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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many wealthy people value social network more than intellectual rigor.  And, many private school admissions offices value wealthy parents more than the intellectual capacity of their students.

Those two statements mean that while there will be some bright kids in a private school class, there will also be some not very bright students who are there because their parents have a lot of money or are important DC people.

In a CES or MS magnet cohort, the kids are all exceptionally bright.  It is an entirely different environment than private when it comes to intellectual challenge and encouragement, which comes as much from the peers as the teachers.

The CES and MS magnets were life-changing for both my kids. [/quote]
I think you are talking about pre covid CES. Now it’s lottery based not merit, so the kids might not be the exceptionally bright kids..[/quote]

I agree the cohort has changed somewhat, but the pool of high IQ kids is deep compared to the very few magnet seats available, so I'm sure all the selected kids are still very smart.[/quote]
They should still give the highest scoring kids a chance. [/quote]

Meh.  It’s not a major difference, even if you have yourself convinced that scoring in the 99 pct on the MAP makes a kid so much smarter than one who scored at the 85 percentile.[/quote]
Are you saying kids scored 231 (99 percentile) and 210 (85 percentile) on map R are not major difference? Then you should be paid as 85 percent of your salary. It’s not major difference😂[/quote]

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