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[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 they are distributed approximately by highest test scores per school/cluster.

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]

I hate to break it to you but the non-TPMS kids who got in were also scoring as high or higher than the top echelon of TPMS kids who got in. [b]Many of the top Functions kids are not from TPMS.[/b] Kids change a lot from ES to MS to high school. Some probably turned down TPMS for middle school but wanted to go to a magnet for high school. Sorry this does not fit your story.[/quote]
Nah, not many.[/quote]

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