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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody ever said COGAT scores, or even grades, were the primary criteria for admission. They gave a whole list of factors they were considering, and explicitly said that no one factor weighed more strongly than the others.

It sounds like they're assuming that kids who already show consistently high scores and perfect grades in all areas will be OK in a traditional academic environment. That these kids will always be at the top of their class, one way or another—whether it's a challenge for them to get there or not.

It sounds like they were looking for kids with super-high scores in one area, and more "garden-variety gifted" in the others. Or kids whose test scores were much higher than their home-school environment might predict. In other words, kids whose talents might otherwise get lost in the shuffle in a more traditional type of program, or in their particular home school.

Sure, the 99%-and-perfect-grades kids would benefit, too, no doubt about that. But with only 200 spots, they chose a different focus this year. I'm not saying that's right or wrong, good or bad, so don't yell at me; but that's what it seems they've done.

But the point is, it was *never* stated that the highest test scores across the board would get in. Maybe that was the case in the past, and everyone assumed it would still be the case; and maybe that's the way it should really be. But that doesn't mean they cheated anyone this year, or that it's "fishy," as one poster put it. It's just...different.[/quote]

MCPS should hire you as their PR, they probably don't even know how to explain to the shocking parents. Is it really so hard to state in the rejection letter that " although your kid show strength in this and that test, but she/he lacks this/ that to meet the selection criterion...".  It's certainly much easier for MCPS if parents accept whatever they get and never make a fuss. However, you really don't know what you'll get until you make a fuss.  The crying baby gets the milk, that's the rule here. [/quote]

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