[/quote]

Because MCPS made a big deal about the racial makeup of the magnet program is not comparable to the county population. They are trying to downgrade the importance of test scores so that they have more flexibility to make up the GT programs.

It is good to know that your child is not excluded purely because Asians were over-represented. [/quote]

I have a child with a high score that was also waitlisted and we are not Asian.  I think he was waitlisted because he scored highly advanced for math (MAP-M/grades) but only 1 year advanced for reading/literacy.  His friend got in who is at least 2 years advanced in reading with a similar score.  Because we don't know the breakdown of the scores I can't say if my theory is correct, but it makes sense if you consider that the HGC program is primarily a humanities program.[/quote]

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