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[quote=Anonymous][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

My kid was a 99th percentile scorer in MAP-M but their fall score (271) probably wasn't high enough to gain admission, and I'm fine with that.   But it's absolutely not true that "sky high" scores require either Algebra in grade 6 or a "paid for prep course."  While these might help, there's nothing preventing a motivated kid to expose themselves to higher-level math (like, geometry in 7th grade) through a free resource like Khan Academy.  There's also a series of books called "everything you wanted to know about..." which my kid has used. The series includes algebra and geometry and while not completely free, you can find them on Amazon for less than $20.

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