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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The current system puts the emphasis on MAP and the short answer essay because so many kids have all As or basically all As. Children of immigrants from non-English speaking countries -and yes that includes some Asian students as well as students whose parents may speak Spanish at home- are at a tremendous disadvantage because they may not have someone to proofread their essays or help talk over the topics. I've seen this with several DD's classmates who are terrific students in that very high but not extraordinarily high MAP range. No the friends I am thinking of are not Asian but I personally think that if MCPS wants to bring more equity they would bring back the Cogat. There are several posters who claim that it can be prepped but it's not true and a smart child will usually do better than a prepped one anyway. If you really knew anything you'd see that very few kids from the prep programs get in to magnets. Those who do get in would have gotten in anyway. [/quote]

I don't know if the kid hasn't learned to write a simple 250-word essay by 8th grade a magnet program is probably a bad fit.[/quote]

Yet many parents on this board claim they did edit or proofread their child's essay. You are clearly white and you don't get it how hard it can be for children of immigrant parents who don't know how to work the system for you. I recognize your other smug posts.[/quote]

Different poster and I completely get your point but also wonder if this is the case why are most of the kids who got in to Blair from immigrant families and not white?[/quote]

I don't think anyone has this statistic so I'm not sure it's even true but the families I know with immigrant parents, many of whom are white and Russian or from Europe, tend to have their kids apply at a higher rate than non-immigrant families due to how the schooling works where they grew up and their not being as familiar and confident with the American schooling and college process. The confident white educated parents don't apply as much in my area because they know their child will be successful no matter where they are in school.[/quote]

I think this is true, though I  see this among non-white immigrant families (mostly highly educated btw) too. [/quote]

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