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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there are actually 500 students in the magnet program?  400 that competed and 100 that were all local admits?  The official MCPS letter sent to college students made it sound as if the 25 local set-asides were the same as the 100 selected from across the County.  Wow.  Shameful.[/quote]

Every word of this is wrong. Blair does not have any local set-asides. Also, what "official MCPS letter sent to college students?" [/quote]

It was posted on Blair's website so kids applying to college can include it with their application.  It's on official letterhead and is addressed "To College Admissions Officers"

"The student whose application is enclosed is participating in the Science, Mathematics, Computer Science Magnet Program for highly able students at Montgomery Blair High School.  Each year after careful screening of over 750 applicants from sixteen of the twenty-five high schools in Montgomery County, about 100 students are accepted for admission into the ninth grade. Our sister program at Poolesville High School accepts about 50 students from the remaining nine high schools in the county."

It's good that there are no "set-asides" in the Magnet Program.  It would be quite the scandal if there were and parents would be furious that special treatment is given to Poolesville and Blair.[/quote]

I hope the guidance counselor sent this letter to my kid’s colleges, because my kid sure didn’t.[/quote]

Yes, it's for the school to send to the colleges along with the transcript. All schools do this.[/quote]

Actually,  I don't think it was sent by gcs last year. We got an email with it to add. I'm pretty sure gc only sent transcript which had magnet designation but not letter. My dd added selected content from the letter to the additional info section on the common app. [/quote]

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