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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am perplexed. DD IS 95% straight A’s.  Not even wait pool for any program.  Feel like all the kids that won the elementary lottery at the age of 9 were funneled into magnet Ms at 12, then onto magnet HS   How are other kids going to have a shot at these curriculum? [/quote]

Bingo you have hit the mcps absurdity shady jackpot [/quote]

yes, because most kids have straight As, it's basically all based on either your MAP-M or MAP-R scores.

And your MAP-M and MAP-R scores may be higher if your parents were pushy enough to insist you be in Algebra in grade 6 rather than grade 7 or 8 because by grade 8 you'll be in 11th grade math and have covered almost the full spectrum of the MAP-M.  And since MAP-M is a test of exposure rather than cognitive ability, being exposed to higher level concepts at an early age will give you a boost.

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Not necessarily. There are quite a few kids I know with high MAP M or MAP R getting rejected. It seems to be a combination of MAP and Essay this year. [/quote]

No one said the MAP-M score guarantees you admission, but it’s become that if you don’t have a sky high 99 pct+ score (which is definitely helped by doing Algebra in Grade 6, or some sort of paid for prep course) that you aren’t a candidate at all.  It’s no accident that most Blair SMCS kids only come from 4 HS clusters.  They’re the ones with the parents who push these programs (Whitman and BCC not caring quite as much as their offerings are decent and closer to home) [/quote]

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